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    • Duluth
      Duluth last edited by

      1 Joshua Fusitu’a
      2 Ricky Riccitelli
      3 James Lay
      4 Patrick Tuipulotu
      5 Cameron Suafoa
      6 Tom Robinson (Adrian Choat)
      7 Dalton Papalii
      8 Hoskins Sotutu
      9 Finlay Christie
      10 Beauden Barrett
      11 Caleb Clarke
      12 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
      13 Rieko Ioane
      14 Mark Telea
      15 Stephen Perofeta

      Reserves:
      16 Kurt Eklund
      17 Ofa Tuungafasi
      18 Marcel Renata
      19 James Tucker
      20 Adrian Choat (Anton Segner)
      21 Taufa Funaki
      22 Bryce Heem
      23 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens

      Players not considered:
      Sam Darry (knee), Akira Ioane (knee), AJ Lam (illness), Sam Nock (calf), Harry Plummer (ribs)

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      • Duluth
        Duluth last edited by

        PAPALII: BLUES READY TO MEET BRUMBIES’ CHALLENGE — Blues Rugby

        PAPALII: BLUES READY TO MEET BRUMBIES’ CHALLENGE — Blues Rugby

        DHL Super Rugby Pacific hits Melbourne this weekend with the Blues gearing up to take on the Brumbies on Sunday, March 5 at AAMI Park in the penultimate game of Super Round which sees all teams converge on Melbourne for a festival weekend of rugby. Despite being played in Australia, the game is con

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        • KiwiMurph
          KiwiMurph last edited by

          Bit annoyed to not see Zarn in the 23 - he needs to be playing.

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          • Canes4life
            Canes4life last edited by

            No Zarn again? He's not on the injured list, surely he's a better option than JRK.

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            • mariner4life
              mariner4life last edited by

              good side, made better by the rissoling of the props especially, and maybe the hooker but i've seen Riccitelli play too many shit games to call him an upgrade on anything.

              Robinson in makes the Blues even more of a menace at the breakdown.

              If they can be quicker to re-organise on attack this week they should put the brumbies away.

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              • taniwharugby
                taniwharugby last edited by

                good to see Tom back, been a long absence from regular play for the big fella.

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                  African Monkey last edited by

                  Interesting that they haven't gone with Laulala for this one with the Brumbies being a big scrummaging team.

                  As criticized as he is on here, he murdered the Brumbies scrum in last years semi.

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                  • Bovidae
                    Bovidae last edited by

                    Hodgman has really fallen away.

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                      george33 @Bovidae last edited by

                      @Bovidae covid

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                      • Bovidae
                        Bovidae @george33 last edited by

                        @george33 said in Blues v Brumbies:

                        @Bovidae covid

                        He should be listed like AJ Lam is then.

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                          george33 @Bovidae last edited by

                          @Bovidae true think it's in the camp zarn included

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                          • Daffy Jaffy
                            Daffy Jaffy last edited by Daffy Jaffy

                            A tough test for the Blues first half front row with Slipper back starting.
                            And the lineout will be challenged.
                            Brumbies (1-15): James Slipper, Lachlan Lonergan, Allan Alaalatoa (c), Nick Frost, Cadeyrn Neville, Rob Valetini, Rory Scott, Pete Samu, Ryan Lonergan, Jack Debreczeni, Corey Toole, Tamati Tua, Len Ikitau, Andy Muirhead, Tom Wright.
                            Replacements: John Ulugia, Blake Schoupp, Rhys Van Nek, Darcy Swain, Luke Reimer, Nic White, Noah Lolesio, Ollie Sapsford.

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                            • KiwiMurph
                              KiwiMurph @Daffy Jaffy last edited by

                              @Daffy-Jaffy Toole vs Telea is going to be a fascinating matchup.

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                                BerhamporeNinja last edited by

                                Deadly backline! still looking forward to the day RTS "best player in the world" justify his selection in ABs. but seriously looking forward to seeing Talea run a muck again. why the Canes let him go is beyond me

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                                • Nepia
                                  Nepia @BerhamporeNinja last edited by

                                  @BerhamporeNinja said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                  best player in the world

                                  I don't think this has been said by anyone.

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                                    Old Samurai Jack last edited by

                                    Blues could struggle up front. I hope they have been putting in the lineout defense work because you know what is coming.

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                                      BerhamporeNinja @Nepia last edited by

                                      @Nepia JK said it last week on breakdown

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                                        • Nepia
                                          Nepia @BerhamporeNinja last edited by

                                          @BerhamporeNinja said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                          @Nepia JK said it last week on breakdown

                                          Anyone not an idiot … 😏

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                                            African Monkey @Old Samurai Jack last edited by

                                            @Old-Samurai-Jack so I expect us to smash them up front now after your Blues prediction last week 😉

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                                              BerhamporeNinja @Nepia last edited by

                                              @Nepia haha fair call

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                                                Old Samurai Jack @African Monkey last edited by

                                                @African-Monkey You're welcome.

                                                One day I'll be right about the Clan. Our time is coming!😬

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                                                  African Monkey @Old Samurai Jack last edited by

                                                  @Old-Samurai-Jack Hopefully this week 😉

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                                                  • Bones
                                                    Bones @BerhamporeNinja last edited by

                                                    @BerhamporeNinja said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                                    looking forward to seeing Talea run a muck again. why the Canes let him go is beyond me

                                                    I'm guessing you mean Telea? My memory is terrible, I don't recall him being at the canes at all for some reason.

