Preseason - Blues v Chiefs
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https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/mcmillan-looking-forward-to-blues-challenge
Not considered for selection this week: Emoni Narawa, Josh Lord, Gideon Wrampling, Tyrone Thompson, Samipeni Finau, Simon Parker, and Kaleb Trask.
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@Dan54 LOL, Yeah I lasted nearly 5 mins before watching the rest on mute.
The other thing that annoyed me during that half was that after a slow start the Blues were just warming to the pace and physicality of the game when they swapped out half the team at 20 mins and they got slow and messy again, giving up a couple of tries, while the Chiefs kept mostly the same xv on the field so looked more cohesive. Then the second 20 team just grew into the game again and it was half time already. -
@Daffy-Jaffy the breakdown work was messy after those changes
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The main concern for the Blues might be a Locking crisis. The two listed second half locks Beehre and McWhannel were both on within 20 mins in the first half for Thompson and Annandale and then McWhannel quickly went off and has not returned. Hence the second half Locks have been Beehre and Suafoa who may be the last Locks standing right now?
Edit: I was wrong about McWhannel, he started the second half and left at about 55 mins. -
Both coaches reported a relatively clean bill of health, with the Chiefs unscathed and the Blues picking up only a couple of head knocks to forwards James Thompson and Ed Annandale.
