Blues 2019
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@canes4life said in Blues 2019:
@pakman No 1 city in New Zealand on Lonely planet. The wind is just a myth to keep the haters away.
I like Wellington, but I've never experienced stronger wind anywhere in the world. And that's not just at the Beehive!
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@tim This article on the Blues website suggests Tele'a is on a full contract.
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The Blues continues to invest in youth for 2019 and beyond after announcing that three members of the New Zealand Under-20s rugby team will play for the club in Super Rugby next year.
Harry Plummer, Tanielu Tele’a and Hoskins Sotutu, among the seven players from the Blues region in the New Zealand Under-20 side, have been signed for two-year contracts with the Blues.Blues Rugby
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@tim said in Blues 2019:
Nigel Yalden said today that he believes that TJ Faiane is with the Blues for next year.
That's three 12s, so Leger may be the odd man out. Still interested if Tele'a is on a full contract.
Leger was only a fill in contract wasn't he?
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Ozzie need to look at this sort of thing, need a board with some ideas? Let's have an ex-National coach, an ex-MP, and a successful businessman
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@machpants said in Blues 2019:
Ozzie need to look at this sort of thing, need a board with some ideas? Let's have an ex-National coach, an ex-MP, and a successful businessman
Yay
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@sammyc said in Blues 2019:
@machpants said in Blues 2019:
Ozzie need to look at this sort of thing, need a board with some ideas? Let's have an ex-National coach, an ex-MP, and a successful businessman
Yay
we get to hate John Hart again.where's that race horse!
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@sammyc said in Blues 2019:
@machpants said in Blues 2019:
Ozzie need to look at this sort of thing, need a board with some ideas? Let's have an ex-National coach, an ex-MP, and a successful businessman
Yay
we get to hate John Hart again.I'd love for the Blues to be hated by other franchise fans instead of hated by their own fans. Dreams are free....
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@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:
So who is going to play 13? Tele'a? They want an experienced midfield so they get 3 experienced 12s and a rookie 13. Lol Blues.
Matt Johnson / Tamati Tua ?
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@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:
@sammyc said in Blues 2019:
@machpants said in Blues 2019:
Ozzie need to look at this sort of thing, need a board with some ideas? Let's have an ex-National coach, an ex-MP, and a successful businessman
Yay
we get to hate John Hart again.I'd love for the Blues to be hated by other franchise fans instead of hated by their own fans. Dreams are free....
Me too
it's too hard to hate them when they suck so bad.they should bring back Gary Whetton, Bernie McCahill and Grant Fox as advisors
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@nogusta said in Blues 2019:
@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:
So who is going to play 13? Tele'a? They want an experienced midfield so they get 3 experienced 12s and a rookie 13. Lol Blues.
Matt Johnson / Tamati Tua ?
A hard pass to both of those options. It should be Tumua Manu - but I can't see that happening now. Heck I'd take Ranger over those two ^
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@daffy-jaffy said in Blues 2019:
@tim This article on the Blues website suggests Tele'a is on a full contract.
It says nothing about development contracts. -
The Blues continues to invest in youth for 2019 and beyond after announcing that three members of the New Zealand Under-20s rugby team will play for the club in Super Rugby next year.
Harry Plummer, Tanielu Tele’a and Hoskins Sotutu, among the seven players from the Blues region in the New Zealand Under-20 side, have been signed for two-year contracts with the Blues.
The official home of the Blues rugby team. Buy tickets and merchandise, get the latest news, view results and go behind-the-scenes with our players.
Draft contract perhaps?
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@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:
@nogusta said in Blues 2019:
@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:
So who is going to play 13? Tele'a? They want an experienced midfield so they get 3 experienced 12s and a rookie 13. Lol Blues.
Matt Johnson / Tamati Tua ?
A hard pass to both of those options. It should be Tumua Manu - but I can't see that happening now. Heck I'd take Ranger over those two ^
Still clinging on to hope that they somehow fit him in (Manu)...The Chiefs are circling hard I hear...
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@kirwan said in Blues 2019:
Be nice if Tana had signed him instead of his mate Nonu.
Or you know...played him in the midfield this year for the Blues when he was in the squad due to injuries....but no....lets play Rieko at 12 and Collins at 13 instead......
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@kiwimurph said in Blues 2019:
@kirwan said in Blues 2019:
Be nice if Tana had signed him instead of his mate Nonu.
Or you know...played him in the midfield this year for the Blues when he was in the squad due to injuries....but no....lets play Rieko at 12 and Collins at 13 instead......
trigger warning please when you write 'Rieko at 12'. that shit grinds my gears.
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Be afraid super teams, be very afraid -
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) have appointed former All Black and Auckland Rugby Coach and life-time member of Auckland Rugby John Hart, current New Zealand Rugby Board member Richard Dellabarca and current NZR Rugby Committee member and former government Minister and Cabinet member Sam Lotu-Iiga to the Blues Super Rugby Club Board.Former All Blacks coach John Hart was happy to step on to the board of the Blues, but insists New Zealand Rugby's presence on it will be temporary.
Hart, along with Richard Dellabarca and Sam Lotu-Iiga, was appointed to the board for the Super Rugby club by NZR, after an independent review of the club's governance structure.
"My understanding is it's an interim move," Hart told Radio Sport's D'Arcy Waldegrave of his appointment.
"NZR have stepped in as an interim move and ultimately they'll want to bring back some private equity interest. That will take time. All the other franchises have that structure and I'm sure that's where the New Zealand Union see the Blues of the future.
Hart, who coached the All Blacks from 1996-1999, has strong ties to the game in the Auckland region. A former coach of the province, Hart is a life member of the Auckland union.
"I'm a passionate rugby man, I'm a passionate Aucklander and we'd all like to see the Blues do well.
"I guess they're hoping I might be able to help the board in terms of governance and decision-making around the football team, but I'm just a board member – one of six or seven.
"I'm going on as a board member to meet with the board and come up with strategies to support the management team. I don't see it going beyond that at the moment."
Current NZR board member Dellabarca and NZR committee member Lotu-Iiga join Hart on the Blues' board, with the appointments being made as part of the NZR's 40 per cent partnership interest in the club.
The trio all have a proven background in the sport which NZR chief executive Steve Tew said was an important part of the selection.
"We are pleased that John, Richard and Sam are available to represent New Zealand Rugby's partnership interest in the Blues Super Rugby club."Their collective skills will extend the existing depth of experience of the Blues Board and in combination with other recent changes to the coaching team and re-signing and recruitment of key players, this is one of many steps to help rebuild the success of the club."
