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[KiwiMurph]

@taniwharugby yeah Guyton is out. Not surprising as he declined this year in Super Rugby. Was hoping for Enari but Ruru has been good at NPC level and is more ready to play right now. What Blues really need is Nock to take the next step and become starter.

[Duluth]

@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby News:

What Blues really need is Nock to take the next step and become starter.

He's been good recently.. there are signs he is ready to start.

Unfortunately I think Umaga will keep selecting Pulu regardless of form

[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.