Hurricanes vs Force
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About as good as the Canes can put out with their current cattle.
Not sure why all the tears about Flanders. He's hardly set the world alight with his play like Sotutu did last year for the Blues. I'd also be hesitant to start have a loose forward trio without a worker in there. Could argue for Flanders over Evans but Evans form pre injury was better than Flanders is now. Flanders does look an All Black in waiting but hasn't quite been able to stamp his authority on a game yet.
Good to see Savea back. Hopefully he finds the form he had in the match where he picked up his injury rather than the games before that.
Hopefully IWL has spent the week off working on using he shoulders in the tackle rather than his typical jersey pulling style (also missed quite a few tackles in his last start). He did show good soft hands on attack though.
I'm not sure why they're bothering with Laumape. He's off so that might as well leave him out of the 23 and look to the future.
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@stargazer Thrush to provide plenty of niggle against his old side. Canes should be far too strong when you compare both sides.
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@canes4life just like a certain 10 from HB
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@stargazer sounds fairly straightforward as to why Flanders wasn’t selected. I remember him cramping up in that game against the Rebels so probably needs a rest.
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@stargazer said in Hurricanes vs Force:
Holy shit, grey in a beard really ages a bloke
( MN5 goes scrambling for a razor )
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@mikey07 said in Hurricanes vs Force:
@canes4life just like a certain 10 from HB
He must have done that at the Highlanders as about the closest he would probably have been to Rugby League Park would Porirua Park on one of his sojourns south as part of a HB team to administer their annual pantsing to their Wellington counterparts.,
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Looks like the Canes will be in their away jerseys tonight going from their instagram.
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@canes4life Not surprising as 1) apart from the last time they played in Napier they have generally disrespected the good folk of HB by playing a home game in their away jersey and 2) The good oil doing the rounds says it is actually a home game for the Force thus the Hurricanes are obliged to use their awful away strip.
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@mikey07 Did he actually get on the field as my memory (albeit fading) thinks he was just on the bench for the Regional/Provincial Team rather than anything "officially" Hurricanes?
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@higgins atleast it's white and not that god aweful grey.
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@canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Force:
@higgins atleast it's white and not that god aweful grey.
So much better
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@canefan yeah that one was a goody. Black always looks so much slicker.
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@canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Force:
@canefan yeah that one was a goody. Black always looks so much slicker.
White just looks wrong. Like a soccer jersey
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Oh good now we have to listen to Ken Laben for the next two hours.
