Blues all time XV

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim said in Blues all time XV:

Jason Shoemark or Winston Stanley?

Shoemark was a good player. Chuck him at 12 in place of Tua.

[Tim]

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[taniwharugby]

Did Mose Tuiali'i play for the Blues?

Bryce Heem, Hayden Taylor or Lachie Munro on the wing.

[Higgins]

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[Duluth]

@Higgins said in Blues all time XV:

@Duluth I'd forgotten Mr. Holwell had his final season with the Blues after that period when he was sort of in limbo flip flopping between Leinster and the Hurricanes.

Still more than enough to keep Lachie Munro out of this team

[Tim]

@Higgins I remember something about a neck injury and facial paralysis? It was a bit of shock back then, IIRC.

[taniwharugby]

Bronson Murray or Ross Wright at prop, although IIRC the latter was signed as a prop but only played hooker for the Blues.

[Tim]

@taniwharugby said in Blues all time XV:

Bronson Murray

Converted to tighthead, and could play both sides.

[Tim]

1 White
2 Whitcombe
3 Murray
4 Goodhue
5 Taylor
6 Robinson
7 Collins
8 Tuiali'i
9 Nock/Gibson
10 Holwell
11 Caucau
12 Shoemark
13 Ranger
14 Heem/Parker
15 Payne

[taniwharugby]

@Tim bench: Moulds/Dow, Storey, Waa, Maimuri, Pryor (either haha) Gibson/Nock/Senio, Arlidge, Heem (although possibly start him and Hyland on the bench)

I'd start Tuiali'i at 8.

[Duluth]

@Tim said in Blues all time XV:

8 Brain

Team looks good apart from no 8. He was so associated with another province and there'a massive gap between him playing NPC for Northland and his time with the Blues

There's good no 8's that played their best SR rugby elsewhere - Mose & Vahafolau. So they don't really work that well

Gus played no 8 a handful of times. Maybe shift him to 8 and squeeze in another openside like Kara Pryor?

[taniwharugby]

@Duluth Dan Pryor played 8 too, but mainly only for us.

[Tim]

@Duluth Tuiali'i looks a better pick.

[Duluth]

@Tim said in Blues all time XV:

@Duluth Tuiali'i looks a better pick.

I looked up his Blues career. 3 games as a sub, 0 starts

[ACT Crusader]

My favourite Blues players XV

15- D. Howlett
14- J. Rococoko
13- R. Ioane
12- S. Tuitupo
11- R. Caucau
10- C. Spencer
9- P. Weepu
8- Z. Brooke
7- M. Jones
6- A. MacDonald
5- J. Kaino
4- A. Boric
3- K. Meeuws
2- K. Mealamu
1- T. Woodcock

Bench: D. Witcombe, O. Brown, A. Williams, H. Sotutu, O. Tonu’u, A. Cashmore, J. Vidiri

Edit: added a loosie to the bench.

[Nepia]

@Duluth said in Blues all time XV:

@Tim said in Blues all time XV:

@Duluth Tuiali'i looks a better pick.

I looked up his Blues career. 3 games as a sub, 0 starts

Depends whether the selection policy is "best team of players from the province who played for the Blues" or "best team of players from the province based on their performances for the Blues".

[KiwiMurph]

@ACT-Crusader the anti-Cheika - picking a 6 man bench

[Nepia]

@KiwiMurph said in Blues all time XV:

@ACT-Crusader the anti-Cheika - picking a 6 man bench

The Steve Hansen lets lose to Ireland ploy as well at lock.

[ACT Crusader]

@KiwiMurph said in Blues all time XV:

@ACT-Crusader the anti-Cheika - picking a 6 man bench

Thanks bro, left off my bench loosie.

And it’s an old school bench of 7 given most of my faves played during that time.

[African Monkey]

@taniwharugby Yes he did very briefly in 2003.