Blues 2022
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@nostrildamus he will need an assistant.
Let us ponder who it may be, "hmmmm" I've captioned this....
Looks good in blue.
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@bones nah he is too busy as a high performance coach/teacher in Christchurch.
What a shame, eh?
Former All Black hooks into high-performance role at Christchurch
Former All Blacks hooker and Super Rugby coach Mark Hammett has taken a job at his former Christchurch high school.
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"MacDonald said a key reason for extending his stay at the Blues is the quality of his coaching group led by assistant coaches Coventry, Halangahu and Afeaki although the first job is to secure a new defensive coach"
The backs struggled to create space this year. I think a lot of that was down to Black's limitations. However I wonder if they should be looking for a backs/skills coach instead? Maybe Halangahu could move sideways into the defence job?
What is Feeney up to? He coached the Barbarians side in the SR u20 competition this year but doesn't seem to be attached to another rugby job yet.
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This is from an article a few months ago:
Meanwhile the Blues said they would name their captain for the 2022 Super Rugby season when the squad comes back together at the end of the year.
A few months ago the favourite to be captain would be Robinson. Since then he's been injured and there's a possibility he might be needed more at lock than blindside.
I wonder if the better pick is Papali'i? He's a definite starter
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@nzzp I know of a current NPC coach who applied for the role as the Blues defence coach and was informed last week he had not received the position .
Very gutted for this bloke as I rate him big time , coaches a team in the South Island . -
@steven-harris presumably the Southland coach who in the media indicated he was very interested in the role.
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@kiwimurph that would be another blot on the copy book of the NRU if a coach they knocked back as head coach of Northland went on to be a blues coach within a few years.
