Blues all time XV

Nepia

@nepia Iceman was far and away the best 7 for the Blues and top 2 or 3 all time ABs. Put him in there and free up a spot for R Brooke. Put him in at 6 and who makes it in the 7 jersey? Daniel Braid? Don't say Mark Carter

Are you drunk (or didn't read any of the preceding posts)? MJ was a 6 for the Blues and there's no way Robin Brooke is better than Kaino at 6 .

canefan

@nepia said in All time Blues XV:

@canefan said in All time Blues XV:

@nepia Iceman was far and away the best 7 for the Blues and top 2 or 3 all time ABs. Put him in there and free up a spot for R Brooke. Put him in at 6 and who makes it in the 7 jersey? Daniel Braid? Don't say Mark Carter

Are you drunk (or didn't read any of the preceding posts)? MJ was a 6 for the Blues and there's no way Robin Brooke is better than Kaino at 6 .

Option A mate Excuse me for butting in where I don't belong. Unforgiveable that I forgot Kaino (even though Brooke won more Super titles). Carry on.....

MN5

No love for Andrew Blowers at 7? Unlike MJ he did actually play there and won consecutive titles there. I'd pick him.

A bit of a stop start AB career might mean he gets forgotten by some I guess.

MN5

@steven-harris said in All time Blues XV:

@nepia Certs on any poster would be

Fitzpatrick
Jones
R Brooke
Z Brooke
Kaino
Spencer
Clark
Rupeni
Lomu
Howlett

Rocokoko is the one that’s doing my head,great finisher..do you pick him ahead of Jonah..Rupeni in my opinion ,and I got too see a lot of him close up when I did the sideline reports at Northland Taniwha games was just lethal,gased very good wingers like they weren’t even there..shame he played one game for Fiji when he was young..if he had played for the ABs in the NZ system could have been anything

I remember watching this live in Oz in the 03 WC. As you say he was just lethal, thank fuck he didn't get more ball from a Scots perspective.

canefan

@steven-harris said in All time Blues XV:

@nepia Certs on any poster would be

Fitzpatrick
Jones
R Brooke
Z Brooke
Kaino
Spencer
Clark
Rupeni
Lomu
Howlett

Rocokoko is the one that’s doing my head,great finisher..do you pick him ahead of Jonah..Rupeni in my opinion ,and I got too see a lot of him close up when I did the sideline reports at Northland Taniwha games was just lethal,gased very good wingers like they weren’t even there..shame he played one game for Fiji when he was young..if he had played for the ABs in the NZ system could have been anything

Rocket man ahead of Jonah? Nah

MN5

@canefan said in All time Blues XV:

@steven-harris said in All time Blues XV:

@nepia Certs on any poster would be

Fitzpatrick
Jones
R Brooke
Z Brooke
Kaino
Spencer
Clark
Rupeni
Lomu
Howlett

Rocokoko is the one that’s doing my head,great finisher..do you pick him ahead of Jonah..Rupeni in my opinion ,and I got too see a lot of him close up when I did the sideline reports at Northland Taniwha games was just lethal,gased very good wingers like they weren’t even there..shame he played one game for Fiji when he was young..if he had played for the ABs in the NZ system could have been anything

Rocket man ahead of Jonah? Nah

Rokokoko saved his best for the black jersey if I remember rightly.

canefan

@mn5 said in All time Blues XV:

@canefan said in All time Blues XV:

@steven-harris said in All time Blues XV:

@nepia Certs on any poster would be

Fitzpatrick
Jones
R Brooke
Z Brooke
Kaino
Spencer
Clark
Rupeni
Lomu
Howlett

Rocokoko is the one that’s doing my head,great finisher..do you pick him ahead of Jonah..Rupeni in my opinion ,and I got too see a lot of him close up when I did the sideline reports at Northland Taniwha games was just lethal,gased very good wingers like they weren’t even there..shame he played one game for Fiji when he was young..if he had played for the ABs in the NZ system could have been anything

Rocket man ahead of Jonah? Nah

Rokokoko saved his best for the black jersey if I remember rightly.

How shit was that pass to the big man? Went sideways and back to gather then it's all over

MN5

@canefan said in All time Blues XV:

@mn5 said in All time Blues XV:

@canefan said in All time Blues XV:

@steven-harris said in All time Blues XV:

@nepia Certs on any poster would be

Fitzpatrick
Jones
R Brooke
Z Brooke
Kaino
Spencer
Clark
Rupeni
Lomu
Howlett

Rocokoko is the one that’s doing my head,great finisher..do you pick him ahead of Jonah..Rupeni in my opinion ,and I got too see a lot of him close up when I did the sideline reports at Northland Taniwha games was just lethal,gased very good wingers like they weren’t even there..shame he played one game for Fiji when he was young..if he had played for the ABs in the NZ system could have been anything

Rocket man ahead of Jonah? Nah

Rokokoko saved his best for the black jersey if I remember rightly.

