Blues (rugby)

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Full name blues
Founded 1996
Stadion Eden Park
Places 50,000
Trainer Leon MacDonald
Homepage theblues.co.nz
league Great rugby
2019 13th place
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The Blues (dt. The Blues ; formerly Auckland Blues called) are a rugby union -Mannschaft from the New Zealand city of Auckland . The team plays in the international super rugby league. It represents the regional associations Northland RFU , North Harbor RU and Auckland RFU , whose catchment area includes Auckland City , the cities of North Shore City and Waitakere City and the northernmost part of the North Island . Home games are played in Eden Park , the largest stadium in the country. The team colors are blue and navy blue.

history

The team was formed in 1996 to represent the Auckland region in the then newly founded Super 12 league. The catchment area of ​​the franchise was composed differently at the beginning, as the NZRFU feared that the Blues could dominate too much due to the numerous national players in their squad. Northland and North Harbor were initially represented by the Chiefs .

At the end of the 1990s, the number of national players in the Blues fell, so that in 1999 the regional associations represented were swapped. The Blues gave Counties Manukau and Thames Valley to the Chiefs and received Northland and North Harbor in return. This resulted in a geographically more compact catchment area.

When the national championship, the National Provincial Championship , was dissolved in its previous form in 2006 and replaced by the Air New Zealand Cup and the Heartland Championship , the Blues were the only New Zealand super rugby team whose member associations were all in the higher-class Air New Zealand Cup were represented.

So far, the Blues have won the championship three times (1996, 1997, 2003).

Player and coach

Current squad

The squad for the 2020 season:

pier

hooker

Second row striker

 

Winger

Half of the crowd

Interconnects

 

Inner three quarters

Outside three quarters / goalkeeper

Former head coach

Well-known former players

Placements

Super 12

year Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points		 Diff. Bonus
points		 Table
points		 space Playoffs
1996 11 8th 0 3 408: 354 +54 9 41 2. Final victory against Natal
1997 11 10 1 0 435: 283 +152 8th 50 1. Final win over ACT Brumbies
1998 11 9 0 2 388: 298 +90 7th 43 1. Final loss to Canterbury Crusaders
1999 11 4th 1 6th 202: 201 +1 5 23 9.
2000 11 6th 0 5 300: 262 +38 6th 30th 6th
2001 11 4th 0 7th 243: 298 −55 5 21st 11.
2002 11 6th 0 5 318: 249 +69 5 29 6th
2003 11 10 0 1 393: 185 +208 9 49 1. Final win over Crusaders
2004 11 6th 1 4th 337: 309 +28 6th 32 5.
2005 11 6th 0 5 243: 216 +27 3 27 7th

Super 14

year Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points		 Diff. Bonus
points		 Table
points		 space Playoffs
2006 13 6th 0 7th 290: 348 −58 5 29 8th.
2007 13 9 0 4th 355: 235 +120 6th 42 4th Semi-final loss to Sharks
2008 13 8th 0 5 354: 267 +87 8th 40 6th
2009 13 5 0 8th 339: 369 −30 12 32 9.
2010 13 7th 0 6th 376: 333 +43 9 37 7th

Great rugby

year Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points		 Diff. Bonus
points		 Table
points		 space Playoffs
2011 16 10 1 5 405: 335 +70 10 60 4th Semi-final loss to Reds
2012 16 4th 0 12 359: 430 −71 8th 32 12.
2013 16 6th 0 10 347: 364 −17 12 44 10.
2014 16 7th 0 9 419: 395 +24 9 37 10.
2015 16 3 0 13 282: 428 −146 8th 20th 14th
2016 15th 8th 1 6th 374: 380 −6 5 39 11.
2017 15th 7th 1 7th 425: 391 +34 7th 37 9.
2018 16 4th 0 12 378: 509 −131 6th 22nd 14th
2019 16 5 1 10 347: 369 −22 8th 30th 13.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hard work edict for Blues 2020 squad. Blues, November 12, 2019, accessed November 29, 2019 .