They are Sotutu and Crusaders’ Cullen Grace. “This Super campaign is really vital for those positions– 6 and 8 – we need people to actually show week-in, week-out that they’ve got what it takes to make the next step,” said Foster.Īlready, two players that wouldn’t have even been on most people’s radars last year have started making waves in Super Rugby. He is looking to bring in a player with a bit more mass– someone who can compete with the likes of Billy Vunipola and Pieter-Steph du Toit. “The Blues are my team, the team I care about– and I feel like I was only going to play the best rugby for a team that I care about,” Sotutu told Rugby Pass.Īll Blacks head coach Ian Foster is monitoring the players as well. Hailing from the village of Tavea in Bua, the 21-year-old is expected to be tested by Savea. He is the son of former Blues utility back Waisake Sotutu who was the Flying Fijians vice-captain to the 1999 Rugby World Cup in France. In December, 2019, Rugby News rated, Savea as Read’s possible successor while other contenders were Fijian-born Pita Gus Sowakula of the Chiefs and Akira Ioane of the Blues.Īll that changed at the start of this year’s Super Rugby when Sotutu stamped his mark with the Blues relegating Ioane to the bench. Savea who is making a return to Super Rugby was seen as the man to take over from former All Blacks captain and No.8 Kieran Read. The Hurricanes are going to bring in fiery All Blacks flanker turned No.8 Ardie Savea, later in the match.
The biggest auction item sold, both monetarily and physically, was a 2019 Kubota tractor that went for $83,000.The Blues have named Hoskins Sotutu at the back of the scrum against Hurricanes in their Super Rugby Aotearoa opener at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand today. Top wine lots included "Go Big," a sample of magnums from participating growers such as Schrader Cellars, Dominus Estate and Odette Estate, which sold for $52,000, and "Comin' Up Coombsville," an elaborate party at the Ferrogiaro Vineyard featuring candle-lit dinners, celebrated winemakers and live music, which sold for $78,000. The live auction bidding raised a total of $573,361.
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Want to get the latest news on collectible wines and the auction market? Sign up for Wine Spectator 's free Collecting e-mail newsletter and get a new top-rated wine review, collecting Q&As and more, delivered straight to your inbox every other week! "With the overwhelming success of the first year, we continued the new tradition at our 2019 event," said co-chair Lisa Callan Hoskins, a fifth-generation Napa Valley grapegrower whose family owns Ferrogiaro Vineyard.
(Winning bidders are responsible for vinification, making this a lot for those who feel comfortable making about 60 cases of wine.) Larkmead, Pahlmeyer and Ghost Block each made 1 ton donations for this year.
Stomp introduced a grape auction component in 2018, which gave guests the opportunity to purchase 1 ton of coveted Napa Valley fruit. In addition to fevered bidding, they enjoyed barbecue from chef Morgan Robinson's Smoke restaurant and live music from Americana band Tender Mercies. 24 at Pine Ridge Vineyard in Napa, drawing 600 guests dressed in festive ranch attire to celebrate the upcoming harvest. Harvest season kicked off with a bang in Napa Valley, as this year's Harvest Stomp wine auction reached its highest total ever, raising $2.32 million for the Napa Valley Grapegrowers and Napa Valley Farmworker Foundation, surpassing last year's $2.04 million.
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