Blues 2023
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2023:
Just five changes -
Tuipulotu for Romano
Rush for Goodhue
James Lay for Jordan Lay
Fisitua for Karl T.
Tangitau for Tua.One less lock suggests Plumtree, Robinson, Suafoa to get time at Lock.
One less centre suggests Plummer, Lam and Heem to cover midfield.I thought JRK had departed the Blues? He obviously didn’t make enough of a statement in the NPC to pick up a contract elsewhere.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Robinson is a worry given how little gametime he had this npc.
3 news mentioned the squad and said Goodhue is a notable omission meaning he likely signed with another side...duh
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Just been announced
Very settled squad
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@Tim said in Blues 2023:
Squad is loose forward heavy. Perhaps this indicates that their All Blacks will miss a few games in the World Cup year?
Only two tall locks is a concern.
Are you sure you weren’t meant to write this on the Canes thread.
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@Tim said in Blues 2023:
Only two tall locks is a concern.
What's your cut off for tall? Darry is very tall. Darry and ?
1.98, 1.97 etc is tall enough when you have good targets in the loose forwards too. Sotutu and Akira are very good lineout options and Papali'i is solid too
Will be interesting to see who trains with the squad on dev contracts. Also does Robinson come back from his long injury layoff a little heavier
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@Duluth I would say 1.98 is minimum for a conventional lock. I thought Tuipulotu was 1.99 or 2.00?
Looks like Tuipulotu, Darry, and Tucker are the only specialist locks, while Robinson is listed as a loose forward/lock. Both Tuipulotu and Darry have been injured frequently, so I hope we have some good WTG locks. Robinson is guaranteed to be unavailable for a significant part of the season, going on the trends from every year of his career so far.
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Tuipulotu is 1.98 apparently. Same as Robinson. Tucker 1.97
Scott Barrett is 1.97 which isn’t an issue
Then there’s wingspan.. a more meaningful stat would be height with arms above the head etc etc
Power in the scrum might be more of an issue? Hard to know unless we get some Blues props posting here
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@Tim Someone on FB yesterday asked MP when the team will be announced. This was the reply -
our squad gets named in a few weeks. We definitely have some surprises for everyone from the Pacific Combine and can’t wait to introduce some of the gems we uncovered. Stay tuned! 👀 -
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@Tim I think Che Clark is a loose forward in xv's.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2023:
I think Che Clark is a loose forward in xv's.
That was my mistake.. I think I mixed him up with another 7’s player
