Blues 2020
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Fan voted All Time Blues XV + 2nd XV.
As voted by you! Presenting our All-Time Greatest Blues XV!! (and as an extra bonus the 2nd XV)
Some interesting things about the voting:
- 10,000 votes were cast across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Member emails.
- Sir Michael Jones makes BOTH teams. Winning the Openside by public demand and coming second in the Blindside voting.
- The closest fought positions were Loosehead Prop and Halfback. Each spot coming down to 25 votes or less.
- Rupeni Caucaunibuca’s inclusion on the right wing comes at the request of the public (Like ‘Iceman’) receiving more votes than the other choices.
- Carlos Spencer, Zinzan Brooke and Tony Woodcock dominated their respective positions, receiving more than 80% of the votes for their place in the team.
What do you think? Who was unlucky? Who would you switch? Which team wins head to head? Who would you choose as captain and coach?
The winner of the signed jersey will be announced next week!
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Michael Jones is in both teams. Swap him out in the 2nd XV with Gus Collins. Was no fan of Lee Stensness but he did more for us than SBW, would also probably have Cashmore ahead of Piutau.
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Michael Jones is in both teams. Swap him out in the 2nd XV with Gus Collins. Was no fan of Lee Stensness but he did more for us than SBW, would also probably have Cashmore ahead of Piutau.
@African-Monkey Yep, SBW shouldn't be in there. His best years were with the Chiefs and Crusaders. But he has plenty of fans.
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@African-Monkey Yep, SBW shouldn't be in there. His best years were with the Chiefs and Crusaders. But he has plenty of fans.
@Bovidae Yeah, he got the young people's votes that's for sure, despite barely playing for us and being a big waste of money. I think TJ Faiane has probably contributed more to the Blues than SBW as well....
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Michael Jones is in both teams. Swap him out in the 2nd XV with Gus Collins. Was no fan of Lee Stensness but he did more for us than SBW, would also probably have Cashmore ahead of Piutau.
@African-Monkey said in Blues 2020:
Michael Jones is in both teams. Swap him out in the 2nd XV with Gus Collins.
Can see why though. He was our best 7 and our second best 6. Gus comes in 3rd for sure.
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@African-Monkey said in Blues 2020:
Michael Jones is in both teams. Swap him out in the 2nd XV with Gus Collins.
Can see why though. He was our best 7 and our second best 6. Gus comes in 3rd for sure.
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@Bovidae Reichlemann played a bit at 6 too IIRC too, he was a bloody good player.
But id have Gus in behind the Iceman, but Iceman cant be in 2 teams either...
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Speaking of backrowers...
could be 28 when he gets back ... could fill a role for us at 6 (Blues and who knows at the higher level). Will be very interesting to see how he adapts back to NZ. Everyone who went to Europe prior to that came back wrecked for teh NZ game.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12328130
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Speaking of backrowers...
could be 28 when he gets back ... could fill a role for us at 6 (Blues and who knows at the higher level). Will be very interesting to see how he adapts back to NZ. Everyone who went to Europe prior to that came back wrecked for teh NZ game.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12328130
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@nzzp said in Blues 2020:
Speaking of backrowers...
If he did come back when he’s 30/31 I’d pick him at lock
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@Duluth Kaino was 32 when he played in 2015 RWC and was excellent.
If Steven came back next year, he'd be turning 30 in April (also, Happy Birthday Steven Luatua - 29 today!). Not sure if he'd be right for a lock - he's shorter than Jerome!
Loads of loosies at the Blues not as many locks
I've always been sceptical of Kaino being listed as 1.96. Luatua is listed between 1.94 and 1.96 (apparently he was taller at the Blues and AB's than other teams)
I'm reasonably sure Luatua is taller than Kaino regardless of what the stats say
There's plenty of successful shortish locks in SR. Plus with Robinson at 6 there would be plenty of lineout targets
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Clearly he should go to another franchise, rather than shoehorn him into lock, if there are too many loosies already at the Blues?
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@Nepia said in Blues 2020:
Clearly he should go to another franchise, rather than shoehorn him into lock, if there are too many loosies already at the Blues?
If he comes back its because he wants to reach 100 Blues caps.
@KiwiMurph said in Blues 2020:
@Nepia said in Blues 2020:
Clearly he should go to another franchise, rather than shoehorn him into lock, if there are too many loosies already at the Blues?
If he comes back its because he wants to reach 100 Blues caps.
In that case sending Akira or Dalton to the Chiefs would be best.
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Yup he's mid 1.90's significantly shorter than Retallick. About the same as a Brad Thorn/Hemepo etc
Fine for SR
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@Duluth said in Blues 2020:
Yup he's mid 1.90's significantly shorter than Retallick. About the same as a Brad Thorn/Hemepo etc
A similar height to Tu'ungafasi and Ta'avao. Not forgetting Jordie.
