Blues 2019
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@Steven-Harris said in Blues 2019:
My mail is telling me James Parsons will be re signing with the Blues for another 2 x seasons
Geez i hope not! If they are that desperate to resign him then atleast give him one year contracts otherwise we
are going to end up with another Leni Apisai.
Hopefully Rangi can convince Ben Funnell to come up, he’s 3rd choice at the Crusaders these days but would be a starter for us. Robbie Abel or Greg Pleasants-Tate could be other options. -
@shack said in Blues 2019:
@Steven-Harris said in Blues 2019:
My mail is telling me James Parsons will be re signing with the Blues for another 2 x seasons
Geez i hope not! If they are that desperate to resign him then atleast give him one year contracts otherwise we
are going to end up with another Leni Apisai.
Hopefully Rangi can convince Ben Funnell to come up, he’s 3rd choice at the Crusaders these days but would be a starter for us. Robbie Abel or Greg Pleasants-Tate could be other options.He's just a Canterbury version of Parsons.
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@Nepia said in Blues 2019:
@shack said in Blues 2019:
@Steven-Harris said in Blues 2019:
My mail is telling me James Parsons will be re signing with the Blues for another 2 x seasons
Geez i hope not! If they are that desperate to resign him then atleast give him one year contracts otherwise we
are going to end up with another Leni Apisai.
Hopefully Rangi can convince Ben Funnell to come up, he’s 3rd choice at the Crusaders these days but would be a starter for us. Robbie Abel or Greg Pleasants-Tate could be other options.He's just a Canterbury version of Parsons.
I almost wrote that Parsons was the Auckland version of funnel earlier
Good backup/ 3rd string hooker. But not enough of an athlete to dominate at super level.
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@Tim He's a different sort of player to most of the hookers in NZ - maybe more like that Steve Thompson who played when England won the RWC.
Big unit, not hugely mobile, but with good ball skills - plus he can scrum and hit his lineout targets.
His relative mobility might be an issue for the ABs, where he might not be able to simply slot into a team without adjustments elsewhere - but, he can play.
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The Blues and New Zealand Rugby have landed two key player signatures with All Blacks Dalton Papalii and Patrick Tuipulotu committing their immediate futures to the Super Rugby side and NZR. Twenty-one-year-old loose forward Papalii, who made his All Blacks Test debut on the Northern Tour last year, has extended his stay at the Blues to at least 2022, while co-captain and lock Tuipulotu has committed for a further year until the end of 2020.Full story: https://theblues.co.nz/papalii-and-tuipulotu-extend-their-stay-with-blues-and-nz-rugby/
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Blues A named to play Chiefs A
🗓: Friday 29th March
⏰: 2:30pm kick off
📍: Beetham Park, Hamilton-
Ezekiel Lindenmuth
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Leni Apisai
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Marcel Renata
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Jimmy Tupou
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Ben Nee-Nee
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Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa
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Jed Brown
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Hoskins Sotutu
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Sam Nock
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William Havili
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Caleb Clarke
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Levi Aumua
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Michael Collins
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Jordan Hyland
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Matt Duffie
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Luteru Tolai
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Lua Li
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Rob Cobb
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Sam Caird
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Kosuke Hattori
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Taufa Funaki
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Zarn Sullivan
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Hawaii Ahokovi
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Masaki Fujisaki
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Cameron Suafoa
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@Tim With Leon Fukofuka gone we probably will see him get a run. Auckland and Blues have HUGE wraps on him.
Lindenmuth, Tupou, Jed Brown, Clarke, Duffie all making returns from injury. William Havili - younger brother of David Havili so McDonald wouldve had something to do with his being up here. Ahokovi was one of the best on field the last Blues A game against the Hurricanes. Zarn Sullivan brother of Chiefs Bailyn Sullivan.
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@Tim not too sure bout that. Cameron Suafoa also brought in to cover lock/loose forward. Has been training with the Blues the poast couple of weeks. Big strong ball running forward, decent lineout option. Member of the winning Akl U19s team in 2017. Was in strong contention for the NZ20s last year but a dislocated shoulder in preseason scuppered that. Counties Manukau were very keen on him this year for Mitre 10 but hes opted to stay in Auckland on a lesser deal.
