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[taniwharugby]

@duluth I think the key to that is he has now had a decent run without being injured.

[Duluth]

@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby News:

I think the key to that is he has now had a decent run without being injured.

Definitely. Also it looks like he's put some work into his kicking game which was abysmal. The speed he clears the ball is a lot better.. etc etc

The gap between his form and his schoolboy hype is closing

[taniwharugby]

@Duluth I'd still like him to run it a little more though, which he did v HB, but expect this all comes back to confidence too.

Yeah prior to the HB game they showed his kicking/passing stats v Webbers and Nocks numbers were huge.

[Stargazer]

[Stargazer]

Otere Black's Blues season is over before it has even begun, with the Manawatū first five-eighth out for six to nine months.

Black, 22, has a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, which he picked up in the Manawatū Turbos' 46-25 loss to Taranaki in New Plymouth on Wednesday night.

The first five-eighth was on crutches with ice strapped to his knee after the match, but scan results revealed on Friday a ruptured ACL.

It is hoped he will be back for next year's national provincial championship, but it should rule him out for the entire Super Rugby campaign.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/97872041/turbos-and-blues-first-fiveeighth-otere-black-staring-at-long-stint-on-sidelines

[Tim]

God damn it.

I wonder who the replacement 1st 5 will be?

[Higgins]

You can have Simon Hickey or Tyrone Elkington-Macdonald!

[canefan]

@tim said in Super Rugby News:

God damn it.

I wonder who the replacement 1st 5 will be?

I don't know, but you can't have our second string 10 back

[KiwiMurph]

Bugger. Blues need to bite the bullet and go with Perofeta at 10 next year (if he stays fit).

Personally id just say fuck it and give Harry Plummer a Blues contract. Get him in the environment.

[Tim]

Josh Ioane from the Otago team is tidy. Beaver is at a lose end. I suppose that Volavola will be considered too.

Who is the better of the two Northland players?

[Bones]

Is Christie not available?

[Stargazer]

Or Marty McKenzie, if he doesn't get a new Crusaders contract.

[Bones]

Dan Kirkpatrick.

[Tim]

@bones said in Super Rugby News:

Dan Kirkpatrick.

You god damned sadist.

[Bones]

@tim you could even try get Sponge Bob back.

[Tim]

@bones said in Super Rugby News:

@tim you could even try get Sponge Bob back.

Who?

[nzzp]

@bones said in Super Rugby News:

Dan Kirkpatrick.

[Bones]

@tim sponge Bob square shoulders. Gopperth.

[mikedogz]

Baden Kerr or Stephen Donald.

[African Monkey]

@kiwimurph Agreed. Looks like we'll have Perofeta/Gatland then to start off with.