Jamie Wall

right now but if there is any sign or any place where the blues can target this uh you mentioned it it's the front row because uh they have they have injury concerns and looking at their bench that's a very very light bench they've gotten from very inexperienced story and stuff i've got to say about the new prop the new boy gus brown gus brown yeah that's it's a fantastic story he's at university big unit 193 and 120 kgs or something like that big boy

Don't get me wrong, I feel like he's got a bright future ahead of him, but this is a big task if he has to come on.

If the Blues can keep this close, and they have to start rolling changes in the front row, because they will, and he's going to have to come on and debut.

Is he not debuting?

No, he's not debuting.

Oh, sorry, not debuting, but he's going to have to come on.

Yeah.

Yeah, and be put into that sort of situation in a playoff game in Super Rugby.

It's a big ask for a guy that young.

And then they've got Jack Sexton as well, who debuted a couple of weeks ago, and Manu Mawa-Litu, who is, you know, big raps on him, under-20s captain and everything.

But again, not a lot of experience under the belt.

Not a lot at this level, yeah.

That front row could be the one finishing out a game against a Blues team that, yeah, they've got Flynn Yates and Eli Oden Ryan, who debuted last week as well.

But I feel like if the Blues are going to take it anywhere, it's going to be there because that's the way they've been playing for the last, like, three years.

So as long as it's close and they can keep within kicking distance of the Crusaders, then I'll give the Blues a real chance.

This is not just a massive game for, because I feel like this will define, if the Blues can win this, it'll probably define Pera Feta's career because he's moving off after this.

I think it's also going to define Verne Crotter's legacy as the Blues coach because, yeah, he won a title.

Last year they came within one game of making the final.

If they win this, it completely changes the trajectory of what's been a really kind of weird season because they've never really hit these massive heights, but they've always been in the top four.

That's all I'm asking.