Blues 2019
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@Tim said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
MacDonald has already had to call in Northland's Matt Matich and Auckland's Adrian Choat as loose forward cover, with co-captain Blake Gibson out likely a month with an ankle sprain from the training exercise with the Chiefs in Waiuku last Friday, Jed Brown also on the sideline, Jimmy Tupou still working back from his ACL and Dalton Papalii not available till the opening round under the All Blacks protocols.
So Olmsted's cover for Tupou. Might see the Auckland trio of Papalii, Ioane, and Olmsted for the first two or three weeks.
An in-form Clarke would free up Ioane to play centre ...
Robinson might have the inside running for 6 right now since he played 6 on the weekend and Olmstead was at lock. Coventry also said Robinson was one of the best players on Saturday.
If Robinson starts again at 6 this week, I think he has the blindside locked up for week 1.
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
The Blues and Eden Park trying some novel marketing this season -
Now you can bring that seat to the game and enjoy the atmosphere of watching your team live at the home of rugby, Eden Park.
The Blues and Eden Park have teamed up to bring you the BYO Seat Zone. Around 300 seats in the East Stand have been removed so that fans can bring their favourite seat to the game. A limited number of tickets for the BYO Seat Zone will be available at all 7 Blues home games at Eden Park this season.
“This season we’re introducing a number of new experiences and opportunities for fans in stadium on match day. The BYO Seat Zone is the first to roll out at our opening game against the Crusaders on February 16. We hope fans will have a lot of fun with the concept and that the zone encourages a party atmosphere” says Robyn Rowley, GM Fan Engagement.
Eden Park is offering fans who post photos from the Blues BYO Seat Zone the chance to win the best seats in the house for the Blues last round robin match. To be in to win the best seats – in one of the Park’s corporate suites with a second-to-none view of the action, post photos using the hashtag #BluesBYOSeat and tag @edenparknz
Tickets for the BYO Seat Zone are $20. A condition of sale is that fans must bring their own seat. It could be a folding deck chair, a bean bag or, if bunch of friends want to get together and bring an old sofa, that’s perfect.
It will be like reliving the days of the famous Eden Park Terraces and being at home on your favourite rugby-watching seat combined into one.
Wicked! I wonder which game the students will set fire to a couch??
I only just now have seen the pre season result. That is a fair thumping even for pre-season.
Blues turned a corner or worse, Chiefs have turned the other way... high fiving the blues on the way past?
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@Dice heard he has been training the house down too.
Such a shame he got injured in pre-season in 2017, who knows how much he might have progressed.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
heard he has been training the house down too
ah yes, my favourite preseason cliche!
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@mariner4life rugby has all the good cliches!
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
@mariner4life rugby has all the good cliches!
it's not just rugby
My favourite is when it's used to discuss a fringe player
Oh yea mate, he's training the house down, and i reckon he's primed to have a massive year
Player goes on to play 4 ordinary games then gets hurt.
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@mariner4life thats exactly what happened to Robinson in 2017...had been beasting all the pre-season training, played well in the pre-season games, got injured in pre-season games, out for rest of year!!
Woulda been an AB by now I expect
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
@mariner4life thats exactly what happened to Robinson in 2017...had been beasting all the pre-season training, played well in the pre-season games, got injured in pre-season games, out for rest of year!!
Woulda been an AB by now I expect
I'm not going to lie, but i don't know who we are talking about. Must be awesome...
MN5 mode "Blues Charlie Ngatai"
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@mariner4life nah MN5 is on the Akira wagon now, he has forgotten all about Charlie!
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From the Blues Facebook Page -
Blues TV, brought to you by nib New Zealand, is back on Facebook Live this Thursday, 7th of February at 6.30pm!This week we speak to new Blues Forwards Coach Tom Coventry, exciting new All Black Dalton Papalii and new Blues Co-Captain and All Black, Patrick Tuipulotu.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Anything of specific interest in that video?
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@Tim said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
@Daffy-Jaffy Anything of specific interest in that video?
Not particularly. Papalii comes across as lot more comfortable in front of the camera than captain Tuipulotu. Of course Ali Williams was super comfortable in front of the camera and was a shithouse captain.
