Blues 2019
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@daffy-jaffy Who's the guy with the dread top-not? Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa? Jacob Umaga?
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@daffy-jaffy Who's the guy with the dread top-not? Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa? Jacob Umaga?
@tim I'm sure that is Riedlinger-Kapa and you were right about Telea.
Here is a video of Tomas Aoake playing for Warriors u20.
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Also training with the team is young North Harbour lock Danny Dake. Its interesting that Coventry usually started Ben Nee Nee ahead of both Drake and Scott Pierce for Harbour but they both passed him into the Blues squad. I guess on youth and potential, they are 23 and 21 years old.
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Also training with the team is young North Harbour lock Danny Dake. Its interesting that Coventry usually started Ben Nee Nee ahead of both Drake and Scott Pierce for Harbour but they both passed him into the Blues squad. I guess on youth and potential, they are 23 and 21 years old.
@daffy-jaffy said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
Also training with the team is young North Harbour lock Danny Dake. Its interesting that Coventry usually started Ben Nee Nee ahead of both Drake and Scott Pierce for Harbour but they both passed him into the Blues squad. I guess on youth and potential, they are 23 and 21 years old.
Have they though? Ben Nee Nee played for Samoa on Sunday morning (NZT), so has maybe just returned from the NH and need a break before he joins the Blues squad?
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@daffy-jaffy said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
Also training with the team is young North Harbour lock Danny Dake. Its interesting that Coventry usually started Ben Nee Nee ahead of both Drake and Scott Pierce for Harbour but they both passed him into the Blues squad. I guess on youth and potential, they are 23 and 21 years old.
Have they though? Ben Nee Nee played for Samoa on Sunday morning (NZT), so has maybe just returned from the NH and need a break before he joins the Blues squad?
@stargazer said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
@daffy-jaffy said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
Also training with the team is young North Harbour lock Danny Dake. Its interesting that Coventry usually started Ben Nee Nee ahead of both Drake and Scott Pierce for Harbour but they both passed him into the Blues squad. I guess on youth and potential, they are 23 and 21 years old.
Have they though? Ben Nee Nee played for Samoa on Sunday morning (NZT), so has maybe just returned from the NH and need a break before he joins the Blues squad?
Well Jacob Pierce definitely has - he is in the 38 man Blues squad and NeeNee isn't
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Two more 'development' players training with the team are Robb Cobb (NZ U20 prop) and Hawaii Ahokovi (young Pakuranga outside back who played preseason with Auckland).
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@tim Dunno if that third to last photo is a thing they should be working on
Interesting that it appears they have judo(?) coach helping them out. I can see how that would be helpful and moving bodyweights about
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@tim Dunno if that third to last photo is a thing they should be working on
Interesting that it appears they have judo(?) coach helping them out. I can see how that would be helpful and moving bodyweights about
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@hooroo wasnt there an AB prop who was/is very good at Judo.
Can't recall,, but I think it was John Timu back in the day used to do ballet training for strength and balance.
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@taniwharugby Don't know about Judo, but Joe Moody is a former NZ wrestling rep.
Edited to add that Moody won a junior Commonwealth Games bronze medal (freestyle wrestling) and competed at the world junior championships.
@stargazer just asked Aunty/Uncle Google...
Was Steve McDowell, coulda gone to Moscow Olympics.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11209385
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@tim I see Lewis Gjaltema and Mike Tamoaieta there. Does anyone recognise the front row looking guy between Umaga and Mafileo?
