Blues 2022
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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 would love to get Wrampling , I really rate him.
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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.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2022:
Anywhoo, Tua is a great prospect, tall, quick, strong and a good skillset...
He was in very good form last NPC
He's playing 12 in this game but the try that he sets up reminds me a lot of RI at 13. Footwork then beating the defender with pace (20 seconds in)
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@steven-harris said in Blues 2022:
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 .It might also mean Kata is at MP and not the Blues. As it seems that is maybe 17 backs in the 2022 squad. I wouldn't expect any team to pick 18 backs in their squad.
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@chris Tua's inclusion could mean any one of these changes from my earlier guess at the midfield group to join Ioane -
Kata to MP?
Evans to wtg?
Heem not returning?
Tele'a not returning?
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On the Wrampling rumor - i was reading the comments about the Anton Segner signing on the Blues Facebook page and noticed someone commented then tagged Gideon and another Wrampling person to their post. (May just be because they were team mates at NZ schools level i think) but adds a little to the intrigue.
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@daffy-jaffy said in Blues 2022:
On the Wrampling rumor - i was reading the comments about the Anton Segner signing on the Blues Facebook page and noticed someone commented then tagged Gideon and another Wrampling person to their post. (May just be because they were team mates at NZ schools level i think) but adds a little to the intrigue.
I love how we go into detective mode when there's a lack of squad news.
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@tim love this time of the year , it actually disappoints me that a real big opportunity is always missed by the franchises to drip feed some signed players each day to build momentum.
Moana Pacifika has done it brilliantly unloading signings each day , and checking on their social netwok each day and watching the interest build has been superb.
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@steven-harris said in Blues 2022:
@tim love this time of the year , it actually disappoints me that a real big opportunity is always missed by the franchises to drip feed some signed players each day to build momentum.
Moana Pacifika has done it brilliantly unloading signings each day , and checking on their social netwok each day and watching the interest build has been superb.
It also leads to plenty of speculation and chat.Best time of the year,Hunting searching for signing news,
Totally agree MP have done and Awesome job,It has added bigger interest to me about their squad.And seeing it build over the weeks.
