Highlanders v Blues
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@Kiwiwomble I think he'd be very good, in the right trio. Brilliant on attack and doesn't shirk at the breakdown. Probably wouldn't work alongside Ardie though.
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@SouthernMann said in Highlanders v Blues:
Highlanders side; Man for man clearly better than their opposite. Landers by 25+
Ethan de Groot
Rhys Marshall
Jermaine Ainsley
Paripari Parkinson
Josh Dickson
Shannon Frizell
Billy Harmon ©
Marino Mikaele Tu’u
Folau Fakatava
Mitch Hunt
Jona Nareki
Thomas Umaga-Jensen
Josh Timu
Jonah Lowe
Sam Gilbert
Reserves: 16. Andrew Makalio, 17. Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18. Saula Ma'u, 19. Will Tucker, 20. Sean Withy, 21. Kemara Hauiti Parapara, 22. Freddie Burns, 23. Connor Garden-BachopNot Available due to injury: James Arscott (knee), Marty Banks (groin), Fabian Holland (knee), Vili Koroi (knee), Fetuli Paea (calf)
Nug getting one of his days off?
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Landers in good shape for opener
The Highlanders are almost at what you would describe as absolutely full strength for their Super Rugby Pacific opener tomorrow night. It remains...
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not going to happen this game....because...blues with 13 All Blacks....but god i'd love to see us truly thump someone, full 80min display...seems like an eternity
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The Blues will miss Tom Robinson’s influential, workaholic presence until he sufficiently recovers from vertigo
A title is the only result for the Blues
The Blues won 15 straight games last year only to lose the final. Can they go one better?
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@Tim @Steven-Harris said he was out last week due to Covid, so depending when he got that, he may not have recovered in time for trainings...I know the vertigo was an issue in NPC last year, so you'd hope that isnt ongoing (apparently unrelated to head knocks)
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@Kiwiwomble up against it obviously🙂 although some fun trivia the last time Fakatava, Nareki and TUJ all featured in the same backline was easter Friday 2021 when we beat the crusaders in chch
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@FakatavaAllBlack i think the last time we played the blues in the opening round was 2018 in dunedin and we won that....
i will admit that blues team started Michael Collins on the wing i think...and we had bender at 15...so you know...different times
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@Tim said in Highlanders v Blues:
Also from that article:
Leon MacDonald’s fifth year as head coach is expected to be his last, with the possibility of joining the All Blacks coaching team alongside Scott Robertson or leading Scotland live options.
Can't believe it's his fifth year already.
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Clan to take this one.
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@Tim said in Highlanders v Blues:
Also from that article:
Leon MacDonald’s fifth year as head coach is expected to be his last, with the possibility of joining the All Blacks coaching team alongside Scott Robertson or leading Scotland live options.
Sounds like the Blues, Crusaders and Hurricanes will be looking for a new coach next year with Holland also tipped to join Robertson.
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@Kirwan said in Highlanders v Blues:
Watching the game last night, I can see why Ofa has slimmed down and we have the locks we do starting. Too much size is going to kill some of these guys, hope our fitness is on point!
Fucking great for watching in th3 first half of the year
Possibly a huge handicap in France in the 2nd half of the year
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@mariner4life said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Kirwan said in Highlanders v Blues:
Watching the game last night, I can see why Ofa has slimmed down and we have the locks we do starting. Too much size is going to kill some of these guys, hope our fitness is on point!
Fucking great for watching in th3 first half of the year
Possibly a huge handicap in France in the 2nd half of the year
Depends on the game plan and selections. Ripe for a 1987 style blitz in the last 20 running teams off their feet.
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AB 10s and shit kicks with no distance and no point
A match made in heaven
