A host of young talent have earned fulltime contracts with the Blues for next season.
Among the seven fresh faces are fullback Payton Spencer - son of former All Blacks first-five Carlos - and loose forward Che Clark.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.
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