Blues 2019
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019:
I liked Sai'ili, thought he had huge potential, showed moments of his potential, but mostly failed to deliver, not too disimilar as Tevita Li.
This could be applied to brother Francis also.
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@African-Monkey Well we do seven months to go!
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@Tim said in Blues 2019:
@African-Monkey Well we do seven months to go!
Until we are disappointed again, or is 2020 our year?
Personally i think we should go down the road of the other thread and discuss butchers (people who sell dead animals - not the rugby players from the Blues) in the Warkworth, Mangawhai area.
Talking about failed blues selections is going to be a loooooong thread.
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Better late than never
Blues board chairman Don Mackinnon confirmed to Stuff that they had enlisted former Black Sox captain and coach Eddie Kohlhase from High Performance Sport NZ to head a piece of work they hope will transform them from mediocre to "world-class" in this vital aspect of professional sport. "Eddie is leading a project across the Blues and our three provincial unions to look at our whole talent identification, recruitment and development system out of school where we've been poor, partly because we've not been aligned with our provincial unions. "It's an incredibly important project to get us up to world-class in that space, and we're not [world-class]. The great thing about it is the three provincial unions are totally on board and want to create a system where, alongside the Blues, we are retaining our best talent." Mackinnon confirmed Kohlhase's work had begun on the project and he was currently in the interviewing and information-gathering phase. "We're hoping to have a preliminary report back for our July board meeting and finalisation by August. We're moving on this as quick as we can because it needs to be fixed." Asked if he expected the Kohlhase review to produce structural change, the Blues chairman replied: "It's not a talkfest. I'm hoping it will lead to concrete recommendations around how we align the four organisations so that we're getting the best players and keeping them and spreading them across our regions.
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Just had so info passed on to me regarding Sam Nock, apparently he was offered a 2 -3 year deal with the Blues, but has only signed for 1 year with the option re committing after next year..
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@Steven-Harris nice! Good news for all involved I reckon.
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@KiwiMurph yep, he has shown more than a glimpse of his skills this season, he now needs to step up and show that more consistently...starting in the real Blue jersey later this year
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019:
he has shown more than a glimpse of his skills this season
An awful cameo, followed by a good game and a half. Sadly that's better than the other two halfbacks.
Hopefully the 3rd spot goes to a rookie
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@taniwharugby yea apparently announced at the Cake Tin last week during the semi final
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@Nogusta said in Blues 2019:
@taniwharugby yea apparently announced at the Cake Tin last week during the semi final
Oh I am sorry
He was really really bad for the Canes this year.
So have to say thanks for letting us swap him for Scrafton! -
@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019:
@Nogusta so Christie is confirmed?
Not in a media release, social media post, or anything like that.
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@Stargazer they did a leavers tribute about 10 mins before the quarter final and the stadium announcer mentioned Christie was going to the Blues next year. I donโt think they would have said that if he wasnโt.
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@Canes4life Nothing in my reply to @taniwharugby contradicts that. However, it may have been announced in the Cake Tin by a stadium announcer, some of us would like to see it confirmed by the Blues and/or Hurricanes as well, because an official media release may contain more information. For example, is Christie a direct replacement of Augie Pulu, or is one of the other halfbacks also leaving? For how long have they signed him? Or, have the Hurricanes already signed one or two halfbacks to replace Christie and Judd? Are they expecting to sign one or two halfbacks soon, or will they look at what talent may emerge from the Mitre 10 Cup? Personally, I'd be very interested to know whether they're going after Fakatava, considering the Highlanders still haven't announced their signings for 2020.