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    @Canes4life Lam played 13 vs Crusaders when Rieko had a week off with HIA. He had a Serviceable game.

    Would like to see young Grindlay get some minutes for Blues in midfield.

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    @KiwiMurph oh really, wouldn't have picked that. I thought Lam was purely a winger. Yeah Grindlay looks like a player with plenty of potential, maybe more opportunity next year? I wonder if Reiko will take a sabbatical at all?

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    @Canes4life Apparently he is next year according to our source @Nogusta who hasn't been sighted in a little while.

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    @Crazy-Horse said in Blues 2024:

    If I am reading Blues MOTM polls correctly he has yet to earn a point.

    I wouldn’t use the poll results to make a negative point about a player. They only catch the top 3

    A couple of years ago GCT had a great season, easily one of the Blues best. However he barely made the top 3 in any game but got 4th, 5th & 6th loads of times

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    @Duluth said in Blues 2024:

    @Crazy-Horse said in Blues 2024:

    If I am reading Blues MOTM polls correctly he has yet to earn a point.

    I wouldn’t use the poll results to make a negative point about a player. They only catch the top 3

    A couple of years ago GCT had a great season, easily one of the Blues best. However he barely made the top 3 in any game and came in 4th, 5th & 6th loads of times

    Not meaning it to be negative. I really like the bloke as a player and hadn't really noticed him this season - mainly because I haven't watched too closely. That's why I asked the question and also why I looked at the polls to see if I missed anything.

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    Every question asked about a player is assumed to be parochial, rhetorical and negative. It's more engaging that way.

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    @Crazy-Horse said in Blues 2024:

    Not meaning it to be negative.

    I was talking specially about the polls: ’Hell, even Christie has a point’

    You were assuming people not getting points are playing bad. There’s been very few dud games from any players so far. Top 3 is often try scorers, players involved in big moments etc. You can play consistently well and miss out on that

    The polls measure something but they can't tell you anything negative

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    replied to Duluth on last edited by
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    @Duluth said in Blues 2024:

    @Crazy-Horse said in Blues 2024:

    Not meaning it to be negative.

    I was talking specially about the polls: ’Hell, even Christie has a point’

    You were assuming people not getting points are playing bad. There’s been very few dud games from any players so far. Top 3 is often try scorers, players involved in big moments etc. You can play consistently well and miss out on that

    The polls measure something but they can't tell you anything negative

    You don't know what I was assuming. And the Christie comment was an attempt to be light hearted.

    People seem to be happy with Rieko's form. Awesome. I don't have a strong opinion either way.

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    Super Rugby, Sport, Rugby, All Blacks

    ‘So much courage’: Blues blown away by teammate’s cancer comeback

    ‘So much courage’: Blues blown away by teammate’s cancer comeback

    Cameron Suafoa has been named on the bench to face the Rebels.

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    @Duluth that's really cool

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    Blues CEO commenting on the SR competition, crowds etc

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350261700/how-blues-plan-win-back-auckland

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    Mason Tupaea - Waikato Prop, (Quinns younger brother) was on the sideline with the Blues last night.
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    @Daffy-Jaffy Funnily enough that's all we seemed to hear about in the 2nd was about how much the Blues enjoyed Noosa beach....

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    @Duluth said in Blues 2024:

    Blues CEO commenting on the SR competition, crowds etc

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350261700/how-blues-plan-win-back-auckland

    I think the $15 ticket deal they discussed last night in the commentary is a good thing. A couple of my mates who jumped on the Warriors train last year did so with $10-$20 tickets for most of the games they attended.

    Also found this interesting from the comments section, Warriors season tickets nearly half price (in value) compared with Blues, unsure if true or not:

    Warriors season membership cost me $299/10 games, seated on halfway covered ($30/game). Blues membership for a like for like seat was $350/6 games ($58/game).

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    @Nepia

    lots of different levels. There’s one for $175 for 8 tickets

    Memberships New 2025 — Blues Rugby

    Memberships New 2025 — Blues Rugby
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    I’d also disagree with the like for like ticket comment. The facilities are very different

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    @Duluth said in Blues 2024:

    @Nepia

    lots of different levels. There’s one for $175 for 8 tickets

    Memberships New 2025 — Blues Rugby

    Memberships New 2025 — Blues Rugby

    The commenter was only comparing covered halfway seating. I tried to look for a similar GA as this one but have been locked into a ticketmaster loop and keep getting redirected back to the Aussie site.

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