Hurricanes 2022
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@mikey07 @Stargazer Given he is originally out of Napier BHS that generally means he will get little or no game time behind teachers pet B Proctor and someone that J Holland will undoubtedly pluck from obscurity out of the Wellington Schools Competition. PUJ might move up the pecking order somewhat but won't hold my breath on that one either.
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@higgins said in Hurricanes 2022:
@mikey07 @Stargazer Given he is originally out of Napier BHS that generally means he will get little or no game time behind teachers pet B Proctor
Good thing is we only have 2 more seasons to wait til his contract gets renewed for another 5 years
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Yay another mediocre player to add to the list. Can’t we sign his brother.
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Hurricanes media release about the Sullivan signing: https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/news/article/bailyn-sullivan-signs-with-the-hurricanes-for-2022/
If there's room in next year's Magpies squad, I hope he'll come home for the NPC.
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@stargazer maybe it is the camera angle but I'm surprised Franks ankles aren't thicker..
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I don’t know why James Blackwell gets such a hard time on this forum.., sure he’s not the biggest lock you would ever see but the guy has some engine and from what I have heard ticks all the required training boxes .
You can’t do anything about the body you were born with when it comes to height .
I have seen some locks that are well over 1.98 and have nowhere near the work rate as Blackwell, I suspect if he was playing in the Crusaders nobody would notice his height. -
@steven-harris he gets a rough deal, oddly enough it's mostly from canes fans. Most of the good stuff he does is pretty easy to ignore, so I guess you're left only seeing the clangers.
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@steven-harris said in Hurricanes 2022:
I don’t know why James Blackwell gets such a hard time on this forum.., sure he’s not the biggest lock you would ever see but the guy has some engine and from what I have heard ticks all the required training boxes .
You can’t do anything about the body you were born with when it comes to height .
I have seen some locks that are well over 1.98 and have nowhere near the work rate as Blackwell, I suspect if he was playing in the Crusaders nobody would notice his height.Do you think he would be selected for the Crusaders as a lock? Because that’s the reason why Cane’s fans are down on him. He’s certainly a hard worker and I’m sure he trains the house down, but he just doesn’t have a big enough body for the position in which he plays.
As you said, you can’t do anything about the body you were born into.
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@gt12 Todd Blackadder ,1.90 6.2 126 games for Canterbury, 71 x games for the Crusaders and 12 tests for the All Blacks not the tallest guy , but good number of those games at lock . ..in fact he’s exactly the same height as his son Ethan ..
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@steven-harris said in Hurricanes 2022:
@gt12 Todd Blackadder ,1.90 6.2 126 games for Canterbury, 71 x games for the Crusaders and 12 tests for the All Blacks not the tallest guy , but good number of those games at lock . ..in fact he’s exactly the same height as his son Ethan ..
It's kind of you to make my arguments for me.
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@steven-harris Come on mate that was in the 90s....
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@steven-harris I don't think anyone begrudges James Blackwell's work rate around the park and the leadership he brings to the side, it's more to do with his size. His lack of height means he quite frequently gets out played at lineout time, something you can't do in those big games. Our scrum also seems to function slightly worse when he's on the park, purely through lack of weight compared to the bigger locks out there.
I certainly don't mind having Blackwell in the pack when he's surrounded by bigger forwards. My frustration comes into play when Holland picks Blackwell, Kirifi, Prinsep and Savea all at once which severely impacts our ability to dominate physically.
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@canes4life then your issue should be directed at the Canes forwards coach Chris Gibbs ,plenty of good lineout forwards in Canes region , Parsons and Cridge from Hawkes Bay , Mitchell from the Turbos , and even Scrafton ,
I believe the Canes should be looking away from Princep and looking for a bigger physical presence in the 6 jersey ,Princep and Blackwell to me are similar type of players , they work their backsides off but in reality don’t always get gainline TK Howden from the Turbos is a very promising young guy with size and a lineout game.The Hurricanes should be doing everything in their power to get Marino Mikaele Tu’u back from the Landers ,Flanders at number 8, and Ardie in the 7 jersey , that would be the perfect fit for the Canes style , all the back 3 can be used as lineout options and Scrafton who is your best lineout jumper can rotate with either Blackwell or ITW ..
My front row would be Lomax ,Rakete Stones and Coles , that’s your best starting front row right there.
Canes current problem at the minute in my opinion Chris Gibbs .
