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    Coach Vern Cotter reckons the Blues CAN catch up to the pace-setters after a slow start to their Super Rugby title defence

    Coach Vern Cotter reckons the Blues CAN catch up to the pace-setters after a slow start to their Super Rugby title defence


    The defending champs have lost their opening two matches, the latest an eight-point loss to an under-manned Highlanders in Dunedin.

    Cotter says they've given themselves a real challenge...but their response will be clinical.



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