Hurricanes 2020
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@Winger said in Hurricanes 2020:
@Duluth said in Hurricanes 2020:
Fafita is worth keeping
Agree. But maybe for Fifita's benefit he may be best off to move elsewhere. As these coaches don't seem to be able to get the best from him. Or rate him. Hes in for eg. a different league to say Blackwell at lock but isn't rated highly enough.
I hope they can also keep JGB too. He does the basics well. And Hickey doesn't full me with excitement. The key for the Canes is to keep Barrett. Without him (and esp with a limited player like Tiatia at FB) the Canes backline is a bit limited. For me he should be the AB fullback. He's better in this position than his brother
Digging deeply into the memorybanks I seem to recall Fifita and Michael Fatialofa were the two locks that closed out the season the year the Hurricanes won the Title. He is now not even rated the number three blindside nor in the best two locks so something is obviously going on behind the scenes. His slump in form seems to have co-insided with the Plumtree's tenure of head coach commencing. At that time Plumtree announced to the world that Fifita was a lock whilst Steve Hansen was equally adamant that he was a blindside. Being placed behind Reid Princep must be a telling indicator that "we don't rate you or want you here any more" message to the kid.
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Spencer left cos...
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@taniwharugby Carlos first played for Horowhenua as a 17 year-old. in 1992. 28 years later and he can still play a decent standard of club Rugby.
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From a media article about club rugby in Hawke's Bay, I understand that:
Jonah Lowe played on the wing for Clive and scored two tries; and
Danny Toala came off the bench and played well at fullback for Hastings.No mention of Isaia Walker-Leawere in the article, so I don't know whether he played this weekend.
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From a media article about club rugby in Hawke's Bay, I understand that:
Jonah Lowe played on the wing for Clive and scored two tries; and
Danny Toala came off the bench and played well at fullback for Hastings.No mention of Isaia Walker-Leawere in the article, so I don't know whether he played this weekend.
@Stargazer I know this isn’t the right topic but what are your thoughts on Visignia signing for the Bay this NPC?
The form he was in when he left was really good maybe the Canes could grab him to take Lams free space.
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@Stargazer I know this isn’t the right topic but what are your thoughts on Visignia signing for the Bay this NPC?
The form he was in when he left was really good maybe the Canes could grab him to take Lams free space.
@mikey07 In the Magpies 2020 thread you can read the info from the HBRU about the signing. I think the "add size" argument may be spot on. Although I normally have reservations about bringing in players from outside the province, if that's what the coaches were looking for and they couldn't find a good, big wing in the Bay (that may have to do with our demographic), he may be a good addition.
You always have to wait and see how well a player plays after returning from overseas, but if he goes well, who knows, he might be a candidate to replace Ben Lam at the Canes?
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@Stargazer I know this isn’t the right topic but what are your thoughts on Visignia signing for the Bay this NPC?
The form he was in when he left was really good maybe the Canes could grab him to take Lams free space.
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@mikey07 In the Magpies 2020 thread you can read the info from the HBRU about the signing. I think the "add size" argument may be spot on. Although I normally have reservations about bringing in players from outside the province, if that's what the coaches were looking for and they couldn't find a good, big wing in the Bay (that may have to do with our demographic), he may be a good addition.
You always have to wait and see how well a player plays after returning from overseas, but if he goes well, who knows, he might be a candidate to replace Ben Lam at the Canes?
@Stargazer we already have a ready made replacement for Lam - Salesi Rayasi.
Went to the game before and Walker-Leawere was helping out with the warmups, so not sure what the play is with him.
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@Stargazer we already have a ready made replacement for Lam - Salesi Rayasi.
Went to the game before and Walker-Leawere was helping out with the warmups, so not sure what the play is with him.
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@Canes4life That depends entirely on whether Rayasi still wants to go to the Olympics, or not.
@Stargazer this is true. I wonder if Van Wyk will stay on aswell.
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Lots and lots and lots of empty seat at the Caketin. Not a good look at all for overseas TV and doesn't help generate a buzz about NZ Rugby.
The Hurricanes management needs to develop a system to distribute any unsold tickets to workers from Wellington Hospital and their families, then to School & Club Rugby players.
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Lots and lots and lots of empty seat at the Caketin. Not a good look at all for overseas TV and doesn't help generate a buzz about NZ Rugby.
The Hurricanes management needs to develop a system to distribute any unsold tickets to workers from Wellington Hospital and their families, then to School & Club Rugby players.
@sparky said in Hurricanes 2020:
Lots and lots and lots of empty seat at the Caketin. Not a good look at all for overseas TV and doesn't help generate a buzz about NZ Rugby.
The Hurricanes management needs to develop a system to distribute any unsold tickets to workers from Wellington Hospital and their families, then to School & Club Rugby players.
Or do what the ARFU did for the Canes game, sold lots of 20 dollar seats to fill the ground
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Lots and lots and lots of empty seat at the Caketin. Not a good look at all for overseas TV and doesn't help generate a buzz about NZ Rugby.
The Hurricanes management needs to develop a system to distribute any unsold tickets to workers from Wellington Hospital and their families, then to School & Club Rugby players.
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@sparky free tickets to schools, kid gets in free with a paying adult.
Kids then bugging mum and dad cos they have a free ticket in thier pocket (IMO works better than just saying kids go free)
@taniwharugby If that works, then brilliant. Empty seats at the moment are an enormous slap in the face to sports fans around the globe who'd love to watch live sport from the stands but can't because of COVID restrictions.
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@sparky said in Hurricanes 2020:
Lots and lots and lots of empty seat at the Caketin. Not a good look at all for overseas TV and doesn't help generate a buzz about NZ Rugby.
The Hurricanes management needs to develop a system to distribute any unsold tickets to workers from Wellington Hospital and their families, then to School & Club Rugby players.
Or do what the ARFU did for the Canes game, sold lots of 20 dollar seats to fill the ground
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@Stargazer we already have a ready made replacement for Lam - Salesi Rayasi.
Went to the game before and Walker-Leawere was helping out with the warmups, so not sure what the play is with him.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2020:
@Stargazer we already have a ready made replacement for Lam - Salesi Rayasi.
Went to the game before and Walker-Leawere was helping out with the warmups, so not sure what the play is with him.
I am sure I saw him in a track suit talking with the payers, must be injured?
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2020:
@Stargazer we already have a ready made replacement for Lam - Salesi Rayasi.
Went to the game before and Walker-Leawere was helping out with the warmups, so not sure what the play is with him.
I am sure I saw him in a track suit talking with the payers, must be injured?
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2020:
@Darren Rayasi isn't injured. He's playing club rugby.
Sorry, hit the wrong quote, I meant IWL
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2020:
@Darren Rayasi isn't injured. He's playing club rugby.
Sorry, hit the wrong quote, I meant IWL
@Darren the only thing I can think of with IWL is that it’s a fitness thing. He was doing alot of running during the pre match / post game on Sunday so I wonder if they are trying to get him into shape before letting him loose again.
You can see him in the background of Ardies post looking like he’s out of puff.
