Blues 2020
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Clarke and Nanai are out, and we still have Ioane, Duffie, and Tele'a. Should see some game time then, especially if Ioane plays at 13 some times. Duffie to be more of a 15 option next year?
Manu would be a good option to play 13 and wing.
Any other prospects? Telea from Harbour, and Fainga'anuku from Ta$man?
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@African-Monkey plus if Reiko follows through with his reported request to move into centre next season. They will need further wing signings also. Maybe Tele'a can be used there again but Duffie is only any use as Fullback cover now, he seems to have lost too much pace to play wing at super level.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Yeah don't know what we're gonna do at fullback next year. Duffie's past his best now so I guess Perofeta plays there but he's always injured so yeah, we're gonna struggle there next year.
I think Tele'a is best suited to wing at this stage of his career so I expect to see him play out there a lot next year.
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The team is shaping up now, but there's a lot of inexperience at the back.
- Karl T
- ? Abel or Niuia?
- Ofa T
- Tuipulotu
- ? Maybe one of the Harbour boys or Whetton?
- Robinson
- Papalii
- Ioane
- Christie
- Barrett
- Narawa
- Faiane
- Ioane
- Tele'a
- Perofeta
- Parsons
- Hodgman
- Renata
- GCT
- Gibson/Sotutu
- Nock
- Manu/Plummer
- Duffie/Manu
Olmsted would be handy.
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@Tim said in Blues 2020:
The team is shaping up now, but there's a lot of inexperience at the back.
- Karl T
- ? Abel or Niuia?
- Ofa T
- Tuipulotu
- ? Maybe one of the Harbour boys or Whetton?
I'd give Pierce the first chance along side Tuipulotu
If the rumours are correct we'll need a new TH
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@Tim pretty strong forward pack if the Blues can grab a decent-ish lock. Maybe taking a punt on someone like Cridge from the Bay, even though he has had injury troubles in the past.
My ?? are in the backs. I think the Blues would look far stronger if they leave Ioane on the left wing and attempt to sign more of a distributing 13. Also wouldn't Clarke be your starting 11 if Ioane was your 13?
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@Canes4life Clarke is playing 7s next year.
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@African-Monkey oh yup.
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Regardless of how the future plays out, Collins looks back at his time with the Blues with some fondness and dismisses criticism of the Auckland franchise's culture.
"Auckland's interesting because you've got such a wide area from where people would have to travel in from for training, whereas in Dunedin everything is obviously five minutes away," he said.
"So, there's obviously restrictions but at my time at the Blues the management found ways around it.
"In the past the Blues used that as excuse. There's a lot of comments about the culture not being good enough but I never found that at all. I loved the culture up there, turning up at training. I'm part of the Highlanders now but I still want the Blues to do well at some stage."
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@Stargazer said in Blues 2020:
That does not seem like a good appointment Waratahs would be glad to get rid of him
