Blues 2019
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@chchfanatic not entirely sure about Christie,can actually see why Billy Harmon was selected ahead of him..
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@chchfanatic Quite pleased with that if true. Nothing against Christie but we've got guys in the region who are just as good who we should be looking at promoting anyway. Tom Christie for some reason reminds me of Luke Braid where he's built the same and toils away, makes his fair share of tackles without a hell of a lot of sting in them, ok with ball in hand without being anything special and lacks a bit of extra speed at the breakdown to go on to higher honours.
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@steven-harris billy Harmon is a great footy player. Just had a bad run with injuries.
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@steven-harris Yup Bill harmon's far better imo, far more aggressive in everything he does, doesn't take a backward step, and plays for New Brighton.
Anyway, while we're on Crusaders opensides, looks like MacDonald's bought Jed Brown with him. He's a decent enough backup but is always injured unfortunately. Not sure about the signing personally due to his injury record.
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@chchfanatic what ever happened to Canterbury Under 19 openside Charlie Gamble,can remember him lighting up the National Under 19 tournament a few years back..I think Brett Cameron was the first five,they played Waikato in the final..sensational game..!
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@african-monkey 100% agree with u. Christie is the ultimate professional though. The crusaders love him. But he’s not actually a very good rugby player. He’s good on d , but not an enforcer. Very good on the turnover. Got nothing on attack. Watch out for the name Cullen grace. That kid is going to be something special. First year out of high school and he was a beast in div 1 this year.
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@chchfanatic Yeah Beard is shit we need a couple of midfielders as I see it Nu'u,Poihipi,seem to be options if rumours are true not much else around
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@steven-harris yeah he’s just disappeared. Have no idea where he is. Hasn’t played club rugby for last 2 years
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@chchfanatic he was the skipper if my memory has not deserted me..looked a tough uncompromising player he was very good over the ball..really liked the look of him,had a sense of Pocock about him
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@steven-harris yes he was. Looks like he’s playing in Sydney suburban rugby for petersham.
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@tim said in Blues 2019:
Blues clarified their coaching roles today:
Tana Umaga - Head Coach and Defence
Tom Coventry - Forwards Coach
Leon MacDonald - Attack Coach
Daniel Halangahu - Backs and Skills CoachGood move to have an Australian there to carry the can.
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@chris said in Blues 2019:
@steven-harris Yes Nu'u is a Canterbury player who has always been a standout in CHCH club rugby I was shocked we signed 2 plonders in Beard and Burleigh and let Nu'u go Hopefully Razor is smarter than Maddocks
Tell me about it, Nu’u is one of the 12s I’ve seen at club level. Was shocked they let him go to Southland.
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@sammyc did he follow MacLeod, he seems to have a bit of sway with some of these guys.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019:
@sammyc did he follow MacLeod, he seems to have a bit of sway with some of these guys.
Yeah he did, played at the Sydenham club under McLeod. I think Southland were pretty surprised we let him go though
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@chchfanatic said in Blues 2019:
@african-monkey 100% agree with u. Christie is the ultimate professional though. The crusaders love him. But he’s not actually a very good rugby player. He’s good on d , but not an enforcer. Very good on the turnover. Got nothing on attack. Watch out for the name Cullen grace. That kid is going to be something special. First year out of high school and he was a beast in div 1 this year.
Cullen Grace was superb in the couple of games I saw. So much physicality for a 19 year old.
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2019 Blues squad is Live on Facebook at midday tomorrow.
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