Blues 2021

[Daffy Jaffy]

@cliff not to mention Clarke, RTS, Sullivan and even Tanielu Tele'a also covering Narewa's positions of Wing, Fullback. So a sensible career move from him to move away for more chance of game time I think.

[Steven Harris]

Hold the phone on Nock moving to the Chiefs ,has another year to run on his contract and the Blues may enforce that ..which begs the question , why would you hang on to a player that you tried to get rid of ..?

[Kirwan]

@steven-harris said in Blues 2021:

Hold the phone on Nock moving to the Chiefs ,has another year to run on his contract and the Blues may enforce that ..which begs the question , why would you hang on to a player that you tried to get rid of ..?

Squad depth. Just because he's third in line doesn't mean they will automatically get rid of him. His replacement will need to be as good, or better (hopefully).

And it's up to Nock to leapfrog the other two. We watched CGT do it at lock, for example.

[Bovidae]

If Nock wants to move the Blues should let him. The Chiefs didn't have to release Laulala or Alaimalo, but did. The same for the Hurricanes and Tiatia.

[Kirwan]

@bovidae said in Blues 2021:

If Nock wants to move the Blues should let him. The Chiefs didn't have to release Laulala or Alaimalo, but did. The same for the Hurricanes and Tiatia.

Yeah, to be clear, I would release him and try to get an up and comer player

[OleOleOle]

@bovidae the change would probably be a good thing for both parties

[Dice]

I remember when the Chiefs didn't release August Pulu early to the Blues, even though he was clearly the third option at the Chiefs.

[Duluth]

@kirwan said in Blues 2021:

Yeah, to be clear, I would release him and try to get an up and comer player

There's a couple of good young halfbacks from the region. The problem is they haven't played much NPC yet.

Maybe the best thing to do is contract one of them starting in 2023 and have them around the squad in 2022 and playing for the Blues dev team

[Yeetyaah]

@dice was that what happened? I knew he left because he was third choice but didn't know the Chiefs didn't let him go.

[Dice]

@yeetyaah That's what was reported at the time.

Rennie doesn't seem like the type to want to help the competition. I can respect that type of thinking.

[taniwharugby]

@bovidae said in Blues 2021:

If Nock wants to move the Blues should let him.

TBF I am not sure he would WANT to move, he has grown up wanting to play for the Blues, but if Leon doesnt see him as a player he wants in his squad, then to get a decent shot regular gametime, then moving may be the best option for Nock.

IF the coach has tried to get rid of you, then that isnt really going to create a great environment for you to thrive...sure some players may be able to use this as motivation to show the but I'd say most people are going to struggle to produce the goods consistently if they know thier boss doesnt want them there.

[Canes4life]

@cliff to the Canes to replace Aso?

[cliff]

@canes4life given he his relationship with McMillan I'd think the chiefs but you never know we will have to wait and see

[Nogusta]

@cliff yea he will be at the Chiefs next year. NZRU signed off the early release.

[ARHS]

@nogusta Chiefs should only be looking at Campbell or Roigard if released by Canes - not Nock. But, only if one of existing 3 is moving on. Campbell is quality.

[Canes4life]

@arhs I think the Canes will protect Roigard, he’s only just turned 20 and already looks the goods. He can also cover 10 at a pinch so will be valuable off the bench.

[Nogusta]

@arhs i was talking about Emoni Narawa

[Steven Harris]

@nogusta he’s been getting some advice to move on from the Blues , so hopefully he takes that onboard ..