Canes vs Sharks

[Crash]

<p>Barrett off, looks to be in some pain, limping slightly</p>
<p>Woodward on, Marshall in at 1st receiver</p>

[Tordah]

<p>Sharks lineout having a field day</p>

[Crash]

<p>Canes sucking in some big ones,really up against it and on the back foot, 5 meter scrum on their own line</p>

[KiwiMurph]

<p>Canes are in real trouble here.</p>

[Tordah]

<p>got to say, the Sharks have improved massively since their one point victory over the Highlanders.</p>
<p>22-8 Shorks leading</p>

[KiwiMurph]

<p>Why the heck would the sharks pull April? He's been great.</p>

[mimic]

<p>what a huge play there by ardie savea.. chased the backs all the way and made the steal..</p>

[KiwiMurph]

<p>Holy shit whar a play by Ardie</p>

[Crash]

<p>How many goddamn advantages do they need FFS</p>

[KiwiMurph]

<p>Sharks have completely dominated this second half - impressive.</p>

[Siam]

<p>I think this ref, Van Derwesthoissn (like Joost I think) is actually one to watch for. I've seen him be good on numerous occasions</p>
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<p>Calls it accurately, communicates well, stays calm. He had to succumb to a pointless TMO intervention at a kick of but handled it pretty well</p>

[KiwiMurph]

Yep ref has been good - has a good feel for the game. Rare these days.

[Siam]

<p>Sharks will win this due to an excellent second half</p>
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<p>You won't beat a decent SA team at home if you don't front up in the forwards and find some physical parity</p>
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<p>Too much through the middle from Sharks</p>
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<p>Enough of talking up these locks who run around in the field if they can't get 99% of their lineout ball. Romano gets the AB nod because of core role execution. Canes LO has been dire</p>
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<p>The Sharks will win this having made twice as many tackles, a telling stat. Canes have been hassled all night</p>
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<p>Have to stop the rancid Todd baiting. Ardie isn't the second coming by any stretch but he does a lot of really good things that can't be denied</p>
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<p>Expect Barrett to have weeks off for concussion - he got his head in the wrong place on a head on tackle with the smallest guy on the field</p>
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<p>Coles is awesome all round the field</p>

[Siam]

<p>The Bus has gone walkabout again this last few weeks</p>

[Crash]

<p>Nah don't buy all this about teams going from shit to shit hot in only one week.</p>
<p>The bar has definitely been raised by the NZ teams, but I think in some games there has been a fair bit of latitude allowed </p>

[broughie]

<p>Looked like it rained which would have not suited to Canes.  Missed that pick by a bunch.</p>

[Stargazer]

<p>Canes just weren't there tonight, but having said that, the Sharks deserve all credit because they played really well after travelling home this week from a heavy work load on tour.</p>

[Higgins]

<p>Way too many lineouts botched on the Hurricanes throws, mostly those thrown towards Fatialofa who had the misfortune to knock them towards the Sharks halfback with some regularity. No arguments really, the Sharks were deserving and comprehensive winners. </p>

[No Quarter]

Sharks defense was immense. The Canes just ran out of ideas a few times even when we had the ball in their 22. Was always going to be a tough assignment (despite what C4L would have you believe) - the Sharks are very tough to beat when they are on the road let alone at home.<br><br>
Julian Savea is damn lucky he has no competition. At the moment he is putting in one good performance followed by 3 annonymous. We really needed him looking for work around the fringes to help our pack out, but he did nothing all game.<br><br>
Ardie Savea is great, he's fizzing every game, never shirks away from the physical stuff and could be a great bench option for the ABs this year.

[No Quarter]

Oh, and Blade Thomson should be starting ahead of Shields who is barely Super standard these days.