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Posts Tagged ‘blues’


Wulf and Ranger return for Chiefs showdown

Posted 352 days ago

Blues coach Pat Lam welcomes back a couple of players from the squad’s lengthy injured list to the starting 22 this week.
Fullback Rudi Wulf returns to the side after being laid off for a month with a shoulder injury. Saturday night’s match is a special one for Wulf who will be running out for his 50th Super Rugby game for…

All Blacks trio Williams, Weepu and Nonu benched for Blues

Posted 359 days ago

ALI WILLIAMS looks set to play his 100th Super Rugby game off the bench after he and fellow All Blacks Piri Weepu and Ma’a Nonu were relegated to the reserves for Saturday’s match against the Highlanders at Eden Park.
In the wake of the All Blacks training camp in Auckland last weekend, Blues head coach Pat Lam has decided to give…

Blues get muddy in pre-season training

Posted 490 days ago

Rene Ranger

MOST RUGBY teams prepare for a new season with lots of hard work on the training pitch, but the Blues decided to undertake a more unusual challenge as they gear up for the start of the 2012 Super Rugby campaign.
The Auckland-based franchise headed to the Devonport Naval Base in Auckland to try out the mud run – so how did…

Gethin Jenkins out of the Six Nations

Posted 859 days ago

gethin jenkins wales

Gethin Jenkins is likely to miss the whole of the Six Nations after confirming he’ll have an operation on Wednesday, which will keep him out until the end of March.
Key player Jenkins will have surgery to rectify a toe injury  and is likely to be replaced by Paul James as Wales seek to shore up their scrum with a man…

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