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Steven Harris

@taniwharugby yeah I have heard the same thing,Aucks won’t be happy..!

Duluth

@taniwharugby yeah I have heard the same thing,Aucks won’t be happy..!

Why?

Goodhue is an obvious selection

Steven Harris

@duluth my bad,must have misread the mood..
Although there are some in the Taniwha squad after the weekend who butchered any chance they had of picking contracts up especially with Umaga and Hanks on hand..

Duluth

@steven-harris said in Super rugby:

@duluth my bad,must have misread the mood..

Personally I would have been pissed if we let Goodhue go somewhere else

Announced Locks:
Scrafton, Tuipulotu, Goodhue & Cowley-Tuioti

Plus Tupou primarily as a loosie

There's room for another big lump at lock to back up Tuipolotu. I will be annoyed if that is Martin instead of Whetton..

taniwharugby

@steven-harris begs the question though why are Hanks and Umaga still doing the scouting/recruiting...

Duluth

@taniwharugby the commentators kept mentioning they were looking at Robinson

At SR level I think he would be a 6 who could cover lock at a pinch

Tupou is already signed
It's likely Olmstead is signed

Is there room for all three?

Personally I think we should pick NZ qualified players ahead of foreigners. So hopefully Olmstead isn't signed

taniwharugby

@duluth I know they were impressed with him in the dev side at the start of 2017 when he did his knee.

From what heard he wants to focus more on 6 anyway and with his engine he is the kind that could play 6 and move to lock later in the game.

Steven Harris

@taniwharugby if I had to take a punt,they may have been looking at a head to head clash between Taukei’aho and Moulds..

taniwharugby

@steven-harris possibly, although surely he (TR) has caught the eye up until getting injured (a few weeks back)

While I like Moulds and what he brings, what we have seen of Olsen this season has been great, I think he offers a bit more explosive power in close than Moulds, who suits the wider channels better.

Tim

@steven-harris Sure hope so. Now can we delist Apisai?

African Monkey

@steven-harris Not at all, I wish he didn't get injured last season as we would have been able to see a lot more of him during SR. Jimmy Tupou on the other hand.....

Chiefy07

@steven-harris Despite the scoreline I think Moulds likely would've won that head to head battle. For once someone elses line out was worse than ours and Moulds played well despite most of the others sleep walking through the game

taniwharugby

I wonder if Ross Wright will get picked up on a full contract or at all?

He would make a very good squad member given he can play both hooker and prop.

Chiefy07

@taniwharugby He hasn't had much luck in his career - would have had a really good shot if he had played all season like last season! Hopefully he did enough for Northland/Blues/NZ Maori last year to get a go.

Interesting that Jack Debreczeni was tied with Sevu Reece and Luke Romano on 9 points on the top of the Duane Monkley medal table when the table stopped being public after round 7

taniwharugby

@chiefy07 yeah I havent followed it as closely this year, although I dont think they have been as pro-active in putting up a table, only points from certain games....assume he has just been accumulating points slowly, he has been solid with a couple of good outings, but nothing spectacular IMO.

Stargazer

@taniwharugby said in Super rugby:

apparently Josh Goodhue has signed for 2 years with the Blues.

Just for my "list", do you have a source for that, or even better, a link?
There's nothing on the Blues' website or social media.

Chiefy07

@taniwharugby said in Super rugby:

@chiefy07 yeah I havent followed it as closely this year, although I dont think they have been as pro-active in putting up a table, only points from certain games....assume he has just been accumulating points slowly, he has been solid with a couple of good outings, but nothing spectacular IMO.

I agree. I think he has been one of the better 10s in the comp but definitely hadn't picked him as one of the top 3 players in the comp after 7 rounds. IMO he has had a big impact on this Northland team - not sure we would be in top 4 with the 10s we had last season.

kev

I think with (my Cambridge blue eyes) Moulds, Olsen, and Ross Wright we almost have 3 best hookers in Blues territory. Nowadays Wright might struggle with throws given he doesn’t play there but still they all are very good. Yes I include Parsons in my consideration.

But couldnt even begin to suggest that about any other position.

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