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Blues suffer big injury blow as Rieko Ioane among three players ruled out of action
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The Blues have suffered a series of potentially crippling blows to their Super Rugby campaign with three players sustaining serious injuries in the season-opener against the Chiefs at the weekend.
In a statement, the Blues confirmed All Black wing Rieko Ioane - who scored two tries at Eden Park - will be out of action for "several weeks" after fracturing his hand.
Hooker Ray Niuia has suffered a season-ending knee injury while prop Alex Hodgman has a calf tear.
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The Blues confirmed that veteran hooker James Parsons and first-five Otere Black are both expected to return from injuries as early as this week.
The Blues went down 37-29 after a second-half fightback from Warren Gatland's team on Friday evening.
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This article first appeared on nzherald.co.nz and was republished with permission.
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Yeah Barrett started as Razor's 23 man and I'm not really sure why that changed. It was a good fit.
My only thought is that they are taking it easy on Dmac as he's supposedly going to the Top 14 after this, so having no off season before coming back again in July.
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