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BREAKING: @BluesRugbyTeam first-five Ihaia West will miss the next four weeks of the #SuperRugby season with an ankle injury
I wonder if Bryn Gatland will be brought in cos I think Perofeta is also injured.
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
I wonder if Bryn Gatland will be brought in cos I think Perofeta is also injured.
At least he played well for the A team on the weekend.
They would need to put another need a 3rd guy with the squad too just in case there's another injury.
Who the hell would that be?? When the Crusaders had injuries at 10 they had Gatland training with their squad.. -
@KiwiMurph said in Super Rugby News:
I wonder if Bryn Gatland will be brought in cos I think Perofeta is also injured.
At least he played well for the A team on the weekend.
They would need to put another need a 3rd guy with the squad too just in case there's another injury.
Who the hell would that be?? When the Crusaders had injuries at 10 they had Gatland training with their squad.. -
@Tim Tiaan Falcon, but I want the Blues to keep their mitts off him. Let them take Gatland, who has a bit more Mitre 10 Cup experience anyway and comes from Blues catchment.
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@Stargazer I think Tim was referring to the Blues U20 squad.
Wiseguy Faiane was on the Blues U20 bench a couple of weeks ago when they played Argentina, Perofeta started.
@KiwiMurph Oh, did he? Against the Chiefs U20s, Otumaka Mausia played at 10 for the Blues U20s. Against the Canes U20s, it was indeed Wiseguy Faiane.
Gatland played first-five for the Blues Dev team against both the Chiefs Dev team and the Canes Dev team.
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Just making a suggestion, would the mods consider splitting this thread in terms of moving the discussion around the future of Super Rugby into it's on thread and keep this thread more for specific current season player/team news around injuries, squad updates, etc?
I just trawled through about 5 pages of discussion around the future of the Super Rugby comp and all the speculation around it which makes for good reading, but not if you are looking for an update on a specific player's injury or some such.
Just a suggestion.
Cheers
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Matt Faddes has re-signed with the Landers until 2019
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Overlooked in Paul Cully's article is this:
Williams has been out of the game for eight months and is a father to two young children but still looks in better condition than some players 10 years his junior. Brilliant players, incidentally. A pair of siblings with enough talent to rule the world in their respective positions but apparently not yet with the right habits. TV cameras captured the players in question huffing and puffing on shuttle runs away from the rest of the group while All Blacks assistant Wayne Smith was among those watching on. Oh to have heard what words Smith passed on to them as they caught their breath.
This can only be referring to the Ioane brothers. So clearly their training routines and fitness/conditioning are still major work-ons.
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Overlooked in Paul Cully's article is this:
Williams has been out of the game for eight months and is a father to two young children but still looks in better condition than some players 10 years his junior. Brilliant players, incidentally. A pair of siblings with enough talent to rule the world in their respective positions but apparently not yet with the right habits. TV cameras captured the players in question huffing and puffing on shuttle runs away from the rest of the group while All Blacks assistant Wayne Smith was among those watching on. Oh to have heard what words Smith passed on to them as they caught their breath.
This can only be referring to the Ioane brothers. So clearly their training routines and fitness/conditioning are still major work-ons.
@Bovidae said in Super Rugby News:
Overlooked in Paul Cully's article is this:
Williams has been out of the game for eight months and is a father to two young children but still looks in better condition than some players 10 years his junior. Brilliant players, incidentally. A pair of siblings with enough talent to rule the world in their respective positions but apparently not yet with the right habits. TV cameras captured the players in question huffing and puffing on shuttle runs away from the rest of the group while All Blacks assistant Wayne Smith was among those watching on. Oh to have heard what words Smith passed on to them as they caught their breath.
This can only be referring to the Ioane brothers. So clearly their training routines and fitness/conditioning are still major work-ons.
Yes, the video of it is on the tvnz website:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/watch-all-blacks-coaching-mastermind-wayne-smith-drops-in-blues-training-quiet-word-ioane-brothers -
@Bovidae said in Super Rugby News:
Overlooked in Paul Cully's article is this:
Williams has been out of the game for eight months and is a father to two young children but still looks in better condition than some players 10 years his junior. Brilliant players, incidentally. A pair of siblings with enough talent to rule the world in their respective positions but apparently not yet with the right habits. TV cameras captured the players in question huffing and puffing on shuttle runs away from the rest of the group while All Blacks assistant Wayne Smith was among those watching on. Oh to have heard what words Smith passed on to them as they caught their breath.
This can only be referring to the Ioane brothers. So clearly their training routines and fitness/conditioning are still major work-ons.
Yes, the video of it is on the tvnz website:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/rugby/watch-all-blacks-coaching-mastermind-wayne-smith-drops-in-blues-training-quiet-word-ioane-brothers@Milk Talent will only get you so far.
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Whatever happens, if they cut a team in Australia, a lot of people will walk away from the game.
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The decline in attendance and SuperSport subscribers in SA will be a big concern as they generate the majority of the broadcasting money for SANZAAR.
Cutting 2 SA teams, which is the right thing to do, may also hurt NZR in the pocket.
@Bovidae said in Super Rugby News:
The decline in attendance and SuperSport subscribers in SA will be a big concern as they generate the majority of the broadcasting money for SANZAAR.
Cutting 2 SA teams, which is the right thing to do, may also hurt NZR in the pocket.
SA and their stupid corrupt political interference has seriously damaged the SH game.
