Blues 2022
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@chchfanatic said in Blues 2022:
Crusaders don’t lose players they want to keep. There’s some bloody good kids coming thru. Dom Gardiner, George Methven ,Fletcher Anderson , joe brial, Corey Kellow, Torian Barnes to name a few
Torian Barnes is a beast of a no.8 for his age.
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I'm looking forward to seeing how Taine Plumtree has progressed. He hasn't set the NPC alight but I think he's got potential. Great pedigree and v.good fundamentals, size etc. Might be limited in terms of playing time if all the Blues loosies are fit.
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@chchfanatic said in Blues 2022:
Crusaders don’t lose players they want to keep. There’s some bloody good kids coming thru. Dom Gardiner, George Methven ,Fletcher Anderson , joe brial, Corey Kellow, Torian Barnes to name a few
Hope that's true. Because the glass half empty part of me is wondering if cracks are starting to appear.
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@themojoman I beg to differ has really shone in an average Wellington team unfortunately he seemed to get injured after that Waikato game and our go forward really struggled.
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@mikey07 said in Blues 2022:
@themojoman I beg to differ has really shone in an average Wellington team unfortunately he seemed to get injured after that Waikato game and our go forward really struggled.
I stand corrected
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@themojoman
I am wondering if a bit of horse trading is going on between the Blues & the Crusaders and Taine Plumtree and Anton Segner have been swapped out .Getting some chatter about Gideon Wrampling heading to the Blues ,anybody heard anything..?
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@themojoman has Taine announced where he’s playing next year yet? Good chance the Canes have signed him back if the Blues didn’t extend his contract.
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@steven-harris said in Blues 2022:
Getting some chatter about Gideon Wrampling heading to the Blues ,anybody heard anything..?
That would annoy me as there should be a place for him at the Chiefs with one, if not two, midfield spots to be filled.
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@bovidae thats where the horse trading comes into play ,Emori Narawa heading to the Chiefs ..
Wrampling to the Blues..?
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@steven-harris said in Blues 2022:
@bovidae thats where the horse trading comes into play ,Emori Narawa heading to the Chiefs ..
Wrampling to the Blues..?
Hurry up and name these teams already ..!We are still a month away from the teams being released if the rumours are true, first week in December.Although most squads are sorted by the looks of things.
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@steven-harris If that eventuates I would be asking serious questions of McMillan and Collins. The Chiefs weren't able to sign JR-K when he plays for Taranaki, and this would be history repeating itself.
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@canes4life I thought all the talk in here was that he was heading back up there next year
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@mikey07 said in Blues 2022:
@canes4life I thought all the talk in here was that he was heading back up there next year
Same, that’s why I haven’t had him in the running for a Canes spot. It would be a nice surprise if he was back at the Canes. A solid lock/6 option. If we can get him and Howden I will be very happy.
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@bovidae said in Blues 2022:
@steven-harris said in Blues 2022:
Getting some chatter about Gideon Wrampling heading to the Blues ,anybody heard anything..?
That would annoy me as there should be a place for him at the Chiefs with one, if not two, midfield spots to be filled.
That would make me furious too!
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Tamati Tua has been signed by the Blues , bit of a surprise for mine ,has had a lot of injury issues in the last 2 -3 seasons meaning he has only played 38 x games for the Taniwha ,since his debut as an 18 year old in 2016 .
Tua was on the Blues Radar this time last year ,but had major shoulder surgery last December which kept him out of the first 9 months of 2021
Will be 24 in November, so for me this could be make or break, pardon the pun.
Might actually put the Wrampling rumour to bed , although I would say the Blues still do look a little thin at 2nd five unless they see RTS or Plummer as options . -
I think Plummer will get the first start there
Tua sometimes looks like he's about to have a breakthrough and then gets injured/not selected. It seems the Blues coaches rate him differently than the Northland coaches. The Taniwha seem to use him more as a wing who can cover the midfield.
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@duluth yeah this is the same coaches who keep selecting Hohaia...doing a great job at stifling Reihana and Gregory too!
Anywhoo, Tua is a great prospect, tall, quick, strong and a good skillset...but also agree just when it seems he is about to make that next step, he gets injured, and being shuffled about with Northland doesnt help.
