Blues v Reds

Tim

@machpants On a couple of other forums they're saying he's really incompetent.

Machpants

@tim The way these two seasons are going, quite a poetic appointment then

Tim

@tim said in Blues vs. Reds:

playing Ioane at 12.

Nigel Yalden was going off about this on the Out of the Box podcast. Seems he is quite a fan of TJ Faiane.

taniwharugby

@tim I think playing Ioane at 12 surely nullifies alot of his game, whereas playing someone else at 12, with sole intention of getting it wide to Ioane is a better bet??

cgrant

Collins maybe ?

Tim

Queensland Reds: Jono Lance, Jordan Petaia, Samu Kerevi, Duncan Paia'aua, Eto Nabuli, Hamish Stewart, Moses Sorovi, Scott Higginbotham (c), George Smith, Lukhan Tui, Kane Douglas, Harry Hockings, Taniela Tupou, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, JP Smith.
Reserves: Alex Mafi, Harry Hoopert, Ruan Smith, Caleb Timu, Angus Scott-Young, Tate McDermott, Aidan Toua, Filipo Daugunu.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/105067841/reds-lose-two-players-to-injury-for-super-rugby-clash-with-blues

akan004

Reiko has played every minute of the season so far including the three games for the ABs. The one positive of the Blues not qualifying is that Reiko can have a good three week break before the Bledisloe to recharge the batteries.

Great to see Gibson back.

KiwiMurph

@akan004 Except for the last time the Blues played when Rieko was rested (v Rebels).

akan004

@kiwimurph Really? Ok, wasn't aware of that. Have tried to remove that Rebels game from my memory. Even so, the break will do him good. He's probably played the most minutes out of all the ABs this year.

Stargazer

@akan004 said in Blues vs. Reds:

@kiwimurph Really? Ok, wasn't aware of that. Have tried to remove that Rebels game from my memory. Even so, the break will do him good. He's probably played the most minutes out of all the ABs this year.

Nope (not yet), according to the stats, Rieko has played 960 minutes. Scott Barretts is the AB with most minutes (972). The New Zealand player with most minutes is George Bridge (1040 minutes). Overall, the SR player who's played most is Elton Jantjies with 1120 minutes.

Edited to add that - barring injury - Rieko will temporarily overtake S Barrett this weekend because the Crusaders have the bye.

mimic

Considering the Crusaders have played an extra game compared to the other NZ franchises, that comes as no surprise.

Barring injury, I expect Reex to play the same number of minutes as Bridge by the end of this week.

SammyC

Speaking to a member of the crusaders coaching staff this week he told me they still have to rest Codie Taylor for 1 game per instructions from the ABs.

I assume the blues will have to do likewise for Ioane.

Stargazer

@mimic Yep, that's what I said in my edit (which I had already posted before your response).

Stargazer

KiwiMurph

@stargazer Kaino to captain then I wonder?

Tim

Machpants

Some of those mug shots are so awful

Machpants

Onya Reds, nice touch. Lining up to cheer Kaino onto the pitch.

EDIT ...and Captain Kaino drops the received kick off - oh dear.

No Quarter

Shame there's basically noone at the ground to see the great man off.

Kirwan

@no-quarter said in Blues vs. Reds:

Shame there's basically noone at the ground to see the great man off.

Thank the CEO and Tana for that.

The Silver Fern

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