SRA U20: Hurricanes U20 v Blues U20

[Stargazer]

Saturday, 17 April 2021
K/o 3.00pm
Sky Sport 1

Hurricanes U20

Almost the same line-up as the first two games, meaning that also in the last game, Thompson-Dunn is not getting a start. He's not getting a fair chance to play for a spot in the NZU20s. This is how it was always done by Larsen, but this time it's more visible because the games are televised and team sheets published.

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Blues U20

1 Joshua Fusitua
2 Soane Vikena
3 Sione Ahio
4 Craig Allan
5 Josh Beehre
6 Chlayton Frans
7 Cam Church (c)
8 Vaiolini Ekuasi
9 Manu Paea
10 Jock McKenzie
11 Sofai Maka
12 Corey Evans
13 Meihana Grindlay
14 Sage Shaw-Tait
15 Jacob Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens

Reserves:
17 Ray Su’a
16 Leandro Vakatini
18 Ryan Mead
19 Wallace Sititi
20 Will Bason
21 Dayton Iobu
22 Christian Stenhouse
23 Ryan Nankivell

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Hurricanes U20 being crushed by Blues U20. I missed the first 36 minutes ... and it's 8 - 33!

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HT: Hurricanes U20 8 - 38 Blues U20

Only saw 5 minutes, and the Canes U20 looked awful, while everything seemed to work for the Blues U20. To think that the Blues will have the advantage of the wind in the second half ... this could get ugly.

[Nepia]

@stargazer said in SRA U20: Hurricanes U20 v Blues U20:

Hurricanes U20 being crushed by Blues U20. I missed the first 36 minutes ... and it's 8 - 33!

Kind of glad the coach didn't select many U20s Magpies if this is the type of performance they're putting on ...

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@nepia Haha, I was thinking the same thing!

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Ah ffs, great intercept from Thompson-Dunn, who has just come on, and ref deems it offside.

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Riley Higgins off injured.

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I think the ref just awarded a try to the Blues while the try scorer may have been in touch; there's no TMO, so we won't know either way.

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Ah ffs x 2. Thompson-Dunn away again, only to be called back because someone knocked on.

He's definitely having an impact.

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Based on what I've seen, the Blues are very dominant at scrum time.

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54th minute: Blues U20s lead 59 - 8.

Hearing Willie Lose name the schools of some of the players, the Blues squad has quite a few poaches from outside the region.

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From what I've seen, Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkens looks dangerous.

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Tabai Matson just made a good point. The teams are playing 3 games in 8 days. And a lot of players are getting really tired.

That makes the Hurricanes' selection extra stupid.

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I think we're lucky to have Harry Godfrey in the Academy. I can see him make the Magpies, if not this year, then next year.

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Oh shit, that looked bad. Collision between Morgan and a Blues player, and the Blues player is - I think - knocked out.

Morgan will be lucky if he doesn't get a card for that. I think he tackled him late and/or dangerously.

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I think I heard the officials talking about a card, but the commentators are too busy talking about the trophy for the tournament's MVP to notice.

The Blues player is up again and leaves the field on a cart.

Morgan still on the field, so I guess the officials thought there was no foul play.

[Stargazer]

Full time: Hurricanes U20 15 - 71 Blues U20

Darren Larsen, please, resign. Totally incompetent coach. For years.

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Morgan apologising on tv to the Blues player he collided with. Well done, lad.

[Canes4life]

@stargazer yeah he’s another one that has been there for too long. Like I’ve said previously they need a complete clean out of the Hurricanes back room.