Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season)
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@stargazer yeah they were bringing players on left right and centre.
Hard to gauge in games like this but a few players stood out for me. Love started the game strong, Flanders, Kirifi and Iose all had strong games in the loose, and I thought Tom Parsons was solid at lock.
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@daffy-jaffy said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):
Just re-watching bits of the game and I am now sure that the Blues 1 in the 2nd half was Hodgeman not Fisitua as I thought, even though he was listed as injured and unavailable. Jordan Lay must have pulled out late? Hodgeman was the only Blues prop on the field for the last several minutes, apparently due to injuries. McElroy and Langi may get called up for the next game.
Hodgman played the full second half in the #1 Jersey. Laban's commentary was terrible.
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@number9 said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):
Laban's commentary was terrible.
He never even registered or acknowledged that they played uncontested scrums for the last part of the game.
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@daffy-jaffy I know it was only NPC pre-season, but Ekuasi was excellent v Northland last year, think he was at 7nthen too.
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@daffy-jaffy think the editor got a bit wrong, the Blues scored the try in the corner, then Love did his conversion to go 14-0 up, then Blues conversion haha
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@taniwharugby lol. I did not watch it as I saw the game live. It is an amateur fans channel I came across that uploads a lot of lower tier rugby highlights.
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'We haven't practised this': Blues win but conditions not suited for Roger Tuivasa-Sheck in debut
The Blues have come away with a 28-21 win over the Hurricanes in wet conditions in a spectator-free pre-season clash at Rugby League park in Wellington.
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@bones said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):
Was that Nock at halfback for most of the highlights? Looked to be doing an excellent job in shitty weather.
Yeah, Nock played well and made a big impact.
He was helped by the Blues getting their shit together after a rough start. In the first half the Blues had very little phase play because of errors/penalties
Nock looked sharp despite the lack of rugby. I was surprised how well most of the northern NPC players went given the extra long covid break
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@duluth said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):
@bones said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):
Was that Nock at halfback for most of the highlights? Looked to be doing an excellent job in shitty weather.
Yeah, Nock played well and made a big impact.
He was helped by the Blues getting their shit together after a rough start. In the first half the Blues had very little phase play because of errors/penalties
Nock looked sharp despite the lack of rugby. I was surprised how well most of the northern NPC players went given the extra long covid break
Hoping it is a blessing in disguise for some of them to have a prolonged break, get their bodies right.
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Oops, yes I forgot
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@duluth said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):
Oops, yes I forgot
it's Northland, totally understandable
