Blues 2025

[george33]

Wrong thread , but Stephen Bates new Auckland head coach, disappointing.

[Daffy Jaffy]

@Duluth I see Josh Beehre in a maul there with PT so he might be back this weekend. also Ben Ake involved in contact so he must be recovering well from his surgery. Hopefully Sotutu is also close to returning.

[Daffy Jaffy]

A funny Blues post on Facebook -
"Looking good so far"

[Machpants]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2025:

A funny Blues post on Facebook -
"Looking good so far"

Canes supporters agree

[Canes4life]

@Machpants said in Blues 2025:

@Daffy-Jaffy said in Blues 2025:

A funny Blues post on Facebook -
"Looking good so far"

Canes supporters agree

Irony is this was almost the table from last year. Blues and Canes at the top, Crusaders near the bottom.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[george33]

Cam Christie playing 6 today , with Che Clark at 8, for Blues A against Moana.

[Daffy Jaffy]

@george33
Great to see C. Christie up and running -

[Duluth]

Peita at 7 again, not sure that’s his right position. Would prefer to see someone like Hainsworth-Fa'aofo there instead. Maybe he's injured

Spencer on the wing is interesting. There's a lot of fullback options in the squad, wing might be how he gets a run for the full side

[Mr Fish]

Is Cam Howell related to David?

[Duluth]

@Mr-Fish said in Blues 2025:

Is Cam Howell related to David?

David Holwell. Different surname

[Mr Fish]

@Duluth said in Blues 2025:

@Mr-Fish said in Blues 2025:

Is Cam Howell related to David?

David Holwell. Different surname

Durr, sorry, got excited.

[taniwharugby]

@Mr-Fish David does have a son though (Darcy) that has played age grade provincial and may have trained with the blues u20s last year too iirc

[Daffy Jaffy]

Blues A 50-12 MP A
Terrell Peita scored a hat trick.

[Bovidae]

@Daffy-Jaffy Did MP release a team list? They have injuries so it would be interesting to see who they've added to their wider squad.

[Steven Harris]

@Bovidae
Apologies for the quality got a pic from the team manager
Apparently they had to get some more players in

On the game , for the Blues Tristan Cook was on fire as was Terrall Peita , not a 7 but did a great job
Xavi Taele is going to be some player as will Rico Simpson in time
Was good to see Cam Christie back given his head injury issues ,Jack Lee was also very good , high workrate

For Moana ,Alamanda Moutuga Tevita Ofa for the best for mine

[Daffy Jaffy]

@Bovidae I hunted but was unable to find a MP team list. I was interested to see how many young local players were involved with their wider squad.

[Machpants]

An interesting analysis. Cotter said they want to evolve as you can't stay still, but did they change too much?

Stat chat: Where the Blues have droppped off in 2025

The Blues are in Wellington this week to take on the Hurricanes and there are some stark themes the champions will be desperate to reverse.

[booboo]

Given the current narrative that our wingers are slow, does anyone have access to the Blues sprint times?

[Tim]

Cotter may have more to worry about, too; openside flanker Dalton Papali'i was replaced late in the game because of a head injury.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360598975/super-rugby-pacific-blues-no-8-hoskins-sotutu-faces-nervous-wait-after-red-card