Blues 2018

[Tim]

Interesting to see Eden stalwart, Franck Friconnet, in there, and that Harbour have signed Harrison Levien.

[taniwharugby]

Tana on radio sport just now...would not confirm/deny if has re-signed for 2019

[Dice]

Watched Leuila in the Pacific Challenge Cup last month and he looked really impressive.

[Duluth]

@taniwharugby said in Blues 2018:

Tana on radio sport just now...would not confirm/deny if has re-signed for 2019

Starts at 7mins 20s on this link(mp3 file), continues on this link

[Stargazer]

Blues 'A' trails 12 - 13 after 30 minutes. I only just started watching, so I don't know who scored the first try. The second was scored by Malo Tuitama. Japan 'A' just scored off a driving maul.

The game is Live on Sky Sport 1.

[Stargazer]

Lyndon Dunshea scored the Blues 'A' third try.

Half time: Blues 'A' 17 - 13 Japan 'A' (3 tries to 1)

[Stargazer]

Tuitama - Campbell - Tuitama - Campbell and the latter scores! Great try. Blues 'A' now leads 24 to 13.

[Stargazer]

Now a very good try to Japan 'A'. The Blues struggle a bit when they have to defend against a line-out maul.

24 - 20 Blues 'A'

[Stargazer]

Awesome try to Japan. Tuitama earns a yellow card for taking someone out in the air. I'd have to see a replay of that, but my initial thought was that he was going to have red.

It's 27 all.

[Stargazer]

Japan makes good use of the one-man-more and score after the hooter.

Full time: Blues 'A' 27 - 34 Japan 'A'

Japan 'A' wins its second game in NZ and will play Hurricanes Development next week.

[Tim]

Fun fact: the Chairman of the Blues board is also a director of Fletcher Building.

[nzzp]

@tim said in Blues 2018:

Fun fact: the Chairman of the Blues board is also a director of Fletcher Building.

ha ha, clearly expert in not knowing what the hell is going on in the organisations

[Tim]

Another board member, Kate Daly, was their HR person until recently.

[Tim]

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/6947b340/the-best-and-the-worst-managers.html

Murray Bolton

This audacious former management buyout dealmaker has been off the corporate scene for years, but his management style came under the spotlight this month when he and three other directors of Skellerup subsidiary DML Resources paid $7 million to settle a reckless trading case. Maine Investments-linked companies DML, Levene's and Palmers Garden Centres collapsed under the weight of debt after the Bolton-led MBO.

[Bovidae]

You couldn't accuse the Blues of overspending!

[Tim]

@bovidae What's your view on Redman?

[Bovidae]

Redman was well thought of as mayor but his time as the CEO is certainly tainted by the V8 debacle. He did have a background in sports, including being one of the founders of the Breakers.

[Machpants]

Interesting article

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/fix-blues-teams-blues-arent

[pakman]

I can't say I'm convinced by Tana, but I agree that the problems run far deeper.
A competitive Blues team naturally follows from Auckland being in the top two or three in the Mitre 10.
With all the resources this in fact the MINIMUM which ought to be acceptable to the Auckland union.
Reminds me of what happened to Transvaal, traditionally the strongest Bok province, but for many years reduced to whipping boys.
Don't know how they changed things, but as long suffering Blues supporter 'I want what they had'!

[antipodean]

@machpants I found this bit illuminating:
Currently, every player that grew up outside of the Blues region that is on the Blues roster did not go through a Blues academy. Meaning, they went through someone else’s academy and that franchise let them go.