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<blockquote data-quote="steblin" data-source="post: 735595" data-attributes="member: 70129"><p><a href="http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11486922" target="_blank">http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11486922</a></p><p></p><p>"True to his word and the goals set by the board, new Blues coach Tana Umaga is going to find the remainder of next season's squad in the ITM Cup.</p><p></p><p>The Blues had 20 players under contract - the lowest of any of the five franchises - when Umaga was last month unveiled as next season's head coach.</p><p></p><p>With virtually every seasoned Super Rugby professional already locked in for 2016, the Blues can't go shopping for big names. There is no established star floating free so it's emerging talent in the greater Auckland region that is going to be Umaga's focus for the next few months. "</p><p></p><p>When you review this quote, and the article in general, and look at the list of the Blues players going out it makes for very grim reading. Essentially the plan is another 3-4 year rebuild ...</p><p></p><p>Now in the long run I have no problems at all with this policy, a lot of people have pointed out some of the local talent the Blues have let slip away to leave space for imports or journeymen, but in the short term is definitely going to lead to some less than stellar performances, unless we can find some more Tuipolotu's, Akira Ioane's or Blake Gibson's in the ITM cup this year...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steblin, post: 735595, member: 70129"] [url]http://m.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11486922[/url] "True to his word and the goals set by the board, new Blues coach Tana Umaga is going to find the remainder of next season's squad in the ITM Cup. The Blues had 20 players under contract - the lowest of any of the five franchises - when Umaga was last month unveiled as next season's head coach. With virtually every seasoned Super Rugby professional already locked in for 2016, the Blues can't go shopping for big names. There is no established star floating free so it's emerging talent in the greater Auckland region that is going to be Umaga's focus for the next few months. " When you review this quote, and the article in general, and look at the list of the Blues players going out it makes for very grim reading. Essentially the plan is another 3-4 year rebuild ... Now in the long run I have no problems at all with this policy, a lot of people have pointed out some of the local talent the Blues have let slip away to leave space for imports or journeymen, but in the short term is definitely going to lead to some less than stellar performances, unless we can find some more Tuipolotu's, Akira Ioane's or Blake Gibson's in the ITM cup this year... [/QUOTE]
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