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Taranaki lock Leighton Price called into the Blues Super Rugby squad
GLENN MCLEAN
Last updated 14:07, April 23 2017Price, 28, played for Tukapa on Saturday as they beat New Plymouth Old Boys 57-20 has represented Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Bay of Plenty and New Zealand Maori but has never played Super Rugby.
The Blues had a bye at the weekend and could not be contacted on Sunday. Tukapa coach Laurence Corlett confirmed Price had accepted an offer to join the franchise for the rest of the season.
According to Corlett, Price was contacted by Blues coach Tana Umaga about a month ago to see if he was interested in joining their wider training group.
Work commitments prevented him doing that but when Umaga contacted him last week and offered him a full contract for the remainder of the Super Rugby season he accepted.
Price left on Sunday to travel to Auckland where he will join the squad on Monday.
It is unclear who Price has replaced in the squad. The Blues, who sit bottom of the New Zealand conference with three wins from eight matches, are due to meet the Brumbies in Canberra next Sunday.
Corlett hoped to have Price available at some stage near the end of the premier club season but it was a case of waiting and see what happens.
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I'm assuming Tuipulotu is out for an extended period then.
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@African-Monkey Could be Tupou too.
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Super Rugby News:
"For me obviously there is a spot at the Blues," Black said
jesus, check out this guy, that obvious is it?, messrs I.West and Perofeta will be so glad that with a sweep of the hand you've dismissively consigned them to Super Rugby history. Shit he must be good.
Calm down. Francis is leaving so there clearly IS a spot at the Blues.
Add to that the Blues have obviously been in touch with him and possibly even offered him a "spot".Would be a very good signing for the Blues. With him and Perofeta they would have two promising young 10's. Depending on how much longer West lasts (is he only on a 1 year deal?) they may have Gatland to compete with the other guys into the future too.
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Rebels captain Nic Stirzaker has come off without a suspension after receiving a red card after two yellow cards for deliberate knockdowns. His situation was practically the same as Beauden Barrett's, so this is a consistent decision.
No news from the other two citings yet.
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@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
Blues or Chiefs. Surely this is a no-brainer. He will be a guaranteed starter for the Blues.
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@Billy-Tell said in Super Rugby News:
Blues or Chiefs. Surely this is a no-brainer. He will be a guaranteed starter for the Blues.
Yeah, I was surprised to see the Chiefs mentioned. Cooper may have other ideas but I'm sure DMac would want to move into 1st 5 next year. That also allows Stevenson to play in his preferred position of fullback. Otherwise, you risk losing the latter after the 2018 season.
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby News:
Chiefs halfback Finlay Christie has been suspended for three weeks for stamping on an opponent in their 16-7 win over the Western Force in Perth on Saturday.
6 weeks halved for good behaviour and relative innocuous action?
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@Billy-Tell said in Super Rugby News:
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
Blues or Chiefs. Surely this is a no-brainer. He will be a guaranteed starter for the Blues.
I'd be happy to have him, seems a decent ten.
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby News:
Chiefs halfback Finlay Christie has been suspended for three weeks for stamping on an opponent in their 16-7 win over the Western Force in Perth on Saturday.
Dumb ginga.
Thankfully, two of those games are against the Sunwolves and Reds. Then again, we probably shouldn't take them that lightly given the Chiefs ability to play down at their opponents level over the last month or so.
Fingers crossed TKB makes a quick recovery.
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@Unco guess the issue is, who is next cab off the rank, cos he was your WTG or Dev 9 wasn't he?
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As the article says Logan Crowley (Taranaki) and Luke Campbell (BOP) are the current Chiefs Dev halfbacks.
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@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby News:
@Unco guess the issue is, who is next cab off the rank, cos he was your WTG or Dev 9 wasn't he?
Yip. They already called up Counties' Taumateine when Weber went down, so he's the next cab. No clue who'll be on the bench if TKB isn't fit though, probably one of the dev team halfbacks. Or hell, maybe Rennie will give a nod to Hansen and select DMac as halfback cover.
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