Blues 2024
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Aside from Akira Ioane, it seems that Tangitau and Vikena are leaving. Barrett is returning. Other possibilities to leave are Heem and Lay. Any ideas on replacements?
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Heem to be re-signed then as a result?
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Lol this came up on IG feed, thought the Blues thread would enjoy this despite him obviously playing for the Canes. So funny seeing Telea with a head of hair.
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In terms of signings for next year, what happened to Payton Spencer? Is he in with a shout or has he aligned himself with the NZ sevens programme?
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In terms of signings for next year, what happened to Payton Spencer? Is he in with a shout or has he aligned himself with the NZ sevens programme?
He went for 7’s this year then got injured
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@cgrant Suafoa probably suits Cotter's style of play more, but at the same time, I like what Segner brings but he isn't as strong in the contact areas as others.
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@cgrant said in Blues 2024:
Segner or Suafoa.
Would Rob Rush come into contention? That guy has so much talent imo.
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@Tim said in Blues 2024:
So, who plays 6 next year? That's a huge hole to fill.
Suafoa or Clark. I prefer Segner as a 7 or 8
Depends how the NPC goes
It'll be interesting to see where Segner plays for Auckland. I hope we see a a trio of: 7 Choat, 8 Segner & 6 Clark.
I assume Suafoa will mostly start at 8 for Harbour again. He probably has the inside running at this stage
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If you skim back in thread the main concern before the season kicked off was the locks. The area of weakness became a strength very quickly
Happy with any combination of Tuipulotu, Darry, Beehre, McWhannell.
Thompson had some very useful cameos. Suafoa only got a handful of mins at lock but he's still a handy loosie/lock (in 2023 he started 9 times at lock but is seems to be considered more of a loosie now)
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16 wins in a row at home now. That includes wins against all the other NZ sides
The Blues record is 21 from the first few years of SR
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@Duluth said in Blues 2024:
The Blues record is 21 from the first few years of SR
genuine questio: are you sure? I just went back and checked 96-98; I got 17 for proper comp games ... did they count preseason as well?
Edit: yes, am nerd.
Is there an error here? Blues at home 96-98
Maybe you're only counting Eden Park? That was
1817 in a row. There were34 games at Pukekohe tooThe current streak includes a Whangarei match
[edit] there was a small error, one of the Pukekohe games had Auckland as the location[/edit]
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Is there an error here? Blues at home 96-98
Maybe you're only counting Eden Park? That was
1817 in a row. There were34 games at Pukekohe tooThe current streak includes a Whangarei match
[edit] there was a small error, one of the Pukekohe games had Auckland as the location[/edit]
