Hurricanes vs Highlanders
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Steven-Harris said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
If you can play that poorly and still win despite the Landers bringing some real heat in defence and at lineout time you take the win every day of the week and twice on Sunday
Amua playing his way out of an All Black squad altogether his lineout throwing is a massive liability
Love the energy Holland brings to a teamYep Aumua was piss poor. He’s been pretty poor since coming back. Doesn’t look fit enough tbh.
Think he got a bit distracted by the Landers niggling him, you could see him "hunting" out certain players in subsequent plays.
Yeah but to be fair should have the experience now to brush that shit off and focus on his job.
Yeah certainly wasn't giving him an excuse, agree wholeheartedly.
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@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Steven-Harris said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
If you can play that poorly and still win despite the Landers bringing some real heat in defence and at lineout time you take the win every day of the week and twice on Sunday
Amua playing his way out of an All Black squad altogether his lineout throwing is a massive liability
Love the energy Holland brings to a teamYep Aumua was piss poor. He’s been pretty poor since coming back. Doesn’t look fit enough tbh.
Think he got a bit distracted by the Landers niggling him, you could see him "hunting" out certain players in subsequent plays.
Yeah but to be fair should have the experience now to brush that shit off and focus on his job.
Yeah certainly wasn't giving him an excuse, agree wholeheartedly.
Hopefully can turn a corner with form otherwise his AB spot could be in jeopardy.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
@Steven-Harris said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
If you can play that poorly and still win despite the Landers bringing some real heat in defence and at lineout time you take the win every day of the week and twice on Sunday
Amua playing his way out of an All Black squad altogether his lineout throwing is a massive liability
Love the energy Holland brings to a teamYep Aumua was piss poor. He’s been pretty poor since coming back. Doesn’t look fit enough tbh.
Think he got a bit distracted by the Landers niggling him, you could see him "hunting" out certain players in subsequent plays.
Yeah but to be fair should have the experience now to brush that shit off and focus on his job.
Yeah certainly wasn't giving him an excuse, agree wholeheartedly.
Hopefully can turn a corner with form otherwise his AB spot could be in jeopardy.
He's just got to play better than the crusaders 3rd string hooker.
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That Tim shot on Love was a thing of beauty from front on.
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Do the Landers play the Saders next week?
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
Do the Landers play the Saders next week?
Yep they do . And Reds got the Canes, that's 2 teams that will have enjoyed this game, watching your next week's opposition getting knocked around like that is a bonus!
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Got behind on the watch. Just finished now.
Well done the Canes, was leaning slightly towards you, and you kinda probably deserved the win despite some of the dumbest of dumb Brooke van Velden captaincy I've seen.
Fuck sake, take the points!
Cool game of footy though.
Are you not entertained?
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A really good performance from our lads on the whole.
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Having calmed down a bit, there’s definitely something players/combinations sticking with… the concerning thing is though, will pur current best players stick around. Get a good first five from off-shore, a bulldozing number eight, and we win some of these close games.
Thought that was the best I’ve seen from Jack Taylor tonight - has largely struggled when starting, but thought he was very accurate and energetic. As for Vikena, man… looked pretty solid most of the year, but that cameo was just as poor as the half against Moana. Shouldn’t play again this season.
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Love was fairly solid at 10. Nailed a couple of critical goal kicks from out wide, general play kicking was also good with penalty line kicks in particular good. Squared up and ran onto the ball nicely and distribution was excellent creating time and space for his midfield. Not sure if his balance of kick vs pass vs run is quite there yet in terms of game management though. His defence was good but sometimes he comes up a bit too hard acting like a rush midfielder so quick recycles then gave space to the Highlanders due to his eagerness. Arguably even better at fullback (and funnily enough defensively he played a lot of fullback taking many of the high balls sent through by the Highlanders even prior to Cameron coming on) with a critical scorching run towards the end of the game that got the Canes right where they needed to be to win it.
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Hah that shouldn't have been to antipodean that should have been a reply to Frank. Just a bit rusty here after over 10 years away. Amused to see all my old posts disappear.
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Outside of Vikenna felt everyone else had a phenomenal game. Huge ticker and unlucky not to get the win.
EDG had an exceptional game. Feel like when he's in a leadership role he goes up a level. Taylor had his best game in a Landers jersey. Telea was a monster and Robinson a few errors aside had a great game. I think Lowe probably earned himself a contract extension with that performance too. Lennox performed well on the wing too.
Huge shame we've lost Nareki for next week. I'd throw Caution to the wind and gave Mason another shot. Put Bell on the bench for Vikenna. Other than than that I'd probably keep things pretty similar.
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@Frank said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
How did Ruben Love go at 10?
Excellent IMO, despite a question on his game management but his forwards delivered slow ball, which allowed the Highlanders defence to react accordingly. 100% success in his goal kicking and pretty solid in every department. Brillant with ball in hand.
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Best performance I've seen from the Highlanders for a very long time.
Belief, determination and big balls courage saw the Hurricanes home when lesser teams would have thought "it wasn't their night." Wins you have to work hard for are extra sweet.
Happy days! 😎
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@sparky said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:
Best performance I've seen from the Highlanders for a very long time.
Belief, determination and big balls courage saw the Hurricanes home when lesser teams would have thought "it wasn't their night." Wins you have to work hard for are extra sweet.
Happy days! 😎
Best team in the fucking world, unbeatable.
