Following their win over the Bulls, Inga Tuigamala takes a look at the buoyant Blues in The New Zealand Herald.
"I've got to give a big thumbs up here to Pat Lam and his team for what they achieved against the Bulls last week. I saw Pat during the week and he certainly had a smile - he believes a lot of hard work since last year is starting to come to fruition.
"The major advance is that the players are understanding the gameplan and executing it at the right moments. We also see the Blues are far more hungry on defence. I thought their defence was absolutely superb against the Bulls - it was like watching the great Blues teams of the '90s.
"It was a must-win game for the Blues and everything came right on the night. As spectators, we don't see the enormous effort that goes into sports teams and such is the nature of sport that the hard work is not always evident from the stands. But over time, good planning will come through and Blues supporters will be hoping, and growing confident, that we are finally seeing consistent evidence of this."
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