Blues 2025
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Tepaea Cook-Savage said his body was just holding together after the Taranaki QF game so I wouldn't make the assumption that just because he wasn't involved at the sevens in Te Puke means he isn't in the NZ sevens squad. I'm sure he'd like to play SR, and is a Northlander.
I'd be more pissed if locals leave Waikato than the Chiefs.
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@Nepia said in Blues 2025:
@george33 said in Blues 2025:
Ivan Cleary with Vern Cotter at Blues HQ today.
Comp winning coaches catching up and sharing ideas - is there any official media about it?
Tax write off for Cleary?
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Preseason game v Crusaders -
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@Duluth said in Blues 2025:
a few posts about it here:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/post/1000349thanks - missed that during the day.
I'm still disappointed.
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@Machpants said in Blues 2025:
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2025:
Preseason game v Crusaders -
It's in a crop field?
Bold strategy
If you build it they will come.
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This upcoming squad announcement has much more intrigue and unknowns than I expected it would after a successful last season.
Take the confirmed departures -
Tangitau, Vikena, Banks, Akira Ioane.
and the strongly rumored ones -
Perofeta, Riccitelli, Rush, Heem (injury enforced retirement?) Reiko Ioane (sabbatical?).
then other players off contract that have not yet been announced as re-signed -
Laghlan McWhannell
PJ Sheck
James Thompson
Lucas Cashmore
Meihana Grindlay
Jordan LayWhile rumors may not be true and some of the last group could still be re-signed, in total there are potentially up to 15 possible changes including the 3 new signings announced so far -
B. Barrett, Peyton Spencer, Che Clarke.
Tuesday should be interesting.
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From Blues Facebook -
Champs go last
We’ll be the last team to drop our Super Rugby Pacific squad
Tuesday 3pm, mark your calendars -
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2025:
From Blues Facebook -
Champs go last
We’ll be the last team to drop our Super Rugby Pacific squad
Tuesday 3pm, mark your calendarsGot to say I'm feeling a bit pessimistic. Seems like the squad is going to be ravaged.
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from Blues media - as rumored further up the thread -
Some unfortunate news out of Blues HQ, Bryce Heem will miss the entire 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season with a wrist injury 🥲Best of luck on your recovery uncle 💙
Commence 1 full day of sadness before our full squad is announced tomorrow
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A punt from left field -
About 2 weeks ago Blues Insta story posted a random video of Melani Nanai scoring for the Blues off a flukey deflected kick, with the commentary saying "no-one expected that" could it have been a hint at him signing as an experienced mid-field/Wing replacement for Heem? Nanai has been playing in Canada and for Manu Samoa in the Pacific series. May be nothing in it but if it is so 'You heard it here first'.
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Blues Facebook posted this morning -
"We may or may not have 7 new players 👀"
So there may be fewer squad changes than we suspected.
