Blues 2025
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@Kirwan said in Blues 2025:
I hope you watched the final, one of the most complete 80 minute performances I've seen. Worth watching a replay.
Yep, watched all of the final live. Was a lot to like. Reminded me a bit of the Athletic Park wet weather AB game (1996?).
Just hope that they find some means of penalising players for indiscretions, and not fans, by sending guys off and destroying the contest. I can accept cards as a part of the game, but they shouldn't be a deciding factor. If I want to watch 13 guys I'll watch league, or the way some games go it's more like sevens.
Anyway, the Blues are a team worth watching again that is for sure, after a lot of years where it was a struggle to do that (but I did).
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@Snowy said in Blues 2025:
Just hope that they find some means of penalising players for indiscretions, and not fans, by sending guys off and destroying the contest. I can accept cards as a part of the game, but they shouldn't be a deciding factor
Berry certainly did that I thought. Chiefs got one card but Berry was hardly card happy.
Berry did a terrific job I thought. Not many talking about the refereeing in the final is a great outcome.
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues 2025:
@Snowy said in Blues 2025:
Just hope that they find some means of penalising players for indiscretions, and not fans, by sending guys off and destroying the contest. I can accept cards as a part of the game, but they shouldn't be a deciding factor
Berry certainly did that I thought. Chiefs got one card but Berry was hardly card happy.
Berry did a terrific job I thought. Not many talking about the refereeing in the final is a great outcome.
@KiwiMurph Exactly why I kept watching. 🙂
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I understand if some thought the final was boring or one-sided but watching a disciplined Blues side for 80 minutes is a treat I haven't often got to savour. Stern Vern has been the ticket, hope the standard doesn't slide next year.
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Meet the brains behind Auckland Blues' digital revolution
Taane Wolfgramm and Nooroa Takairangi have been praised for “humanising” Super Rugby's champions.
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@KiwiMurph They've been doing an outstanding job. Easily the best social media in SR IMO.
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U18’S SET FOR TASTE OF BLUES CAMP & CULTURE — Blues Rugby
The Blues have named a 54-strong Under 18 Development Squad to attend a training camp in July. The camp will be held in Auckland at Mount Albert Grammar School from Sunday July 14 to Thursday July 18 and provide an opportunity to expose the next generation to the Blues environment. The idea behind
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EDIT: Oops, didn't see the Taufa Funaki announcement on Instagram.
Meanwhile, at the Blues, the club have re-signed two of their strongest performers in 2024, inking a two-year extension with 23-year-old halfback Taufa Funaki and a three-year extension with 30-year-old Maori All Blacks prop Marcel Renata.
Salesi Rayasi departs Hurricanes as Blues and Chiefs make key re-signings
As the dust settles on the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season, it's becoming clearer what 2025 has in store, and where the opportunities lie.
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Loose forward Dalton Papali’i has recommitted to the Blues and New Zealand Rugby through to the end of 2027. The 26-year-old has played 34 Tests since making his All Blacks debut as a 21-year-old against Japan in 2018 and his new deal will take him through to the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia.
