Hurricanes vs Rebels
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@Stargazer he should be thankful he even has a contract after the amount of times he's been injured.
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@Canes4life What a bs comment. Injuries are work-related accidents like any other. If he should be thankful for his contract, so should every other player.
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@Stargazer the Canes could have lost all faith in Cridge after ongoing injury struggles but gave him another chance so yes he should be grateful. Maybe he is still struggling, hence the reason why he hasn't been selected.
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@Canes4life He played 80 minutes for the Hunters in Tokyo and played clubrugby last weekend. Fitness shouldn't be an issue. I hope he gets some time off the bench soon.
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@Stargazer yeah but maybe they are taking time with him considering previous history. I'm sure he will get a chance. Plus didn't we get taken to the cleaners in Tokyo - maybe he just isn't up to it.
I am glad the Canes are atleast matching that smaller, mobile lock with a bigger lock and until those guys lose form I'm afraid Cridge probably won't get too much gametime.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@Nepia lol, Gareth Evans will be back soon enough. Out of pure interest what Hawkes Bay players should be in there?
Is it 100% set in stone that IWL is leaving Welly or was that a yarn?
Well, Marino Mikaele-Tu'u over Prinsleep for one. Fakatava over any of the reserve half backs. As @Stargazer notes it would be nice if the tokens in the squad (Cridge, Lowe) actually got some gametime some time.
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@Nepia agree on Prinsep, he is overated - atleast the future is Devan Flanders so you can be happy about that. Fakatava was a big loss, but when it's a personal reason for him to leave and go and learn from Aaron Smith then I guess the Canes can't do much about it.
Meh Lowe just doesn't really do much for me. I'm still waiting on Umaga Jensen to get a run but that hasn't eventuated yet either so I guess it's hard when there is plenty of talent in the team.
Guys like Flanders, Farrell, Keruru-Symes, McClutchie, Toala, Teddy are the future so atleast there are plenty of players for HB fans to get excited about. Now it's up to the Canes to sign them.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@Nepia agree on Prinsep, he is overated - atleast the future is Devan Flanders so you can be happy about that. Fakatava was a big loss, but when it's a personal reason for him to leave and go and learn from Aaron Smith then I guess the Canes can't do much about it.
Meh Lowe just doesn't really do much for me. I'm still waiting on Umaga Jensen to get a run but that hasn't eventuated yet either so I guess it's hard when there is plenty of talent in the team.
Guys like Flanders, Farrell, Keruru-Symes, McClutchie, Toala, Teddy are the future so atleast there are plenty of players for HB fans to get excited about. Now it's up to the Canes to sign them.
And then give them game time ...
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@Stargazer @Nepia On Teddy, I haven't seen much of him but I understand he is a really good scrummager. There was also talk of him maybe moving away from prop and focusing on Hooker... can anyone elaborate? I hope he stays as a prop.
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@Canes4life So far in club rugby, he has played both prop and hooker. In the Magpies WTG list, he is listed as a prop.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@Stargazer @Nepia On Teddy, I haven't seen much of him but I understand he is a really good scrummager. There was also talk of him maybe moving away from prop and focusing on Hooker... can anyone elaborate? I hope he stays as a prop.
He's from Napier Boys so until he pulls on the white and black hoops he's the equivalent of a Cantabrian to me.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@Nepia I'm sure he's already worn the black and white in age grade rep rugby.
Well, that doesn't count while he's turning out for the light blue devils.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@Nepia In only 12 days, he'll probably play for the Bay agaisnt Ta$man. Can your sensitive soul survive that long?
Nothing sensitive about a hatred built up over years of the big fancy pants boarding school bullying a small struggling low decile school. It’s just the way it is and the way it should be 😏
I’ll then have to do some research quickly so I can reply to the question!
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I see Geoff Cridge playing club rugby for HSOB in Chch this weekend. Interesting
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@98blueandgold Sam Whitelocks replacement
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@98blueandgold said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
I see Geoff Cridge playing club rugby for HSOB in Chch this weekend. Interesting
He used to be allocated to my club in Wellington when he first made the Hurricanes. Needlesss to say we never saw him other than for the odd Junior's preseason registration date when they (allocated players) were forced to attend. Interesting that he is being allowed to play club rugby in Christchurch when we all thought the reason he did not play any games for my club were beacause his HBRFU contract has a clause that he play club rugby of a club affiliated to the HBRFU.
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This is from a Hawke's Bay Today article about tomorrow's club rugby:
Havelock North will miss the services of former Hurricanes, Magpies and Southland Stags loosie Tony Lamborn who is in Wellington providing injury cover for the Melbourne Rebels team.
