Lachlan Waugh and Cheree Kinnear talk UFC, Super Rugby final, and the Warriors game all happening this weekend. Clearly the weaker level of opposition has helped improve results but so, too, have subtle tweaks to the Blues game plan inspired significant shifts. "We might have worn our big boys out in the middle of the field during the Aotearoa competition," Coventry said. During the Aotearoa competition the Blues discipline in this area proved a major handbrake as they grappled to come to grips with the law interpretation subtitles. Should the Blues reach the final, Coventry ruled out the prospect of Beauden Barrett emerging from quarantine to re-join the team's push for silverware.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 12, 2021 07:06 UTC