Western Force vs Hurricanes
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@Canes4life oh right - probably wouldn't have been picked anyway, unfortunately!
This should be a great game. Force will go all out to give themselves a shot at the 8.
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Ardie on the bench to come to the rescue if required.
Force have a sniff of the finals (or at least want to put pressure on the Landers)
A loss for the Canes and a win for the Tahs over a shadow Blues side could end up with Canes having to go to Canberra which won't be an easy task.
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@Bovidae said in Western Force vs Hurricanes:
There is a long list as being unavailable for selection:
Devan Flanders, Reed Prinsep, Pepesana Patafilo, Dominic Bird, Ruben Love, Alex Fidow, Tyrel Lomax, Isaia Walker-Leawere, TK Howden, Tyler Laubscher, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Jordie Barrett
That must be about the first time the Canes have included an "unavailable" list in their media release!
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@Stargazer I got that from the article on allblacks.com.
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@Crucial said in Western Force vs Hurricanes:
Ardie on the bench to come to the rescue if required.
Force have a sniff of the finals (or at least want to put pressure on the Landers)
A loss for the Canes and a win for the Tahs over a shadow Blues side could end up with Canes having to go to Canberra which won't be an easy task.
Canes fans have every right to be a little nervous.It’s got banana skin written all over it but I think we’ll be too good. I think three games in one week will be too much for the Force aswell.
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Coach Jason Holland and All Black Jordie Barrett did not travel to Perth for their clash with the Force at HBF Park after being grounded by the flu.
The flu has gone through the Hurricanes squad in the last week with a handful of players, including both hookers Dane Coles and Asafo Aumua, late withdrawals from last weekend’s win over the Rebels.
Assistant coach Chris Gibbes, who missed last weekend’s match with the flu, will step up with Holland stuck at home. -
Media release:
Prior to lead club in milestone match
Head coach Tim Sampson has named an unchanged line-up for Saturday night’s massive Round 15 match-up with the Hurricanes at HBF Park.
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@Stargazer interesting selections, you'd think Kaitu'u, Rodda and Godwin would be starting in a game like this.
The Force 7, 8 and 13 are all fairly light weight for their positions.
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@Stargazer said in Western Force vs Hurricanes:
Coach Jason Holland and All Black Jordie Barrett did not travel to Perth for their clash with the Force at HBF Park after being grounded by the flu.
So a positive and a negative.
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@Canes4life He’s just been named at 12 for Wainuiomata so can’t be too bad.
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@Canes4life That’s what I’m hoping, but more then likely the latter my mates friends with him and he told him Holland really doesn’t like him but wouldn’t go into further detail.
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@Canes4life said in Western Force vs Hurricanes:
@Machpants Delany looks to be lock cover. Pretty solid side considering the circumstances.
Good to see Brayden Iose returning, thought he was gone for the season.
He was!
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I hope Gibbes understands that win/lose tonight we will be playing the Brumbies next week so I hope he doesn’t even risk Ardie now that nothing rides on this game.
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@FakatavaFuture haha he looks pumped up.
Hurricanes Team Named to take on the Western Force in Final Round of the Regular Season