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                                                    • Canes4life
                                                      Canes4life @Bones last edited by

                                                      @Bones said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                                      @BerhamporeNinja said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                                      looking forward to seeing Talea run a muck again. why the Canes let him go is beyond me

                                                      I'm guessing you mean Telea? My memory is terrible, I don't recall him being at the canes at all for some reason.

                                                      https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/112297845/hurricanes-rally-around-mark-telea-after-his-brother-jerico-died-after-assault

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                                                      • Bones
                                                        Bones @Canes4life last edited by

                                                        @Canes4life yeah that was the first article when I googled.

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                                                        • Bovidae
                                                          Bovidae last edited by

                                                          BOK being the ref should help the Blues as he'll want to keep the game going.

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                                                          • Crucial
                                                            Crucial @Bovidae last edited by Crucial

                                                            @Bovidae said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                                            BOK being the ref should help the Blues as he'll want to keep the game going.

                                                            You'd hope so. He may struggle with scrum resets though, especially if one team is stronger.

                                                            The Chiefs/ Saders game worked well because both teams brought into a decent scrum battle with both feeling they could take the other at any time.
                                                            Once the front row 'trickery' takes hold, scrums get messy. Will BOK have the balls to move to free kicks early?

                                                            Edit: BOK reffed the semi between these two and the Brumbies then coach blew up at him after the game feeling they were robbed. Will be interesting.

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                                                            • KiwiMurph
                                                              KiwiMurph @BerhamporeNinja last edited by KiwiMurph

                                                              @BerhamporeNinja said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                                              Deadly backline! still looking forward to the day RTS "best player in the world" justify his selection in ABs. but seriously looking forward to seeing Talea run a muck again. why the Canes let him go is beyond me

                                                              I wouldn't say the Canes let him go, Telea was never fully contracted to the Canes, only in the wider training group, he was also in the Blues wider training group that same year (2019). With the non-contracted players it often requires an injury for them to be promoted to a fully contracted player (see Sevu Reece at the Crusaders, Big Karl at the Chiefs etc).

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                                                              • Duluth
                                                                Duluth @KiwiMurph last edited by

                                                                @KiwiMurph

                                                                Also it's not like he's always been playing like this. I used to think he was a bit flakey, particularly when kicked too.

                                                                Something changed last year and his error rate dropped and at the same time he's become more of a threat.

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                                                                • KiwiMurph
                                                                  KiwiMurph @Duluth last edited by

                                                                  @Duluth Good point - a few years ago George Bridge absolutely schooled Telea in the air. He's gotten better every year.

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                                                                  • gt12
                                                                    gt12 @Duluth last edited by

                                                                    @Duluth said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                                                    @KiwiMurph

                                                                    Also it's not like he's always been playing like this. I used to think he was a bit flakey, particularly when kicked too.

                                                                    Something changed last year and his error rate dropped and at the same time he's become more of a threat.

                                                                    It's still something that I think will get really tested again, especially if he ends up in the ABs.

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                                                                    • Duluth
                                                                      Duluth last edited by

                                                                      Brumbies have always been an awkward side for the Blues

                                                                      Blues have never won 4 in a row against them. All other NZ sides have a longer winning streak vs Brumbies

                                                                      Blues v Brumbies results

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                                                                      • Stargazer
                                                                        Stargazer last edited by

                                                                        Only just now, the Brumbies have published their squad for this game.

                                                                        Media release:

                                                                        ACT Brumbies Media  /  Mar 2

                                                                        Safeguard Global ACT Brumbies confirm side for Super Round headliner against the Blues | Latest Rugby News | Brumbies

                                                                        Safeguard Global ACT Brumbies confirm side for Super Round headliner against the Blues | Latest Rugby News | Brumbies
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                                                                        • Duluth
                                                                          Duluth @Stargazer last edited by

                                                                          @Stargazer said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                                                          Only just now, the Brumbies have published their squad for this game.

                                                                          It was named a day ago, there's a post further up in this thread

                                                                          They just didn't bother updating their website until today

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                                                                          • Stargazer
                                                                            Stargazer @Duluth last edited by Stargazer

                                                                            @Duluth I've been keeping an eye on their website and socials, and they hadn't published it before. The source for that earlier squad must have been the one submitted to SANZAAR and published somewhere else. It also wasn't on the rugby.com.au website before.

                                                                            There's probably a reason why the title of their media release contains the word "confirm".

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                                                                            • Daffy Jaffy
                                                                              Daffy Jaffy @Stargazer last edited by

                                                                              @Stargazer I found that earlier team list on 'The Roar' site. They have a history of occasionally posting teams the day before the official release, even NZ teams.

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                                                                              • KiwiMurph
                                                                                KiwiMurph last edited by

                                                                                Today will be an interesting test of the new approach to speed up the game.

                                                                                It will be 30+ degrees by kickoff and in the direct sun - there will be temptation for a lot of stoppages.

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                                                                                • KiwiMurph
                                                                                  KiwiMurph last edited by

                                                                                  Might be even smaller crowd than yesterday - and that's saying something

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                                                                                    nzzp @KiwiMurph last edited by

                                                                                    @KiwiMurph said in Blues v Brumbies:

                                                                                    Might be even smaller crowd than yesterday - and that's saying something

                                                                                    it's a good idea in principle - but travel is $$$ at the moment, and this does not feel well promoted. But you need a weekend of good rugby to make it work, and fans keen enough to sit through 4-5 games over a few days.

                                                                                    Go the Blues. Important to get this win and keep going

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