SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs

[Mackerzzzz]

@nzzp said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@mackerzzzz said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Miracles have happened! Ruru gone and Sullivan there!

Excited to see how Sullivan goes. Good match to debut in, nothing really on the line

Was class personified for Auckland last year. A proper 15 not some 10 shoehorned into there

[Kirwan]

@mackerzzzz said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@nzzp said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@mackerzzzz said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Miracles have happened! Ruru gone and Sullivan there!

Excited to see how Sullivan goes. Good match to debut in, nothing really on the line

Was class personified for Auckland last year. A proper 15 not some 10 shoehorned into there

Am I missing a joke? Sullivan is a ten that can play fullback.

[Stockcar86]

@kirwan said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@mackerzzzz said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@nzzp said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@mackerzzzz said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Miracles have happened! Ruru gone and Sullivan there!

Excited to see how Sullivan goes. Good match to debut in, nothing really on the line

Was class personified for Auckland last year. A proper 15 not some 10 shoehorned into there

Am I missing a joke? Sullivan is a ten that can play fullback.

I'm pretty sure that Sullivan played at 10 for Napier Boys before he was poached. Not sure what position he played up in Auckland school rugby

[Yeahtheboys]

@stockcar86 played 10 his whole life back to primary school

[Mackerzzzz]

Ok I din know that. I thought he had always played 15

[Tim]

Players not considered with injury: Patrick Tuipulotu (neck), Jacob Pierce (leg), James Lay (foot). Season-ending: Jone Macalai, Dillon Hunt.

https://blues.rugby/team-named-for-final-sra-hit-out/

[Bovidae]

Even more changes for the Chiefs than I predicted.

[Yeetyaah]

@bovidae that's a very different squad. 2 debutants starting and potentially 4 more on the bench. Dunno about Wainui at 13 and Sullivan playing at all. It's just funny how the Chiefs played it down then named this squad.

[Yeahtheboys]

Chiefs 13+

[Bovidae]

Unavailable for selection:
Atu Moli (hips), Alex Nankivell (finger), Chase Tiatia (concussion), Kaylum Boshier (shoulder), Laghlan McWhannell (knee), Luke Jacobson (concussion), Mitchell Karpik (knee), Reuben O’Neill (concussion), Sam Cane (shoulder/pectoral), Simon Parker (foot), Quinn Tupaea (knee).

Nankivell probably would have played I think.

Edit: Ah Kuoi also has concussion symptoms.

[Bovidae]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/124977717/super-rugby-chiefs-make-wholesale-changes-for-trial-match-against-blues

[Crucial]

Good point in that article that not only did the Chiefs get the draw with a long run of games (including SRTT) but then get the worst travel schedule on top by having to cross the Ta$man every week.

I will be keen to see Taulani at this level.

Can’t see us winning many lineouts with those throwers though.

[ARHS]

Looks like an interesting contest after seeing those teams. Don't quite understand the Blues selection. Could have given a lot more fringe guys a chance. Wonder what the team spirit is like after that call. Don't think the Chiefs fringe guys will lack motivation on Saturday

[Steven Harris]

@nzzp why would you not give Jacob Ratumaitavuki Kneepkins a run ..Picking Heem is going nowhere..!

[Hooroo]

We are going to get a hiding but it doesn’t matter.

[Bovidae]

@crucial said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Good point in that article that not only did the Chiefs get the draw with a long run of games (including SRTT) but then get the worst travel schedule on top by having to cross the Ta$man every week.

Yeah, that was the main point of me posting that. A minimum of 10 games in a row without a bye and the trans- Ta$man schedule is a tough ask. As McMillan says, if the Blues had got a losing BP last round the Chiefs team would have been different. But they didn't...

[Crucial]

This really makes tipping difficult this week. Zero idea what will happen.

[Dan54]

Interested to see how Lord goes for Chiefs.

[pakman]

Pity that points difference wasn’t the key metric when teams finish on same points.

The Jacobson non-try in first match is potentially only reason Blues aren’t going in with good shot at final.

[cgrant]

@dan54 said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Interested to see how Lord goes for Chiefs.

He could become the new Norm Maxwell, given his lean frame. But I'd like him to add 10 kgs of muscle in order to make him more effective in the collisions.