Game of three halves - Blues/Crusaders/Chiefs - 20/02, 12pm
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Blues team, vs Crusaders:
15 Stephen Perofeta, 14 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Harry Plummer, 10 Otere Black, 9 Jonathan Ruru(Christie); 8 Akira Ioane, 7 Blake Gibson, 6 Taine Plumtree, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu ©, 4 Josh Goodhue, 3 Marcel Renata, 2 Luteru Tolai, 1 Karl Tu’inukuafe.
Blues team, vs Chiefs:
15 Zarn Sullivan, 14 Mark Telea, 13 Neria Fomai, 12 Tanielu Tele’a, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Stephen Perofeta, 9 Sam Nock; 8 Adrian Choat(Sotutu), 7 Dalton Papalii, 6 Tom Robinson ©, 5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 4 Sam Darry, 3 Nepo Lualala, 2 Kurt Eklund, 1 Alex Hodgman.
I'm guessing these are the preferred starting combinations for week 1.
Frontrow from Team 2
Locks from Team 1
Backrow from Team 2(Sotutu in for Choat)
Halves from Team 1(Christie in for Ruru)
Midfield from Team 1
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@chris-b said in Game of three halves - Blues/Crusaders/Chiefs - 20/02, 12pm:
Seems very much a Crusaders A team against the Chiefs and a B team against the Blues - excepting Codie Taylor and Sam Whitelock.
The team v Chiefs maybe the starting 15. with Taylor and Whitelock coming of the bench as the Crusaders may not want to use all their Abs in the first half with mass changes in the last 20 min.
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Exciting young loose forward Hoskins Sotutu (minor injury) and tighthead prop Ofa Tu’ungafasi are the only Blues All Blacks sitting out the Cambridge hitout.
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@tim said in Game of three halves - Blues/Crusaders/Chiefs - 20/02, 12pm:
I haven’t read this but he’d probably feel less pressure if he stopped doing dumb shit
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Roe looking very dangerous.
