Blues 2022
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MacDonald will have the vast majority of his squad back to build on this disappointment. He loses veteran lock Luke Romano and France-bound prop Karl Tu’inukuafe, but will gain test lock Patrick Tuipulotu back from his Japan sojourn.
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@nzzp no mention of Goodhue, in what was really a standout season, although he, like many blues were schooled in the final, given he usually calls the lineouts, I expect he has to take some of the heat for the malfunctions there...
@Steven-Harris article posted by @Tim specifically discusses the locks at the blues, but no mention of Goodhue heading off next year...
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@taniwharugby good call - missed him. He missed so much of the year with injury, wasn't on my radar. And by that stage I'd written too much anyway, so closed out.
Solid year for Josh, when he was on the field.
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@Tim said in Blues 2022:
MacDonald will have the vast majority of his squad back to build on this disappointment. He loses veteran lock Luke Romano and France-bound prop Karl Tu’inukuafe, but will gain test lock Patrick Tuipulotu back from his Japan sojourn.
So Tu’inukuafe and Romano definitely leaving. Who else might be going?
Nock is almost certainly going now he's off contract
Suafoa and Plumtree are two off contract players that will be hard to keep
Plummer is off contract and is better than some tens contracted elsewhere. He also covers 12. He'll probably have other offers
Goodhue was another one with rumours about leaving (overseas)
Hopefully Riccitelli is gone
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From Instagram:
Blues POTY - Kurt Eklund
nib Blues POTY - Liana Mikaele-Tu’u
Backs of the year - Stephen Perofeta & Ruahei Demant
Forwards of the year - Dalton Papalii & Maiakawanakaulani Roos
Players Player of the year - Stephen Perofeta
ROTY - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Team Toa POTY - Taufa Funaki
Clubman of the year - James Lay
Community player of the year - Kurt Eklund
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@Tim said in Blues 2022:
From Instagram:
Blues POTY - Kurt Eklund
nib Blues POTY - Liana Mikaele-Tu’u
Backs of the year - Stephen Perofeta & Ruahei Demant
Forwards of the year - Dalton Papalii & Maiakawanakaulani Roos
Players Player of the year - Stephen Perofeta
ROTY - Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
Team Toa POTY - Taufa Funaki
Clubman of the year - James Lay
Community player of the year - Kurt Eklund
Eklund (and Goodhue) were great all year until it mattered; winning that award like that was probably pretty bittersweet.
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@mikey07 gee I hope not ,Fidow for all his ability with ball in hand cant scrum to save himself ..
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@Steven-Harris said in Blues 2022:
@mikey07 gee I hope not ,Fidow for all his ability with ball in hand cant scrum to save himself ..
I wonder if he would be capable of switching to hooker?
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@Crazy-Horse I was thinking the same. Fidow is coming up 25, so maybe too late in his career to reinvent himself as a hooker. But if he could nail his lineout throwing the rest of his game is there, as his scrummaging wouldn't be such a problem in the middle of the front row.
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D Duluth forked this topic on
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@antipodean said in Blues 2022:
@tim that explains a few things
Always wondered why he only squatted with light weights. Think his knees also an issue.
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@cgrant said in Blues 2022:
Fidow played as a hooker for the NZ U20s in 2017. He did well, no problem with his throwing.
It wouldn't have been in any of the big games. Aumua was the starting hooker in that team with JP Sauni on the bench. Fidow was the reserve TH prop.
