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Sorry what? The players stance in NZ is they want fewer derbies cos it's physically way too demanding. The franchises in NZ like the derbies because they generate more $ from Steve Tew today "Ideally if I was representing the views of our players, we wouldn't be going to home and away...

Moala was very poor tonight - he cant distribute so Rieko sees 0 ball in space and yet he tries these miracle offloads.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/91339312/super-rugby-future-should-be-clear-by-monday

That's a stretch. Between 03 and 09 the Canes made the semi finals 5 times. Before 03 whilst they may not have always been successful they had exciting superstar players (e.g. Umaga, Cullen, Lomu etc). Do you mean the Highlanders? I guess if you look at the NZ Conference there has typically...

SBW is the Messiah and has returned home - this weekend he will appropriately be wearing the number 23 #HisAirness :cool:

SBW returns. Blues team to play Highlanders 1 Pauliasi Manu, 2 James Parsons (C), 3 Charlie Faumuina, 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 5 Scott Scrafton, 6 Jerome Kaino, 7 Blake Gibson, 8 Steven Luatua; 9 Augustine Pulu, 10 Piers Francis, 11 Melani Nanai, 12 George Moala, 13. Rieko Ioane, 14 Matt...

BNZ Crusaders team to play the Waratahs: 1. Joe Moody 2. Codie Taylor 3. Owen Franks 4. Scott Barrett 5. Sam Whitelock (C) 6. Jordan Taufua 7. Matt Todd (VC) 8. Whetu Douglas 9. Mitchell Drummond 10. Mitchell Hunt 11. George Bridge 12. Ryan Crotty (VC) 13. Tim Bateman 14. Digby Ioane 15. David...

Heap of changes is pushing it. 2 changes to the starting XV and 1 positional change.

Blues 1 Pauliasi Manu, 2 James Parsons (c), 3 Charlie Faumuina, 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu, 6 Jimmy Tupou, 7 Murphy Taramai, 8 Jerome Kaino 9 Augustine Pulu, 10 Piers Francis, 11 Melani Nanai, 12 TJ Faiane, 13. George Moala, 14 Matt Duffie, 15 Michael Collins. Reserves: 16 Matt...

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-rugby-western-force-reject-report-of-super-rugby-exit-2371333 Rugby-Western Force reject report of Super Rugby exit "Under no circumstances do we believe... speculation around the future of the Western Force to be true," the team said. "Two and a half...

Blues named to play the Bulls at North Harbour Stadium Saturday night. 1 Pauliasi Manu, 2 James Parsons (C), 3 Charlie Faumuina or Sione Mafileo, 4 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu, 6 Jimmy Tupou, 7 Blake Gibson, 8 Jerome Kaino; 9 Augustine Pulu, 10 Piers Francis, 11 Melani Nanai, 12...

The Blues have had to play 3 NZ derbies, 2 of them away - whereas others like the Sharks play no Kiwi sides this year, so talking straight table points isn't exactly fair either.

BREAKING: Blues Forfeit Tonight’s Game After Starting On The Guinness At 9:30am *Posted on March 17, 2017 by thaicastle1 in Sports // 0 Comments Tana Umaga, coach of the Blues, has hosted a press conference to announce the team are “sloshed” and won’t be appearing tonight at AMI Stadium for...

I think this boat was missed with the initial expansion, before AFL, A-League, Big Bash etc got their footprint in the area. Absolutely agree there is/was certainly a huge opportunity to brand a franchise as starkly different to the Waratahs, whilst also challenging Australian Rugby stereotypes.

Aside from the fact as a Blues fan we missed out on the playoffs last year simply due to the Conferencing system... the system doesnt help the integrity of the competition. As an example, the Brumbies were average last year... but got a home quarterfinal.... and nobody showed up for it in...

Blues named for Crusaders clash. West benched and Ranger dropped - can't say its not deserved given their performances. No idea how Collins keeps getting selected though - slow and useless under the high ball. Especially when Nanai was so good at 15 last year. 1 Pauliasi Manu, 2 James...

Get ready for wet weather rugby - been pouring down in North Island this weekend and continuing - will affect both derbies Speaking of such games, Blues and Highlanders have been named Pauliasi Manu, James Parsons (C), Charlie Faumuina, Jimmy Tupou, Patrick Tuipulotu, Jerome Kaino, Blake...

12 of the starting 15 for the Chiefs are test rugby players.

Blues have been named for their match Friday night with the Chiefs in Hamilton. Kaino, Tuipulotu and Ofa T back to bolster the bench. The team is: Pauliasi Manu, Matt Moulds, Sione Mafileo, Jimmy Tupou (C), Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, Steven Luatua, Blake Gibson, Akira Ioane; Augustine Pulu, Ihaia...

Mitch Hunt can definitely play first five - he was the backup 10 for Auckland in the 2015 ITM Cup season - he started the first game of the season then had to sit on the bench behind captain Simon Hickey. I'd say it will be either Hunt or McKenzie. Hunt is a good player - he's just tiny.