Blues 2020
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Southland even though they finished bottom of the table in the 2019 Mitre 10 Cup had the 3rd best scrum in the competition, can remember them dealing to the Auckland scrum on Eden Park , they were well beaten on the scoreboard,but their scrum not only on that particular day, but against much more vaunted opposition during the season dealt to many other packs at set piece scrum time ..
I think it’s refreshing that someone has obviously taken notice of Joe Walsh’s form on the loose head side of the scrum regardless of the team he is playing for. -
@Steven-Harris said in Blues 2020:
I think it’s refreshing that someone has obviously taken notice of Joe Walsh’s form on the loose head side of the scrum regardless of the team he is playing for.
Walsh was part of a dominant University scrum in Waikato club rugby with Faiva and Moli before moving south. He wouldn't have had the same opportunities if he remained in the Waikato with other props ahead of him.
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All Black first five Beauden Barrett is set to make his debut for the Blues in a month's time against the South African side the Lions in Auckland.
Blues ready Beauden for the Lions
All Black first five Beauden Barrett is set to make his debut for the Blues in a month's time against the South African side the Lions in Auckland.
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@KiwiMurph Booooooooooooooooooo
If he came back a week earlier it would have been a marketers dream.
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues 2020:
All Black first five Beauden Barrett is set to make his debut for the Blues in a month's time against the South African side the Lions in Auckland.
Blues ready Beauden for the Lions
All Black first five Beauden Barrett is set to make his debut for the Blues in a month's time against the South African side the Lions in Auckland.
The Blues then went on to say that Coventry had made a mistake. So not round 7.. probably the original date of round 11
Or Coventry spoiled the surprise
It'll be interesting to see where he plays those 2 club games. I assume he'll be added to an Auckland club temporarily
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@Canes4life yea is odd, original date looked like v Jags, but makes sense for it to be at EP from a marketing POV rather than Whangarei, but yes, even more so v the canes.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2020:
@Canes4life yea is odd, original date looked like v Jags, but makes sense for it to be at EP from a marketing POV rather than Whangarei, but yes, even more so v the canes.
that Canes game is the away game though (week before Lions). So doesn't really help Blues much (marketing wise)
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@KiwiMurph oh is it, thought it was at EP.
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@KiwiMurph same, thought it was the home game.
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from the link:
coming back for the end of the season to come up to speed for the ABs in July.
then coming back in May 2021.so, if we get to the playoffs we'll have him around to swoop in and take the glory. It feels ..... .... .. . . weird?
However, Barrett will likely miss the majority of the 2020 Super Rugby season, with NZME reporting the 28-year-old will be taking both a non-playing and playing sabbatical as part of his contract extension to stay in New Zealand.
Barrett will take a break from rugby and make himself available for the last few weeks of the Super Rugby season to get up to speed ahead of the July and Rugby Championship tests, before then joining a Japanese club at the end of the year, where he will be based until May 2021.
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Is it time for Beauden Barrett to go back to work?
Marc Hinton: I suspect so. The fact that he's back around the Blues suggests his feet are getting itchy. He's been slated for an April debut, but maybe that comes forward if he can speed up his return protocols. The Blues certainly need him. And a little bird tells me he has already canned one of his bucket-list events to prioritise his rugby. Sooner the better, so long as he's happy.
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South African tour squad named.
Otere and Rieko included.
Akira not included as an extra was required with Goodhue out.
https://blues.rugby/two-key-players-off-injury-list-for-south-africa-tour/
The travelling squad is: Forwards: James Parsons, Kurt Eklund, Marcel Renata, Karl Tu’inukuafe, Ofa Tuungafasi, Ezekiel Lindenmuth, Sione Mafileo, Patrick Tuipulotu, Jacob Pierce, Aaron Carroll, Tom Robinson, Dalton Papalii, Blake Gibson, Tony Lamborn, Hoskins Sotutu. Backs: Jonathan Ruru, Sam Nock, Stephen Perofeta, Otere Black, Harry Plummer, TJ Faiane, Joe Marchant, Rieko Ioane, Mark Telea, Jordan Hyland, Emoni Narawa, Matt Duffie. -
@KiwiMurph Who is the 8 cover in case Sotutu goes down with injury? Papali'i?
