Hurricanes vs Rebels

[Donsteppa]

The Canes are playing as such a docile forward pack. Ardie Savea surrounded by seven plodders.

[Jailbreak7]

Who has stolen the Barrett bros bodies - they looked so good in the 1st half

[Machpants]

@antipodean said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

Rebels #5 hasn't been onside for about four rucks in a row.

Yeah I've been screaming at the TV!

Take the 3

[Jailbreak7]

Great we will need that in the WC

[Jailbreak7]

Nah sorry no way that was a penalty

[hydro11]

How are we second on the table? Seriously!

[Donsteppa]

Ha! Can always count on Qwade...

[Jailbreak7]

Ardie might well shake his head, half the team went MIA after half time

[hydro11]

Another point blown, really. Being up 26-0 you should be able to convert that into five points. It's really important that we get a home playoff (or maybe it doesn't matter because we aren't good enough to win the competition this year).

[Machpants]

Yeah no way we're going anywhere in the finals series, just nice to win some the way there. A tight game = a loss in the finals

[MrDenmore]

Can someone get Brad Shields on the phone?

[Stargazer]

Hopefully, the Canes have Evans back soon. He's sorely missed.

[Machpants]

@Stargazer yes but really it's our tight forwards letting us down, the scrum is a joke. Maul defence almost as bad, but at least then ardie can get in there and do all the work. Not even he is awesome enough to do the scrum himself. The defence from the backs was pretty porous too, disorganised once things got hard

[Stargazer]

@Machpants That's why it would be good if he (Ardie) can get some help from Evans.

[African Monkey]

@Machpants Exactly. Their tight 5 is pathetic. Evans is solid but their issues lie up front.

[canefan]

We canes fans should enjoy winning while we can, because we are going to be found out come playoff time

[Machpants]

@canefan hard to enjoy that last 55 minutes

[sparky]

Need to hope Fidow and Aumua improve next year. Need to sign a decent tightness, a reserve tighthead and some locks before next season too.....

[Rembrandt]

fell asleep in the 2nd half when we were up 26 - zip. Woke in time to see Quade's conversion miss at 26 - 19. Wtf?

Clearly it's bad luck to sleep through a canes came.

[Canes4life]

@canefan funny that out of all players to miss, I felt we really missed May at scrum time tonight. Man JTA is such a fluffy bunny. He's the biggest weakness in this Canes side IMO. How he became an All Black will forever be one of lifes mysteries.

Aumua and IWL showed plenty of promise but they still have a fair bit of maturing to do.

We need Coles back asap.