Preseason - Canon Eagles v Blues
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DARRY TO LEAD IN JAPAN| CLARKE RETURNS TO WING — Blues Rugby
Promising lock Sam Darry will captain the Blues for the first time this weekend as the team prepare for their second pre-season match in Japan against the Yokohama Canon Eagles at Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday February 10 at 4:10pm (NZT). Blues Head Coach, Vern Cotter, also confir
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@Duluth No Akira or Plummer yet either.
YOKOHAMA CANON EAGLES
STARTING LINEUP1 Takato Okabe
2 Yusuke Niwai
3 Ryosuke Iwaihara
4 Max Douglas
5 Matthew Philip
6 Kobus van Dyk
7 Naoto Shimada
8 Sione Halasili
9 Kouki Arai
10 Yu Tamura
11 Viliame Takayawa
12 Yusuke Kajimura （C）
13 Ryo Tabata
14 Inoke Burua
15 Junpei OguraReplacements
16 Shunta Nakamura
17 Changho Ahn
18 Tatsuro Sugimoto
19 Liakimatagi Moli
20 Sioeli Vakalahi
21 Kazufumi Yamasuga
22 Luteru Laulala
23 Masayoshi Takezawa
24 Katsuto Kubo
25 Sosefo Fakatava
26 Lekima Nasamila
27 Matsui Chihito
28 Ryu FukuharaFaf and Kriel are both injured apparently.
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Darry, senior lock until Tuipulotu returns, was rapt to get the callup for his first captaincy assignment since his first XV days in Christchurch. “We had a wider leadership group meeting Sunday night, and it was kind of dropped on me then,” he said from Japan. “I had to do a bit of a double-take. But I see it as a leadership by committee, with guys like Ricky Riccitelli, Anton Segner, Stevie [Perofeta] and Caleb [Clarke] all working together to lead the boys on Saturday.” First-year head coach Vern Cotter said it had been an easy call to up the responsibility for his young lock. “Sam’s a logical choice because he’s well organised, he’s professional, he speaks well in front of the group and it is a natural fit with him.” And Cotter was looking for more of the same after an impressive first-up hitout in the 43-7 victory over the Sungoliath. “A lot of good things happened because we did things well that we’d trained and there were things we were exposed in that we need to work on,” he said. “We’ve looked at some things we want to change this weekend, and to tighten up a few things where we felt we were a bit loose. Canon will be bigger, and more physical, which will be good.” -
Great conditions to be training in (see video).
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The Blues' second pre-season game will also see the return of a frontline All Black.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Liaki Moli, now there's a name from the past!
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@Nepia said in Preseason - Cannon Eagles v Blues:
My mate just let me know I can watch these matches in Oz on NZR+.
Most places seem ok this week, last week used USA on vpn, this week no vpn required for India
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@bayimports said in Preseason - Cannon Eagles v Blues:
@Nepia said in Preseason - Cannon Eagles v Blues:
My mate just let me know I can watch these matches in Oz on NZR+.
Most places seem ok this week, last week used USA on vpn, this week no vpn required for India
No VPN needed in Oz.
