Blues 2025
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@Daffy-Jaffy Wellington & NZ under 20 prop Bradly Crichton did a tour of the Blues facility yesterday
@Steven-Harris aren't they looking at a French prop,from Toulon,?
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@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2025:
That likely explains picking 7 props in the squad plus 3 extras at training.
Tupaea, Faleafa and?
@Bovidae Sika Pole. likely on an ndc.
Also we think we spotted Tamiano Ahloo at training. -
Is this Terrell Peita at Blues training?
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Is this Terrell Peita at Blues training?
@Daffy-Jaffy grainy pic, but it does look like him and it looks like the tattoo he has on his right forearm
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@Steven-Harris aren't they looking at a French prop,from Toulon,?
@george33 haven’t heard anything but given the coaches link to French rugby wouldn’t surprise me
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Is this Terrell Peita at Blues training?
@Daffy-Jaffy Terrell Peita and Liam Hallam Eames have been called into the Blues training squad ,there’s a few players carrying injuries
I would imagine only onboard for preseason games -
Beehre looks like he's put on some bulk too.
The battle for the third lock position after the AB pair will be tough. McWhannell was mostly good last year but his defence let him down at times.
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So non-All Blacks full squad players not there are -
Renata, Sheck, Ake, McWhannell, Christie, Beehre, Sotutu, Clark, Spencer.
Points of interest to me are -
Lam at 12, yay!
Choat at 6 both halves.
Evans at 13 rather than 12.
Forbes on the Wing, he played about 50% of his games for Glasgow there.
Sullivan at 15, Cotter said he may be tried in the midfield this season.
Tupaea at Tighthead, he has only ever played Loosehead for Waikato ( and has never started, always been in 17).
Looks like young Nathanial Pole is the important 4th Hooker backup. I do like how Cotter backs youth.
All the new players picked in this years squad are 19 - 23 years old.Edit: also Hamdahn Tuipulotu on the bench, adding to the parade of extra props involved at training. Makes me a bit concerned about the health of the squad props.
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