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https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/109434934/new-blues-coach-leon-macdonald-selfless-maa-nonu-looking-to-grow-his-game

Deserving winner if ever there was one. He had a heck of a M10 campaign. Made a bloody good fist of captaincy too.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/109438257/have-the-aussies-bought-a-dud-in-scott-johnson-the-wallabies-new-director-of-rugby

Blake Gibson and Patrick Tuipulotu named Blues co captains.

The very impressive Auckland 6 Olmstead (Canadian/Australian) is training with the Blues in preseason as is Riedlinger-Kapa who was in this year's NZ U20s (also a 6). I'd rather have either in the main squad over Tupou.....

presumably Larkham would hang around if Jake White came onboard given their coaching history together at the Brumbies?

https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/11/29/wallabies-weighing-up-white-stuff-report/

Well this is a good start. https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/108822875/Sought-after-schoolboy-rugby-star-Niko-Jones-signs-with-Auckland

Lucky it's not 4 losses really (Boks in SA, England at Twickers).

They've wasted a chance here. They could have seen what Mounga starting at 10 and BB at 15 looks like - similarly they could have seen what Papalii looks like starting at 6.

So would I if their track record of selecting the right loosies was good. As per my post above - in the last few years their track record of selection in this area is not flash.

I believe my overall point is that the AB selectors are getting it wrong. I'm not saying Akira is the finished article, he still has improvement in him but the guys they are picking at the moment just aren't getting the job done. This isn't 2015 where our loose forwards were stacked. We've...

I'm talking specifically about the Blues - British & Irish Lions game. He also made more tackles than any Lion in that match - Courtney Lawes topped the Lions with 14 tackles.

ESPN stats show in the Blues-Lions game Akira (playing blindside flanker) made the most tackles in the Blues team with 15 tackles (zero missed), had 10 runs for 52 metres, 2 clean breaks and 3 defenders beaten. I remember that game vividly (it's the biggest Blues win in the last 15 years) and...

We don't know how Akira would have gone. He's never been given a shot. He wasn't eaten up by the Lions pack last year when he played for the Maori and the Blues. He wasn't eaten up by any pack in the Mitre 10 Cup. What we do know is that Read was awful and Squire has been anonymous the last two...

I for one am panicking. I think this AB team is in trouble for next year's World Cup as I don't think Hansen & co have the balls to make the changes required. They are going to stick with this current lot. The captain and No. 8 is a shadow of his former self and isn't a great captain. The...

It's a good move. I feel like the new board might have had some input into this. Nice. I reckon Blues still have too many average players for real success in 2019. They have real problems at hooker and halfback. However I think they will improve due to the overall coaching team being much...

England rode their luck at the death last week. This week the shoe was on the other foot. England were excellent. Played to their strengths and executed their game plan brilliantly. For the ABs Retallick was brilliant. DMac did very considering the conditions, Coles, Crotty & Barrett the best...

Because they believe with more game time he'll regain his form. He's had 4 games of rugby since June. These next 2 games should give a good indication of whether that is true.