Blues 2019
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Posted in another thread:
@steven-harris said in semi final v Waikato:
A good piece of news handed to me this morning however is that Tom Robinson has been signed by the Blues which is great reward for a guy who had some really bad luck with injuries.
Good news
Robinson and Tupou are apparently signed. Also there was an article earlier in the week seemed to suggest Olmstead was signed too.
They all seem to fit a similar role at SR level. I'll be surprised if all 3 are in the same squadMaybe Tupou isn't coming back?
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@dice said in Blues 2019:
A good chance we'll be running a Nonu-SBW midfield next season. They have a combined age of 70 and both are probably only going to be around for one more season.
Ma'a basically needs a Super trophy to cap off his career ... season of glory for the Blues next year.
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@bovidae said in Blues 2019:
@dice Aumua would be available, as would Verney, unless they have been re-signed.
If Aumua's available, I don't like our chances of landing him. I think the Crusaders will make a play for him as they'll want another power player to replace Tamanivalu, and Aumua fits the bill perfectly. He said he wants to be an All Black and there's no better place to be to make that happen than at the Crusaders.
Leon McDonald is our only hope of swaying him our way.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019:
problem is most super teams only have a few spots each year come end of NPC.
Maybe there needs to be a change in the contracting where franchises are forced to keep a set number of spots open for promoting players from the NPC?
The NZRU should be wanting to keep a link between NPC performance and new contracts. They can't all be 18 year oldsAs for who the Blues might miss out on.. I'm less concerned about missing out on people like Whetton/Abel because that can be explained by the contracting situation.
I'm more concerned about missing guys like Renata or Manu. Both of them played well for the Blues Dev team. Renata has been steadily improving for two years now. Manu even played well in his limited opportunities for the full sideThe Blues should not be missing talent that is right under their noses
Hopefully the rumours are wrong and they have signed a few of the guys mentioned