Highlanders v Hurricanes
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@hydro11 said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Mattasaurus said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Roigard > Fakatava isn't a hard call is it
Based on tonight, yes, but Fakatava has runs on the board.
Very few runs. He's barely played for the ABs and isn't a regular Super starter due to Aaron Smith.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Dan54 said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Not sure what Foster has to do with it. But anyway.....
I mentioned that I thought Roigard should be included in the ABs on his current form and hoped the coaches would handle him as successfully as they did Taukei'aho and we ended up with good options at 2 - one of the few successes in the last year or so.
Some people then disagreed on the basis Cody Taylor is/was a shit hooker and Foster picked him against Ireland. I think.
Stop being obtuse. Taylor would have continued being selected and Taukeiaho would have been ignored - Foster even said as much iirc.
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Hurricanes player ratings:
Hurricanes player ratings vs Highlanders | Super Rugby Pacific
The Hurricanes have surged up to first on the Super Rugby Pacific ladder with a hard-fought 29-14 win over the Highlanders at Forsyth Barr Stadium.
Against a bigger Chiefs pack next week I would probably switch Iose for Howden.
I would definitely bring either Sullivan or Naholo in for J Savea, his name was mentioned probably only twice last night.
Three best players for me last night from a Canes lense were Roigard, Kirifi and Proctor.
From a Highlanders POV Thomas Jmaga-Jensen was outstanding, and I thought Harmon and Renton were very solid.
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@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
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@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Dan54 said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Not sure what Foster has to do with it. But anyway.....
I mentioned that I thought Roigard should be included in the ABs on his current form and hoped the coaches would handle him as successfully as they did Taukei'aho and we ended up with good options at 2 - one of the few successes in the last year or so.
Some people then disagreed on the basis Cody Taylor is/was a shit hooker and Foster picked him against Ireland. I think.
Ok mate, I still a bit confused about it coming into how Blackwell went, but it's all good .
I gave that with a caveat, I pretty easy to confuse anyway.
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@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Lol I've seen a lot worse than that from Colesy. I watched a club game between Poneke and Petone where he rubbed a guys face into the dirt after he smashed him in a tackle. Dane Coles will always be a pest.
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@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Agree. If Gilbert had stayed down and feigned injury Coles could have spent a bit of time on the sideline. Off the ball crap that may have been direct contact to the head.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Agree. If Gilbert had stayed down and feigned injury Coles could have spent a bit of time on the sideline. Off the ball crap that may have been direct contact to the head.
Gilbert grabbed at Coles leg when Coles was moving on, Coles sat him back down
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@Machpants said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Agree. If Gilbert had stayed down and feigned injury Coles could have spent a bit of time on the sideline. Off the ball crap that may have been direct contact to the head.
Gilbert grabbed at Coles leg when Coles was moving on, Coles sat him back down
By using what could have been a forearm to the head. He may have been provoked but it's a risk to react the way he did nowadays.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Machpants said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Agree. If Gilbert had stayed down and feigned injury Coles could have spent a bit of time on the sideline. Off the ball crap that may have been direct contact to the head.
Gilbert grabbed at Coles leg when Coles was moving on, Coles sat him back down
By using what could have been a forearm to the head. He may have been provoked but it's a risk to react the way he did nowadays.
Oh I don't disagree, he was at risk. Just that it wasn't for no reason, like I first thought
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@Machpants said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Machpants said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Agree. If Gilbert had stayed down and feigned injury Coles could have spent a bit of time on the sideline. Off the ball crap that may have been direct contact to the head.
Gilbert grabbed at Coles leg when Coles was moving on, Coles sat him back down
By using what could have been a forearm to the head. He may have been provoked but it's a risk to react the way he did nowadays.
Oh I don't disagree, he was at risk. Just that it wasn't for no reason, like I first thought
I thought the Canes as a whole targeted Renton a fair bit with niggle too, not just Coles. While Renton played a good game the niggle worked to the extent where the ref noticed Renton getting agitated and told him to settle. Ref would have been watching Renton after that.
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@Machpants said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Crazy-Horse said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Agree. If Gilbert had stayed down and feigned injury Coles could have spent a bit of time on the sideline. Off the ball crap that may have been direct contact to the head.
Gilbert grabbed at Coles leg when Coles was moving on, Coles sat him back down
I have watched that five or six times and I have no idea what youāre seeing as grabbing his leg
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Right, pretty down on the season already so not really surprised
Harmon, TUJ, de groot and ainsley all very good
Was happy with millar and disappointed with his injury
Thatās pretty much it though, frizell very quiet, our wings never do anything because we never get them the ballā¦and wonāt even comment of paea, Gregory etc
First time Iāve actually watched out for roigard, after seeing all the chat, heās great, get him in there
One of the biggest things the canes seems to bring is the post contact āenergyā everyone take their hit and then twists and turns, worst case they get another meter and put the tacklers in an offside position, best case they break the tackle, it was impressiveā¦crossed the line a couple of times I think with a few rolls or crawls but generally really good
I also think proctor at 13 was very impressive, always looks to get outside and feed his wings
The only one I have a question mark about was Morganā¦looks very hunt likeā¦but not as good which is saying something
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@Kiwiwomble Morgan was quiet yesterday, but in your return with that team around you...he played it perfectly. He's elventy million times better than Hunt, who in the same situation would have danced a few jigs into the back of Moorby and maybe a pass or two to the opposition.
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@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Lol I've seen a lot worse than that from Colesy. I watched a club game between Poneke and Petone where he rubbed a guys face into the dirt after he smashed him in a tackle. Dane Coles will always be a pest.
I know what niggle and being a pest is, that's not it. That's being a dickhead. I'm not sure what you seeing him do in club rugby has to do with it.
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@Kiwiwomble Paea looks like a wing covering center. He completely ignores his wings and TUJ was covering a fair bit of his defensive duties at times. The sooner Timu is back the better I think.
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@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Lol I've seen a lot worse than that from Colesy. I watched a club game between Poneke and Petone where he rubbed a guys face into the dirt after he smashed him in a tackle. Dane Coles will always be a pest.
I know what niggle and being a pest is, that's not it. That's being a dickhead. I'm not sure what you seeing him do in club rugby has to do with it.
Have we gone soft here or are you just protective because heās a Highlander. Dane Coles hits the kid hard and gives him a shove, who bloody cares. Iāve seen far worse off the ball shit over the years.
Dickhead or not that sort of behaviour isnāt new to rugby. I think Gilbert will get over it.
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@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
He's gone past staunch to geriatric piston wristed gibbon.
King of the niggle. š
Used to be, that's not niggle though, that's just being a dick. I'd be embarrassed if any of my teammates acted like that.
Lol I've seen a lot worse than that from Colesy. I watched a club game between Poneke and Petone where he rubbed a guys face into the dirt after he smashed him in a tackle. Dane Coles will always be a pest.
I know what niggle and being a pest is, that's not it. That's being a dickhead. I'm not sure what you seeing him do in club rugby has to do with it.
Have we gone soft here or are you just protective because heās a Highlander. Dane Coles hits the kid hard and gives him a shove, who bloody cares. Iāve seen far worse off the ball shit over the years.
Dickhead or not that sort of behaviour isnāt new to rugby. I think Gilbert will get over it.
The point is it's stupid. Imagine Gilbert stayed down and it was reviewed in slow motion. He may or may not have been sent to the naughty boy chair. Are you happy to risk that as a Hurricane supporter? I'd hate to think how that would have gone down if he did that at Twickenham or Ellis Park in a Black jumper.
