Hurricanes vs Highlanders

mikey07

@canes4life I like that team but would have Love starting just for the confidence would also have Barrett in the 23 jersey to add more versatility.

Machpants

@canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

@mikey07 i’d also like to see Delany and Sangster start together after strong performances.

If we get Scrafton back next week aswell that would be a bonus.

I would rest all of Barrett, A Savea, Lomax, Prinsep, Blackwell, Rakete-Stones, Love and Sullivan

My starting team would be

Numia

Devery

Mafileo

Delany

Sangster

Flanders

Kirifi

Iose

Judd

Garden-Bachop

Rayasi

Umaga-Jensen

Proctor

Goosen

Moorby
Reserves: 16. Maile 17. Fidow 18. Tosi 19. Scrafton/Howden 20. Howden/ Gibson 21. Henry 22. Morgan 23. Savea

The fact we still have Coles, Perenara, Franks, Bird, Walker-Leawere, Roigard, Aumua and Booth to come back in, I feel like we are in a good position.

..permanently

Higgins

@canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

I would rest all of Barrett, A Savea, Lomax, Prinsep, Blackwell, Rakete-Stones, Love and Sullivan

The word drop could be used for some of those names in your list.

Canes4life

@higgins we all know that won’t happen so I’ve purposely used the word rested.

get stuffed

Not a great watch, too many mistakes by both sides - Canes didn't have that much possession as usual, when we did we aimlessly kicked it away, mainly due to Barrett's wayward kicking... when we do have the ball our forwards need to take it through a lot more phases like the Highlanders did, unfortunately for them they couldn't finish off a fair few of their moves when they looked like scoring tries.

Canes4life

@mikey07 Barrett has been pretty physical in those first three games so I think he needs a week off.

Higgins

@canes4life Actually i also errored by using the word "could" when it fact "should" would be more accurate!

get stuffed

@canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

@winger said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

@stargazer said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

@winger 1, 2, 3 ...

I being trying to post but couldn't. But a poor game. And thankfully canes have Ardie. Delany played well. I was wrong about him. Love has a long way to go still

To be fair Love set up two tries. Let’s hope he gets better service from his halfback next game because Judd was garbage.

Looked like Love wasn't properly fit, he seemed to be favouring his leg, which had a big bandage on it... he's well known as a running 10, can only remember him running at the line once, at that was only at about half pace.

mikey07

@canes4life I’m more thinking I don’t want Savea anywhere near the 23

Dice

Rough night for Coombes-Fabling. I felt a little bad for him.

Crucial

@dice said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

Rough night for Coombes-Fabling. I felt a little bad for him.

Yeah. Guy has skills but way too small to do what was asked of him.

cgrant

@crucial
He could not catch the pill with the try line undefended. I have nothing against him but NPC is his ceiling IMO.

Bovidae

@cgrant said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

@crucial
He could not catch the pill with the try line undefended.

Usually that is one of his strengths. He caught a high ball for a try in the pouring rain in Invercargill last year. It looked like LCF misjudged the kick, or it was too high, and ended up having to catch it above his head.

muddyriver

@cgrant bit harsh on a young fellas first game to judge his ceiling haha.

The drop was bad. He looks athletic enough just needs to get better. Skills can always be improved.

get stuffed

@canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

@mikey07 Barrett has been pretty physical in those first three games so I think he needs a week off.

Not a fan of changing too many players each game, on most occasions if you're going to make some changes it should be in the forwards, they're the ones that mostly do the hard yakka smashing & bashing their way up the middle etc... if any player needs a week off it's A.Savea, the bloke always gives it 100%, he consistently powers his way through tackles, wins a lot of breakdown ball etc, his work rate is incredible.

Old Samurai Jack

Was a little disappointed in Fakatava. He looked really average out there. Option taking was off and delivery was laboured. I hope he improves!

Crucial

@old-samurai-jack said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

Was a little disappointed in Fakatava. He looked really average out there. Option taking was off and delivery was laboured. I hope he improves!

Last week we had people talking him up as the next best HB in the country. Maybe he needs games under the belt but his option taking was slow two games ago as well.

TheMojoman

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

@old-samurai-jack said in Hurricanes vs Highlanders:

Was a little disappointed in Fakatava. He looked really average out there. Option taking was off and delivery was laboured. I hope he improves!

Last week we had people talking him up as the next best HB in the country. Maybe he needs games under the belt but his option taking was slow two games ago as well.

“He's got to learn he can't take everyone on himself,” Brown told Stuff afterwards. “So, he's got to play with the team and do his job better.” - Ouch..but true

TheMojoman

I don't think I've seen an uglier game for a while but it is early in the season. Let's hope we don't see a rehash of that.

Who impressed me was Thomas Umaga-Jensen - big, strong and can break tackles & beat defenders. Delany from the Canes was pretty good on debut. Ardie was Ardie..immense.

Bones

@themojoman sweet feet for a big man eh, was like ALB on roids.

The Silver Fern

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