Highlanders v Hurricanes
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@bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Ahh well. Looking forward to seeing Freedom carve it up.
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@stargazer said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@mofitzy_ said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Leger starting. Love debut on the bench.
Negatives: Flanders again on the bench instead of starting; PU-J on the bench and Proctor starting.
Positives: Rakete-Stones getting an opportunity, replacing Armstrong on the bench; no James Blackwell and Julian Savea!
IWL has the sole Magpies starting spot this week. We should just be happy they squeezed Rakete-Stones AND Flanders on the bench.
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@bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@chris-b you did that after saying he was soooo ginormous! He doesn't need to!
I think @MN5 thought it was funny, so that probably tells you enough 😁
My memory was that the whole conversation was a pisstake that went awry, but that doesn't matter.
What does need correcting is any implication that I may or may not have made that Pari Pari didn't need to get bigger.
One of my fundamental precepts of rugby is that bigger is better. If anyone can get bigger, without compromising other aspects of their game then that is a good thing.
I am in favour of a bigger Pari Pari unless he turns up playing like Billy Cavubati!
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Ahh well. Looking forward to seeing Freedom carve it up.
Thanks, but couldn't they do a better highlights video? That's ridiculously naff! Two tries and one is just him falling over the line 😂
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@bones the fall over the line one was his first for Otago I think but the one v southland was pretty good
I’m seeing all the videos on the offical socials showing all these tries the canes have scored against us...we won the last game!
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I'm quietly hoping the Umaga-Jensen twins square off late in the match.
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@canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@dan54 yeah but Proctor hasn’t exactly been amazing. In fact Umaga-Jensen has probably shown more offensively than Proctor, he’s just not seen as a Holland favourite within the Hurricanes camp so therefore remains on the bench.
Holland like workers even if their attacking ability is almost non existent
The coaches seem to be focusing too much on players who are seen as having a better work rate and defence. And not too concerned if their attacking ability is almost non existent
It isn't working. But pluses in this team is Blackwell is no where to be seen and the locks look good now. Coles is back and Love is in the reserves. Leger is limited as all hell at first so hopefully they get Love on early at either first or FB
edit and the limited Armstrong has been rested. He did Ok in his starts against the strong scums but he should either start for a half. Or be rested.
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@winger aslong as those plodder type players keep getting picked they will prevent us from getting back to where we were a couple years ago.
Let's just hope the coaches wise up and start the likes of Flanders / PUJ / Love / Scrafton moving forward.
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Highlanders $1.64
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@winger said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Love is in the reserves. Leger is limited as all hell at first so hopefully they get Love on early at either first or FB
That is going to be really interesting. The coaches insist that Love is an outside back that can play 10 not the other way around. Basically putting him in the same boat as Jordie.
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@dan54 said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Completely confused as to why PUJ remains on the bench. He outplayed or matched every opponent he came up against last year and the thanks he gets is a seat on the pine? These coaches really know how to knock a young players confidence.
To be fair he has been decidedly average so fat yhis year though, and perhaps that may have something to do with the 9-10 combo. Be loody hard to shine outside them!
How can you be average if you basically never play
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Two fairly even line-ups if you ask me.
Is Ngani Punivai injured or has Brown dropped him?
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A better hurricanes team this week.
Less influenced on experience more on form finaly
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@kiwi_expat Seems to be a case of rotation?
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midfield fails to get the ball wide...swap out your wings...makes sense
i am tempted to put some money on a Vahaakolo try, smith down the blind, pops on the 22 and nothing stops him
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@stargazer really? after a 39 point drubbing to the Blues in previous round?
I highly doubt Brown would refrain from playing his best 23 in a must-win game. Highlanders beating Canes could be the difference between finishing 3rd or 4th.
