Blues 2024
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@Machpants said in Blues 2024:
Why Auckland blue is primed to take over from Canterbury red and black
The Auckland Blues have the makings of a champion Super Rugby Pacific side, underpinned by two awesome wingers.
The writer would have more credibility if the article was written before a game had been played this season.
Not Nick Bishop's best work.
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A little dramatic. No one has been replaced.
As for injuries, we had 4 genuine options to play 10 in the squad. Two are injured and one is returning from injury this week. Last week we had Evans covering ten.. he would be our 5th choice ten
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@Canes4life said in Blues 2024:
@Duluth man if I was a player at the Blues and played all year and then was all of sudden replaced by Beauden, that would stink. I’d look to move franchise.
I would get it if they had a massive injury crisis, but they don’t. Quite poor from the Blues for even considering it tbh. Just my opinion though.
Admit you're still sore he moved North...
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@Canes4life said in Blues 2024:
Quite poor from the Blues for even considering it tbh. Just my opinion though.
I don't agree with your comment here
Zarn is injured. Perofeta is named to play but hasn't played since injury. Cashmore is injured.
I don't want Beauden to return to play this season for the Blues but I understand Blues enquiring. Afoa played for Crusaders last year late.
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@antipodean not at all, I was at the time obviously but Beaudy is a little over-hyped these days. The media make it sound like he’s in the prime of his career, he’s isn’t, which is why he reverts to kicking the ball away all the time because he doesn’t have the speed to get him out of trouble like he used to.
I would laugh so hard if the Blues pushed to get him into the 23 and then he F’d it up for them in the final. He’s cracked under pressure a lot in recent years, so you’re more than welcome to him. I think it would just be a big middle finger to the rest of the teams in the comp.
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues 2024:
@Canes4life said in Blues 2024:
Quite poor from the Blues for even considering it tbh. Just my opinion though.
I don't agree with your comment here
Zarn is injured. Perofeta is named to play but hasn't played since injury. Cashmore is injured.
I don't want Beauden to return to play this season for the Blues but I understand Blues enquiring. Afoa played for Crusaders last year late.
I’ve got no problem him playing in the round robin as injury cover but he should have no right to play in the playoffs, would be a complete joke.
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@Bovidae are they looking to play him at all or..?
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When Will Jordan was out for the season he was replaced by Welsh international Fullback Johnny McNichol. Zarn Sullivan is out for the season so why should Barrett not be able to replace him. What is the difference other than the Calendar? Are we saying that the Blues should be penalized by playing out the season with a depleted squad? Maybe if the Blues were in our usual 11th place no one would care if Barrett was in the squad or not.
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@Daffy-Jaffy I think season ending injuries are full replacement rather than a short term one if someone is due back, even if late in the season.
I dont think him playing any games should be relevant, he is still contracted to NZR isnt he?
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@Canes4life said in Blues 2024:
@KiwiMurph said in Blues 2024:
@Canes4life said in Blues 2024:
Quite poor from the Blues for even considering it tbh. Just my opinion though.
I don't agree with your comment here
Zarn is injured. Perofeta is named to play but hasn't played since injury. Cashmore is injured.
I don't want Beauden to return to play this season for the Blues but I understand Blues enquiring. Afoa played for Crusaders last year late.
I’ve got no problem him playing in the round robin as injury cover but he should have no right to play in the playoffs, would be a complete joke.
Thanks. I tend to agree.
I think it's moot anyway as was mentioned earlier the chances of approval for playoffs are extremely thin.
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I thought if you had multiple injuries that was part of the purpose of the wider training group? Shouldn’t the blues be promoting from there before putting Beauden straight back into the full squad? He was the one who went to Japan at the end day.
When James Lowe got injured at the Highlanders they promoted Hurley from the wider training squad. That’s how it should be handled. If the blues wider training squad players are injured then I can understand the choice.
If he’s cleared to play and also play finals it would just open a huge can of worms that could be easily avoided if it was made clear you promote from your wider squad…
I’m sure we all feel different about it but that’s just my opinion anyway. As you were…
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And the 32-year-old openside flanker confirmed as soon as he returned from Japan, where he played the 2024 season on sabbatical, he would be training with the Chiefs as “a practice body” over the latter stages of their Super Rugby Pacific campaign to get himself back up to full fitness.
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@Bovidae said in Blues 2024:
Cane is training with the Chiefs, so...
If there was a season ending injury to a Chiefs loosie I would like to see Cane added to their squad. It would be strange if they had to call in someone else
I wonder what the intent of the regulation was? I doubt they were thinking about sabbatical players when it was written
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@Duluth said in Blues 2024:
@Bovidae said in Blues 2024:
Cane is training with the Chiefs, so...
If there was a season ending injury to a Chiefs loosie I would like to see Cane added to their squad. It would be strange if they had to call in someone else
I wonder what the intent of the regulation was? I doubt they were thinking about sabbatical players when it was written
Personally, I think players on sabbatical should be included in the squad and available on return.
or
Not available under any circumstance.
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@gt12 said in Blues 2024:
Personally, I think players on sabbatical should be included in the squad and available on return.
A squad with one man less would punish teams with a sabbatical player. But only marginally, it would just mean you go to players outside your squad a bit quicker
Or perhaps you could do what the Crusaders did and carry an extra player until Taylor returned (I have no issue with the Taylor situation, it's just an example of the leeway given to sabbatical players)
@gt12 said in Blues 2024:
Not available under any circumstance.
Lets say the Chiefs lost a couple of loosies for the rest of the season this weekend. Cane has been under NZR contract all year, is training with the Chiefs and is available for All Black selection. I don't see the logic of preventing him joining as an injury replacement? I see some logic in preventing 'ring-ins' late in the season but I don't see how Cane could be considered that. I don't see how that is good for NZ rugby or the competition
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@gt12 said in Blues 2024:
I’d prefer he and others be eligible.
Same
Going back to the Taylor situation.. yes it’s slightly different because it was a non playing sabbatical. However expectations were set at the beginning. Everyone knew one player was on a temp contract, and everyone knew he’d return late in the competition so no one cared
That seems like the correct method in future.
