Blues 2020
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@DrivingMaul said in Blues 2020:
Strange to read that in the release as Caleb is a back 3 player and Marchant is a centre
Probably means that Tele'a spends another year as mostly a winger
Eventually he will be a specialist centre but he's not quite ready
@Duluth probably a good thing. Tele'a made a good fist of things on the wing this season. Came from nowhere really. Never played a full game of Mitre 10 prior to playing Super.
Stats would indicate he had a far more effective season than Clarke - way ahead of Clarke in all the major stats - linebreaks, metres gained, defenders beaten, tackles made. Didn't quite kick on though in the M10. -
@Duluth probably a good thing. Tele'a made a good fist of things on the wing this season. Came from nowhere really. Never played a full game of Mitre 10 prior to playing Super.
Stats would indicate he had a far more effective season than Clarke - way ahead of Clarke in all the major stats - linebreaks, metres gained, defenders beaten, tackles made. Didn't quite kick on though in the M10.@Nogusta Yeah he's far more suited to wing at this stage of his career. He doesn't have the vision or distribution skills to play in the midfield yet. Love his attitude though. Always gives it his all.
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@KiwiMurph He is very good -
@Daffy-Jaffy From those highlights he looks like he could be a gun wing. Didn't see a lot of distribution though.
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@Nogusta said in Blues 2020:
I believe Adrian Choat has signed with a UK club - Bristol I think
Annoying.. he was about to break through IMO
Any idea who we are picking up at openside?
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@Nogusta said in Blues 2020:
@Duluth Got it....a loosie that played at the RWC, has played SR
Jack Lam?
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@Nogusta said in Blues 2020:
@Duluth Got it....a loosie that played at the RWC, has played SR
Jack Lam?
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@Dice said in Blues 2020:
Jack Lam?
Thats the name I guessed from those clues too. Most of the other possibilities have current european contracts
@Duluth signed with NEC Green Rockets
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It would be awesome if it was Zane Kapelli who was fantastic for Tonga at the W.C. Although I don't think he has played super rugby and I seem to remember reading that he signed somewhere but can't find anything about it now.
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It would be awesome if it was Zane Kapelli who was fantastic for Tonga at the W.C. Although I don't think he has played super rugby and I seem to remember reading that he signed somewhere but can't find anything about it now.
@Daffy-Jaffy someone in the Landers thread said he might be joining them.
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@Nogusta said in Blues 2020:
@Duluth Got it....a loosie that played at the RWC, has played SR
Jack Lam?
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@Dice Jack Lam would've been niiice....
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That's underwhelming.
I would've preferred guys from inside the region like Choat or Matich
Hopefully he doesn't get in the 23 very often
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I guess that's the rationale. I don't think he's good enough for that role though
At least there's so many other loosies in front of him that it shouldn't be important.
I assume Choat went overseas because he didn't get a SR contract? Thats the disappointing part.. he had a high ceiling
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Beauden Barrett, Otere Black, Finlay Christie, Caleb Clarke, Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, Matt Duffie, Kurt Eklund, TJ Faiane, Blake Gibson, Josh Goodhue, Jack Heighton, Alex Hodgman, Jordan Hyland, Akira Ioane, Rieko Ioane, Tony Lamborn, Ezekiel Lindenmuth, Sione Mafileo, Joe Marchant, Emoni Narawa, Ray Niuia, Sam Nock, Jared Page, Dalton Papalii, James Parsons, Stephen Perofeta, Jacob Pierce, Harry Plummer, Marcel Renata, Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa, Tom Robinson, Jonathan Ruru, Hoskins Sotutu, Mark Telea, Tanielu Tele’a, James Tucker, Karl Tu’inukuafe, Patrick Tuipulotu, Ofa Tuungafasi, Baden Wardlaw
