Blues 2018

[Nepia]

@toddy said in Blues 2018:

@nepia when is BBBR every going to be lazy enough to be given stick by the crowd.

Well Akira gets in a year when he's one of the hardest workers in a completely shit team so nothing is out the realm of possibility.

[taniwharugby]

TSF thread diversions are gold!!

A thread about the Blues is now discussing sticking up for your dad who may or may not deserve support haha!!

My dads bigger than yours! :oncoming_fist:

[pukunui]

@nepia said in Blues 2018:

@pukunui said in Blues 2018:

@nepia said in Blues 2018:

re: Akira. So which of you guys wouldn't go over to help out your old man if he was in a scuffle?

Depends if it was my dad who started it and whether i had a lucrative rugby career to risk or not.

So you'd look up see the scuffle going on and first enquire, "excuse me who started this?" before going over to help your old man out, and then you'd stop and think 'oh best not ruin my lucrative rugby career by going over'.

Hmmm, ok. Well, you have more self control than me.

Well um yes, at least to the career part. Just like you might stop before punching someone on the street because it might land you in jail.
This wasn't some bar fight where his dad was outnumbered getting a beating. This is fucking Eden park at a professional rugby game. It's becoming clearer that both brothers have a problem with self control when it comes to tough guy shit (if all these stories are true).

[Tim]

Is it weird that Blues players aren't playing club rugby for the second week in a row? (At least in the Auckland competition.)

https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=e1baff71-87ea-405e-b3ad-a28540eff429

[mariner4life]

@tim said in Blues 2018:

Is it weird that Blues players aren't playing club rugby for the second week in a row? (At least in the Auckland competition.)

https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=e1baff71-87ea-405e-b3ad-a28540eff429

why would that Clubs want to risk catching that Blues virus?

[Duluth]

@tim said in Blues 2018:

Is it weird that Blues players aren't playing club rugby for the second week in a row? (At least in the Auckland competition.)

https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=e1baff71-87ea-405e-b3ad-a28540eff429

Its probably because of this:
http://theblues.co.nz/mahurangi-to-host-backyard-battle/

The Blues along with the provincial teams from Northland, North Harbour and Auckland, will take part in a special Backyard Battle at Mahurangi Rugby Club on Wednesday 20 June.

All four teams will play continuously on the two grounds over three periods of 30 minutes. They will swap opposition after each 30-minute spell.

[Northlandallday]

@duluth and unlike many other squads that were given a good week or two off, the Blues have trained through. I do wonder if the players are tired rather than refreshed. Winners get time off, losers have to keep chugging.

[antipodean]

the Blues are now training?

[taniwharugby]

@antipodean yep, getting some early 2019 training done.

[Tim]

Format for tonight's practice games:

Backyard Battle
NZ Vikings v Blues / Harbour /Auckland
Wednesday 20th June 2018
6:30pm @ Mahurangi Rugby Club

Field A

6.30pm - Blues v Auckland
7.10pm - Blues v North Harbour
7.50pm - Blues v NZ Vikings

Field B

NZ Vikings v North Harbour
Auckland v NZ Vikings
Auckland v North Harbour

Game format:

6.30pm NZ Vikings v North Harbour - 30 minutes
7.10pm NZ Vikings v Auckland - 30 minutes
7.50pm NZ Vikings v Blues - 30 minutes

Weather is shite, so I certainly won't be going.

[Stargazer]

@tim Have the Blues and Harbour named a team? I've only seen squad lists from Auckland and Northland.

[Tim]

@stargazer Not that I've seen.

[taniwharugby]

@tim ha fucking water rugby tonight. I haven't been to that ground for decades so assume their drainage is decent now

[Tim]

Via @taniwharugby

(It's wet ...)

https://www.facebook.com/RugbyNorthland/videos/2149267965102456

[taniwharugby]

@tim expect holding a camera and umbrella doesnt help with the filming either haha

[Tim]

First 30 min match over:

[Tim]

Auckland 7 - 0 over the Northland XV. A lot of scrums in that one. Auckland No. 8 took it ahead pretty well from the back of the scrum.

[Tim]

https://twitter.com/AucklandRugby/status/1009349986339848192

[taniwharugby]

@tim 90 minutes, 3 tries, 2 conversions...wouldnt of been much fun out there for anyone

[Tim]

Kaino to reach 137 caps in his last game at Eden Park

Kaino equals Tony Woodcock’s mark of 137 caps for the Blues in his last game on his beloved Eden Park against the Reds, the team that he made his Super Rugby debut 15 years ago.