Game of three halves - Blues/Crusaders/Chiefs - 20/02, 12pm
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The Blues are delighted with news of the move to Level 2 Covid Alert in Auckland, so they can get their Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa campaign back on schedule. The team has been isolated at home with individual training only, as Auckland has been in Level 3 lockdown. “We will be involved in a number of discussions and meetings tonight in order to finalise plans given the change in Alert levels,” said Blues CEO Andrew Hore. “The reality is that we could not contemplate safely competing in the opening round of the Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa competition, arguably the best rugby contest in the world, without training together and hopefully taking part in a pre-season match. “We are working on a range of options including the initial plan to take on the Crusaders. We have been humbled by the level of support from the other Super clubs. We are fierce rivals on the field but off it, the clubs are incredibly supportive and acting in the best spirit to ensure the Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa competition is successful,” said Blues CEO Andrew Hore. “We will be in a position to announce definitive plans tomorrow after a range of discussions take place over the next 24 hours.” NOTE: There will be a zoom conference on Thursday with details of pre-season arrangements for the weekend. We will advise timing and details tomorrow morning. -
The main info:
The Chiefs have come to the party and will host both the Blues and Crusaders in a ‘game of three halves’ on Saturday to round out a rescheduled Super Rugby Aotearoa pre-season. The noon fixture (live on Sky Sport) will be played at Hautapu Sports in Cambridge and will be closed to public. The match will be played under NZR level 2 operating protocols due to the close proximity to Auckland and need to take maximum precautions ahead of Super Rugby Aotearoa. -
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@ploughboy lol. My former home ground...
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@arhs said in Game of three halves - Blues/Crusaders/Chiefs - 20/02, 12pm:
@ploughboy lol. My former home ground...
the only thing i remember about that ground is getting binned for punching on with a dude that was rucking my halfbacks head
it was shit because he hit me harder than i hit him.
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The third ground where I lost so much skin has not been watered!Remember playing a Waikato Junior trial game on it in the distant past. No hands in the ruck,kick out on the full anywhere on the field,three points for a try,no lineout lifting,the fine art of dribbling a tactic,and we called that rugby.!!Tight heads were so difficult to achieve,because the ball had to go in straight that if you could drop the scrum as a hooker you became famous.Cant recall a game of three halves either.
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Goodhue at 13 and Havili at 12! Great!
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