Cole Forbes: Blues fullback ahead of the clash against Moana Pasifika

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They're joining us now blues for back coal forbs. Oh, how are you? Did you be a cover well from last week's niggle?

Yeah, that all all well got through training all good this weekend. Yeah

I'm stoked to be back in the line up to take on the rivals

Yeah, so we talk about a niggle. What what how big a niggle? I mean when you realize it was only a little or did you freak out last week and go?

This could be worse or what was the deal around there?

Sort of just a roll ankle and the bumbees game and then yeah, sort of

Yeah, that wasn't too worried and then you got through back in then it was still sort of not 100%

So sort of just have one week to rest it and then yeah get back to training this weekend

Yeah, all all as well. So good to go really party got a good thing

Isn't it? I'm not that you want to miss out on a game

But just to have that mental rest for a week give you a wee bit of revving when you get back in there again

You make the most of that opportunity or am I completely wrong?

Yeah, it is a good mental respect you're missing out on playing and seeing the boy do that to the crusader

It always makes you happy, so but yeah, it's obviously a good mental reset and there's a long season

So don't want anything to you know nip you in the ass but back into the season

So what did you pull out of that game?

Not obviously went playing but you would have been working on all week with with Voon and the like about what actually worked

Fear against the crusaders because you shook them and you can tell

Yeah, I think

I don't know the crusaders there DNA is sort of take you to set P and then sort of win that like quite battle in the physical

Area of the game and sort of we preview that or we we knew what was coming and sort of just

We knew after our sort of

Performers games of Brumbes that we played well in patches, but we didn't string it's either consistently so the main goal was just sort of

nail well

Game plan and out DNA for the whole 80 minutes. I think we really did that and obviously the result showed on weekend

When you look to that success last week, that's all well and good, but you're professional

So you'll dig through the weeds of that and what didn't work and what you have to improve on and am I right?

I'm sure that Voon celebrated, but he looked one side again now, but you need to do this better boys

Yeah, yeah, definitely like you're a team you look at it and obviously you want to get better the following week

I think a big one we're focused on this week has been

Discipline sort of yellow cards against the Brumbes and the Crusaders have sort of hampered out that's when we've leaked our points

so big

Big mark on discipline this week not giving away stupid penalties and giving

winery second chances

It's a constant isn't it coach is talking about discipline

Plainly, it's a lot more difficult than people realize

What do you think it makes it such a stretch because guys are always getting

Cardded and happens right the way through the season and people do they go. I only got carded

But we've got to watch our discipline. Why is this what why do you guys fall into this?

No, yeah, it is a cliche every coach every team you talk about, but I think it's just in the heat of the moment

There you get those boys and it's sort of oh should I have a jackal should I go at the ball and you sort of in the heat of moment

You make that split second decision and then you look

Have got it on the boot you know why why that why I do that, but I think yeah, there's just something you've got a

I think that you've got to train it so you've got to be disciplined at training because we've sort of noticed like

We haven't been as hard on each other in training and then it's creeping into the game

So I think that's sort of been the shift this week just sort of

If we're going to pull each other up and train them it's going to help us in the weekend

What's your disciplinary record like cold

Um, I think I'm pretty squeaky clean. I've had a few yellow cards, I think but that's about it

Nothing the old typical outside backslap down ones and that yeah, I don't have a couple of those, but nothing

Nothing too bad. I don't think that not the problem

Right in front what what you are though?

You're a problem for Zahn Sullivan. He's been playing the house down, but he's on the beans now that you've come back you guys still mates

Yeah

Yeah, now he's been playing really well. It's good to see him healthy

Because he said a few injuries the last couple of seasons sort of just handed him sometimes

But it's really good to see him getting some game time and it's got a huge left boot and he's got that good running game

So it's it's been good to see him

Playing and then yeah, you got Cody why as well. Also had a buddy good run on the wing

So it's good healthy competition in the back three. It's exciting blues rugby at the moment

You'd be feeling that energy. I mean if you ever stop training or like, you know

Stop eating do you actually get the idea around the general public that there's something happening

Yeah, I think the

Especially the

Last couple home games. There's been a good little buzz around the

You sort of feel the atmosphere and the buzz before you're walking in and stuff and it has been noticeable like good crowds and everything

It's like the boys that like you need feet off that and sort of yeah, I wanted to

Make a good run of the competition this year

What's your drive for the season Cole? What do you look to achieve? What do you want to do? What do you want to clean out? What do you want to work with?

I

Definitely, I think every player wants to win championships

So that's probably our main goal as a group is when you know when a title and you know

We've got to definitely go because squad and we're heading in the right direction

So I think there's nothing that nothing stopping us really just ourselves

And your place your place in this whole structure where do you see you leading or assisting what does

Cole Forbes need to do to help

Rest that title away from the Crusaders

I think just yeah, there's just nailing sort of

Whatever my role is for the week if it's on the wing if it's at fullback if it's on the bench or if it's in the non-23 just

Doing my job each week in the you know getting the boys ready for however that may be

But I think yeah, we're heading in the right direction

So I'm just gonna do what I can really to keep that winning ways gone

You got a preference where do you like to play? I know what you're going to say

I'm so as long as I'm playing I'm as long as I'm picked. I don't mind but really we would you rather play?

I think yeah, that cliche is definitely you'd rather be in the starting line at the sitting in the stand

So that yeah is probably the first one and then yeah probably I'll be predominantly of my career over

At fullback, I think but in the last couple of seasons I've had a decent amount of game climb like on the wing

So as they I'd say I probably prefer fullback but enjoy wing as well

You know just cut a little bit different sort of styles, but similar at the end of the day

Do you dare think about higher honors?

Ah

Personally, I think it's just worried about making the

23 for the blues at the moment like you like you said you got zoned, cutie boy,

cutie boy and then a few boys waiting in the wing. So it's just about

Uh, while I'm getting some game time before you think about anything else

And tell us about the approach to more on a pussie thicker

They can't explode into action and shred you with tries, but they can also fold pretty fast

Where do you see their weaknesses? Where do you see their strengths?

Um, yeah, I mean their strengths obviously like if you want to make play a physical game

Let them get their tails up with winning collisions and sort of making it a scrappy game or I'd be

I think that's where they're at their strongest sort of I think

Where they're probably not as strong as probably we can take them in sort of those

Set p-throughs and keep the game sort of structured and not kick away

Minerally kick away position and give them sort of easier in for the game

So I think and then obviously like this just before our discipline we

go off to your penalties are going to be

Getting pegged back quite a bit

Well, I really thank you for adjoining us that promises so much let's hope that you stay high when you're defending

You'd gather that ball because it's very much the flavor of rugby these days

And make it really hard for Zahn Sullivan to get a spot bet. Will you Cole?

Oh

Yeah, get him angst it. Thanks very much for your time that game gets earned away at

345 no 335 excuse me

Cole Forbes. Thanks very much for your time

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