Blues v Hurricanes
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@Stargazer Perenara to cover 1st five?
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@Canes4life Yeah, TJP or Tiatia (in that case, Proctor to fullback).
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What has Prinsep ever bought to the Canes lol - such an odd ongoing selection considering our options
Also IWL needs to start to add some size to that tight five.
Rest of the team I'm happy with (aside from our 10's but not like we have a choice there!) Strong bench.
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@Canes4life said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Prinsep.
Prinsep & Blackwell
Oh shit, I was laughing so much at Prinsep I didn't notice the midget lock.
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No point having a strong bench when we have Prinsep and Blackwell starting.
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@Canes4life only chance we have at this point is if our bench comes on in the 2nd minute.
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Happy that Clarke is getting a start.
It would have been very easy to stick with the pre-covid wing combos of Telea/Duffie or Telea/Marchant. Especially considering Marchant in the 23 would've given better midfield cover
Clarke is much more of a threat than those other guys
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Very happy with that Blues backline on paper.
I'm not taking anything for granted though. A long lay off, new rules, anything can happen.
Am I the only one in the country actually wanting Rieko to play on the wing?
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@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Very happy with that Blues backline on paper.
I'm not taking anything for granted though. A long lay off, new rules, anything can happen.
Am I the only one in the country actually wanting Rieko to play on the wing?
nope, me too. But I don't think he wants to - I think he wants to play 13. Not sure why, but ultimately you have to do what your passion is
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@Hooroo said in Blues v Hurricanes:
We would have come if it was on a Saturday so we could stay the night but too hard basket to do it all on a Sunday.
The Chiefs game at Eden Park is on a Sunday too (26th July). You have plenty of time to plan a sickie
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@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Very happy with that Blues backline on paper.
I'm not taking anything for granted though. A long lay off, new rules, anything can happen.
Am I the only one in the country actually wanting Rieko to play on the wing?
Did you miss the last 2 Blues games? The Faiane-Rieko combo was brilliant.
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Did you miss the last 2 Blues games? The Faiane-Rieko combo was brilliant.
It was building nicely. Ioane getting lots of attention and TJ picking when to throw the skip pass etc
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Very happy with that Blues backline on paper.
I'm not taking anything for granted though. A long lay off, new rules, anything can happen.
Am I the only one in the country actually wanting Rieko to play on the wing?
Did you miss the last 2 Blues games? The Faiane-Rieko combo was brilliant.
I'm more thinking from an ABs point of view than you blokes.
As the months go by, and I've watched replays of matches, I'm more than ever convinced that the dropping of our wings after Perth was the start* of a reactionary mindset from our coaches that ultimately led to our defeat against England. * Probably not the start, but that was the first public manifestation of it.
I have no issue with how he's been playing at 13.
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@Snowy said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Am I the only one in the country actually wanting Rieko to play on the wing?
Possibly not anymore. Would be my preference, but he actually seems to have lost form there and he is too good to leave out.
I'm also still convinced that was a wee bit of a myth and it was just a timing issue (he out did Bridge in pretty much every attacking stat you can think of at Super level, then was unlucky to hit the Perth game and not get the games where the ABs fired and Bridge and Reece ran up their try tallies).
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@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
I'm also still convinced that was a wee bit of a myth
It's a myth because no one talks about his calf injury. He missed Blues games because of it. He was meant to start a Bledisloe Cup Test but didn't pass a fitness test. During the RWC he couldn't do sprint training etc
