Hawke’s Bay Magpies and Maori All Blacks first five-eighths Ihaia West has been called into the Blues squad to replace the injured Baden Kerr who has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

The Blues continued their disappointing run away from home, succumbing to the Brumbies 26-9 in Canberra tonight.

The Blues Development team secured a comprehensive 36-10 victory over their Chiefs counterparts last night at the Silverdale Rugby Club.

Jerome Kaino will captain a Blues side featuring two changes to the one that defeated the Highlanders last week for Friday night’s clash with the Brumbies in Canberra.

Five Blues players have been named in the starting line up for the Blues Development match against the Chiefs Development this evening.

Saturday’s 30-12 victory over the Highlanders at Eden Park marked the line in the sand for Blues head coach Sir John Kirwan as he looks for his side to build on that ahead of Friday’s clash with the Brumbies in Canberra.

The Blues’ locking stocks have taken another hit with veteran Tom Donnelly ruled out of Friday’s match against the Brumbies in Canberra with a calf strain.

The Blues finally delivered on their exciting promise and moved to the top of the New Zealand conference with a clinical 30-12 victory over the Highlanders at Eden Park on Saturday night.

Blues halfback Piri Weepu is out of Investec Super Rugby for at least four weeks after expert diagnosis this week determined he had recently suffered a minor stroke.

Ma’a Nonu, Jerome Kaino and Hayden Triggs have all been promoted from the bench to start in a strong Blues team to face the Highlanders at Eden Park on Saturday night.

He’s got one of the best beards going around, but Blues prop Charlie “Big Grizzly” Faumuina is going to shave it all off in support of the Child Cancer Foundation.

The Blues bounced back from consecutive defeats in South Africa to overrun the Cheetahs 40-30 in a thriller at Eden Park tonight.