Blues v Chiefs
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And with Mitch Brown, Simon Parker and Samipeni Finau also nursing injuries, McMillan said it was really a case of needs-must in shifting the 1.98m, 118kg Vaa’i into the back row, as opposed to any tactical move to combat a Blues pack which profited from two rolling-maul tries in their last-gasp loss to the Hurricanes in Dunedin last Saturday night, or following any instructions from any curious All Blacks selectors. -
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@bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:
Strange that Finau wasn't listed as "unavailable for selection" in the team announcement then.
Yep but often players are available for selection, but just over an injury so haven't traine enough to be selected. I haven't actually seen the team naming where the ones were named who weren't considered.
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@cgrant said in Blues v Chiefs:
I thought that Ah Kuoi was a Lock/6 so why not play him on the blind side rather than Vaa'i who has zero experience there ?
I would say partly to wanting the returning ABs to start and then who will be replaced by who. BBBR is likely to play the full 80 mins so only one lock will be subbed.
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@cgrant said in Blues v Chiefs:
I thought that Ah Kuoi was a Lock/6 so why not play him on the blind side rather than Vaa'i who has zero experience there ?
Has he played 6 at professional level? I'm not sure that he has - at least as a starter. Could be wrong, though.
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What are you doing Sotutu… that was poor.
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A couple of dubious calls at the tackle and breakdown damaging for blues.
