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Friday 24 February 2017 | Published in Sports

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Blues crush Rebels in Super opener

Keeping a lid on hype might be Tana Umaga’s biggest challenge after his Blues team opened the Super Rugby season with a performance befitting the competition’s “boom, boom” slogan. The Melbourne Rebels were certainly left stunned by the 56-18 pounding.

Keeping a lid on hype might be Tana Umaga’s biggest challenge after his Blues team opened the Super Rugby season with a performance befitting the competition’s “boom, boom” slogan. The Melbourne Rebels were certainly left stunned by the 56-18 pounding.


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