Blues vs Force Rd 12. Fri May 2, 2025

[Dismal Pillock]

Dear Western Force.

Please put this moribund deadshit clowncar of a Blues franchise out of its misery this weekend.

I would like to get on with my life and not have my weekends ruined by the constant binary-brained letdowns perpetrated by the 23 individuals in Blues jerseys who barely share a braincell between the lot of them.



Fond Regards,

--The World

ps after the match please take Ranga Christie back to Perth with you and throw the hopeless little shit down the nearest mine.

 

[Tomikin]

Dear Western Force.

Please put this moribund deadshit clowncar of a Blues franchise out of its misery this weekend.

I would like to get on with my life and not have my weekends ruined by the constant binary-brained letdowns perpetrated by the 23 individuals in Blues jerseys who barely share a braincell between the lot of them.



Fond Regards,

--The World

ps after the match please take Ranga Christie back to Perth with you and throw the hopeless little shit down the nearest mine.

Do we have to do a welfare check on you @Dismal Pillock ?

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Do we have to do a welfare check on you @Dismal Pillock ?

I gave your mama a welfare check Tomikin you ********.

 

[LeCheese]

I gave your mama a welfare check Tomikin you ********.

So simple, but so effective

 

[Tomikin]

I gave your mama a welfare check Tomikin you ********.

 

[TSR]

Well - that escalated quickly

 

[zer0]

From what I recall seeing about the Blues injuries, Clarke should be back but probably not Papali'i. Though Dalton on one foot would have more positive impact that Segner. If that's not an option then just go full France and play three big lumps in the loose forwards. i.e., 6. Cam Christie, 7. Cam Suafoa, 8. Hoskins Sotutu. No idea on Renata which means the reserve props will continue to be cooked.

Otherwise, it's just sensible selection decisions such as removing the handbrakes at 9 and 13.

 

[zer0]

Tele'a being unavailable and Cole Forbes being a non-event this season even gives a perfect reason for shifting Ioane the Lesser out to the wing.

Related, I saw Forbes at Royal Oak Pak'nSave a few hrs ago looking like the quintessential Te Papa side of Onehunga denizen. Should've biffed my bag of soft plastics at him.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Royal Oak

how's the Roundabout these days? High speed games of chance and death that thing. There always seemed to be some little old asian lady in a Honda Civic who made it halfway through then lost her nerve and started giving way to everyone and got stuck.

Gotta stick it in 3rd and hoon through the thing like you know all the right-of-way rules. Respect Through Fear.

 

[zer0]

Blues are back to the 6-2 split. Papali'i has returned but not Clarke. HE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED-AT-HALFBACK-HAS-BEEN-BANISHED-TO-THE-PENROSE-INDUSTRIAL-WASTELAND. Suafoa seems to have gone with him, unfortunately. Renata back to shore up the TH props.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

BLUES (1-15): Joshua Fusitu'a, Ricky Riccitelli, Marcel Renata, Patrick Tuipulotu (c), Laghlan McWhannell, Anton Segner, Dalton Papali'i, Hoskins Sotutu, Taufa Funaki, Beauden Barrett, AJ Lam, Xavi Taele, Rieko Ioane, Cole Forbes, Stephen Perofeta

Replacements: Kurt Eklund, Mason Tupaea, Angus Ta'avao, Josh Beehre, Cam Christie, Adrian Choat, Sam Nock, Corey Evans

FORCE (1-15): Ryan Coxon, Nic Dolly, Tom Robertson, Jeremy Williams (c), Darcy Swain, Nick Champion de Crespigny, Carlo Tizzano, Reed Prinsep; Henry Robertson, Ben Donaldson, Mac Grealy, Hamish Stewart, Bayley Kuenzle, Harry Potter, Kurtley Beale

Replacements: Albert Alcock, Atu Moli, Josh Smith, Josh Thompson, Will Harris, Nic White, Max Burey, George Poolman

 

[hawko07]

Kurtley bloody Beale!

 

[LeCheese]

Wowsers trowsers. Donaldson was on the KOKO show yesterday saying Beale was available for selection, but still didn't expect that