QF Blues v Highlanders

[Kirwan]

@Duluth said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

If that team is correct, the lock selection is a surprise: Tucker/Robinson with Romano on the bench

Bench is very, very strong.

[Kiwiwomble]

@FakatavaFuture said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

Read that Leni Apisai, Frizell will be on the highlanders bench but there's no first five cover so if Banks curls over idk what happens😟Bryce Heem is on the wing for the 13 in a row Blues

is koroi injured? i thought he looked like he was settling in after the missed conversion

[Grooter]

@Kiwiwomble Koroi's been fit all season & presumably still is? Tony's backline selections have been a rabble this season, Dawai is in & out the team like a yoyo, initial contracted squad members aftermentioned Koroi & punivai ect been watching on as Van guht & coombes fabling came in, I just hope the next coach can make things feel more settled

[Kiwiwomble]

@FakatavaFuture yeah, dawai had a very rough start but thought he looked much better the couple of times hes played since

I'm a huge Browny fan...but think he's proving he's an assistant/attack/backs coach and not a right for the big job

[KiwiMurph]

[mariner4life]

that loose forward trio gives me a rugby chubby

[KiwiMurph]

EXPERIENCED CAMPAIGNERS BACK AS BLUES CHASE PLAYOFF SUCCESS AT HOME — Blues Rugby

The Blues have turned to their experienced campaigners, refreshed after a week’s break, to host the Highlanders in the DHL Super Rugby Pacific quarterfinal clash at Eden Park on Saturday. There are 11 players who have played for the All Blacks and two other Māori All Blacks in the 23-strong team to

[Duluth]

Jun 1, 2022

Highlanders recruit Apisai for quarterfinal

The Highlanders have called in Auckland hooker Leni Apisai for their quarterfinal against the Blues at Eden Park on Saturday night. Injuries to...

Ethan de Groot, Andrew Makalio, Jermaine Ainsley, Bryn Evans, Josh Dickson, Hugh Renton, Billy Harmon, Marino Mikaele-Tu’u, Aaron Smith (captain), Marty Banks, Mosese Dawai, Scott Gregory, Thomas Umaga-Jensen, Fetuli Paea, Connor Garden-Bachop

Reserves: Leni Apisai, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Saula Mau, Max Hicks, Shannon Frizell, Folau Fakatava, Liam Coombes-Fabling, Denny Solomona

[Stargazer]

Highlanders media release:

Highlanders named for Auckland Quarterfinal match | Highlanders Rugby Club Limited Partnership

[Bovidae]

Any news on Segner's injury? I did read he had a suspected fractured ankle, so will be out for a while, if true.

[Kiwiwomble]

anyone heard anything about Timu? thought his pariing with TUJ was building nicely

[george33]

@Bovidae segner gone for season

[trodthesod]

Badly rolled ankle. Could be back in 5 or 6 weeks.Hope he gets back for some provincial games.

[Tim]

@trodthesod Glad to hear it's not broken.

[Nogusta]

@Duluth the sauce reckons Papalii is out. That might even things up a wee bit ?

[Tim]

@Nogusta Not good!

[Kiwiwomble]

@Nogusta said in QF Blues v Highlanders:

@Duluth the sauce reckons Papalii is out. That might even things up a wee bit ?

this late in the super season i hope its nothing too serious

[taniwharugby]

@Nogusta so Choat to 7, who comes to bench with Segner out?

Huge blow to the Blues, just hope it aint serious and makes him miss any more if the Blues make next week

[Tim]

@taniwharugby Plumtree who played at 7 and 8 in the preseason?

[Canes4life]

Hopefully he's been pulled as a precautionary measure, out of all Blues players he probably deserves to be relishing this playoff run the most. Hope he's back next week.