How shit was that pass to the big man? Went sideways and back to gather then it's all over

Cheers canefan. Always good seeing footage you've never seen before.

canefan

@mn5 said in All time Blues XV:

@canefan said in All time Blues XV:

@mn5 said in All time Blues XV:

@canefan said in All time Blues XV:

@steven-harris said in All time Blues XV:

@nepia Certs on any poster would be

Fitzpatrick
Jones
R Brooke
Z Brooke
Kaino
Spencer
Clark
Rupeni
Lomu
Howlett

Rocokoko is the one that’s doing my head,great finisher..do you pick him ahead of Jonah..Rupeni in my opinion ,and I got too see a lot of him close up when I did the sideline reports at Northland Taniwha games was just lethal,gased very good wingers like they weren’t even there..shame he played one game for Fiji when he was young..if he had played for the ABs in the NZ system could have been anything

Rocket man ahead of Jonah? Nah

Rokokoko saved his best for the black jersey if I remember rightly.

How shit was that pass to the big man? Went sideways and back to gather then it's all over

Cheers canefan. Always good seeing footage you've never seen before.

never gets old

Gunner

Woodcock
Fitzpatrick
Brown
Williams
R Brooke
Kaino
Jones
Z Brooke
Devine
Spencer
Rupeni
Tuitupou
Clarke
Lomu
Mils

Mealamu
Dowd
Faumuina
Luatua
Blowers
Tonu’u
Evans
Howlett

Gone with Evans as he was a bloody good player, despite only being there one year. Covers 10/15
Can afford to have a 14/15 on the bench as Mils covers midfield.

Duluth

@gunner said in All time Blues XV:

Gone with Evans as he was a bloody good player, despite only being there one year. Covers 10/15

Good player obviously, but I struggle to put Evans in an all time Blues team when his form for the Blues was poor. He was replaced by Nacewa that year

Gunner

@duluth said in All time Blues XV:

@gunner said in All time Blues XV:

Gone with Evans as he was a bloody good player, despite only bkeing there one year. Covers 10/15

Good player obviously, but I struggle to put Evans in an all time Blues team when his form for the Blues was poor. He was replaced by Nacewa that year

Fair enough - my memory of his form whilst at the Blues is poor.

ACT Crusader

I’d have Rok ahead of Lomu. His record at the Blues over a long period was excellent. I think overall Rok was better for the Blues.

Howlett ahead of Mils. And even though he was only there for a relatively short period, Caucau was simply awesome in a Blues jersey.

I was a big fan of both Eroni Clarke and Tuitupo.

Spencer full stop. No other 10 in Blues history comes close. Mertz was better though....

mariner4life

Cashmore
Doug
Clarke
Tuitupo
Rupeni
Carlos
Devine
Zinny
Braid
MJ
Brooke
Williams
Brown
Fitzy
Dowd

Crucial

Mils ahead of Cashmore with Nacewa on bench covering 10,15. Leaves room for either Dougie or Vidiri on the bench.
Did MJ play at 7 for blues? Hadn't he moved by then? If that is the case, he has to play 6 with JK on bench instead of Blowers.

kiwiinmelb

You could almost roll out the 2003 backline , cant remember exactly how it went , but i do remember as an attacking unit , it was as good if not better as any backline i have seen operating at super rugby level

Salacious Crumb

If there was ever one player I wanted ABs to poach, it was Rupeni. Omg I wanted to see what he looked like wearing black. (And if not for pressure from back home, I’ve always believed he was a little heartbroken that he never got to do it.)

Salacious Crumb

@act-crusader said in All time Blues XV:

Spencer full stop. No other 10 in Blues history comes close. Mertz was better though....

Oh, really?

#TwistsTheKnife

nzzp

@salacious-crumb said in All time Blues XV:

#TwistsTheKnife

Given our current performance, this just makes me sad now.

kiwiinmelb

@salacious-crumb said in All time Blues XV:

If there was ever one player I wanted ABs to poach, it was Rupeni. Omg I wanted to see what he looked like wearing black. (And if not for pressure from back home, I’ve always believed he was a little heartbroken that he never got to do it.)

Yeah I would love to have seen it for no other reason to see the best brought out in him , was an exceptional natural talent , was sad to see him running around fat and slow a few years later

The Silver Fern

Blues all time XV