Blues 2019

[KiwiMurph]

I see young Z Sullivan not playing for College Rifles today. Hope he is not injured?

[Dice]

@Duluth I think he played a little, but probably no more than Wiseguy did for Northland.

Outside of Kirkpatrick, who are the 10s who played for the development team this year?

[Duluth]

@Dice said in Blues 2019:

Outside of Kirkpatrick, who are the 10s who played for the development team this year?

Just looked up the teamsheet vs Chiefs A

Havili started with Sullivan on the bench

I remember Wiseguy was on the bench in the Hurricanes game but subbed on at fullback

[Steven Harris]

If Plummer is injured,I would love the Blues to think outside the square, I rate Kaleb Trask from BOP as a brilliant prospect..
Brilliantly balanced runner who can kick goals as well Daniel Kirkpatrick does not do it for me..another Canes reject who is no more than a journeyman .

[Dice]

Maybe ask Nacewa if he's been staying in shape.

[Stargazer]

@Steven-Harris said in Blues 2019:

If Plummer is injured,I would love the Blues to think outside the square, I rate Kaleb Trask from BOP as a brilliant prospect..
Brilliantly balanced runner who can kick goals as well Daniel Kirkpatrick does not do it for me..another Canes reject who is no more than a journeyman .

Trask wasn't considered for the NZ U20s due to injury.

[Steven Harris]

@Stargazer thanks for the update..I close that door..!

[Chris B.]

@Duluth said in Blues 2019:

Did Willy Havili get much game time during the NPC?

No - and the game he played in he struggled a bit.

He's a different build to David - similar but possibly lighter than Otere Black, I'd say.

If the Blues need a Ta$man first five, I reckon they'd be better with Tim O'Malley.

[African Monkey]

Do we pick someone from club rugby like D'Angelo Leiula?

[Dice]

@African-Monkey I was going to mention him, but since he wasn't in the development team, I doubt he's in the mix.

[Dice]

You can see Havili training with the Blues in one of the latest pictures posted by the Blues.

The pictures posted seem to be of a training game of the 1st XV vs the 2nd XV. You can clearly see Pulu playing halfback with the 1sts, while Ruru is playing halfback for the 2nds. Hopefully that doesn't mean Pulu is starting this weekend if Nock is out.

[Dice]

A friend of mine was at the St Kents vs Sacred Heart game on Saturday and he saw Nock there with Faiane. He said that Nock had a little bit of tape around two of his fingers. He said it didn't look that serious, but who knows.

It honestly didn't look that serious when he came off last week, as he was going to play on and he wasn't showing much pain from it, but he got called to come off anyway. I hope he plays, because I can't stand Pulu.

[Tim]

@Dice Any news on Plummer?

[nzzp]

@Tim said in Blues 2019:

@Dice Any news on Plummer?

Given the scale of the knock, I'd be very surprised if we see him this week. He was in a really bad way on the field

[Higgins]

@Dice said in Blues 2019:

A friend of mine was at the St Kents vs Sacred Heart game on Saturday and he saw Nock there with Faiane.

Hell, I hope they weren't invited there so a scholarship offer could be dangled in front of them!!!!!!!

[Dice]

@Tim I've got nothing, but like nzzp, I'd be surprised if he played this week. He was doing the chicken dance when he tried to get up - it didn't look good at all.

[Nogusta]

@Tim Nocks out, having surgery on his fingers.

[Nogusta]

@Dice I was there too. Also spotted Tele'a and Blake Gibson. All SKC alumni. They regularly attend SKC games

[Dice]

@Nogusta That sucks. Just when he was starting to show some form. I'm assuming that's the end of his Super Rugby season?

Has he done enough to get another Blues contract? He might need to play for another one in the M10.

[nzzp]

Our priority (like it has been for ages) is to find a good quality 9/10 combo. We seem to have taken the shotgun approach of quantity over quality, and just hoped one pops out fully formed. Mind you, Leon knows a bit about quality 10s, and should be able to see the attributes we need to get a combination that will get us to upper mid table.

Overall, though, our big headache is our lack of rugby nous. WE lost the Canes game because we played dumb rugby

Edit: and if you swapped the 9/10 combos, Blues win that game by 30 points.