Hurricanes v Drua

Canes4life

Unavailable for selection: Devan Flanders, Ruben Love, Brayden Iose, Reed Prinsep, Pepesana Patafilo, Teihorangi Walden, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Julian Savea, James Blackwell

Unavailable due to All Blacks rest week: Ardie Savea, Jordie Barrett

I wonder what's happened with Scott Scrafton, he seems to have gone out of favour. Maybe he's leaving at the end of the year?

Also, Riley Higgins (if he gets on) is making his Super debut at 19. He surely must be one of the youngest in recent history.

Higgins

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Drua:

@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Drua:

Unavailable for selection: Devan Flanders, Ruben Love, Brayden Iose, Reed Prinsep, Pepesana Patafilo, Teihorangi Walden, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Julian Savea, James Blackwell

Unavailable due to All Blacks rest week: Ardie Savea, Jordie Barrett

I wonder what's happened with Scott Scrafton, he seems to have gone out of favour. Maybe he's leaving at the end of the year?

Also, Riley Higgins (if he gets on) is making his Super debut at 19. He surely must be one of the youngest in recent history.

Not sure how accurate this is but try it anyway
https://all.rugby/club/hurricanes/squad#:~:text=The Hurricanes squad for 2021%2F2022 , 1.85 m 17 more rows

Stargazer

@Canes4life Or Covid related, something they'll never publish. Pro athletes can be affected by long-Covid, too, especially if they start training too soon.

Although, it would be typical Canes to drop a player as soon as it's clear that he won't re-sign/be re-signed, no matter how useful that player could be.

Winger

@Higgins said in Hurricanes v Drua:

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Drua:

@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Drua:

Unavailable for selection: Devan Flanders, Ruben Love, Brayden Iose, Reed Prinsep, Pepesana Patafilo, Teihorangi Walden, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Julian Savea, James Blackwell

Unavailable due to All Blacks rest week: Ardie Savea, Jordie Barrett

I wonder what's happened with Scott Scrafton, he seems to have gone out of favour. Maybe he's leaving at the end of the year?

Also, Riley Higgins (if he gets on) is making his Super debut at 19. He surely must be one of the youngest in recent history.

Not sure how accurate this is but try it anyway
https://all.rugby/club/hurricanes/squad#:~:text=The Hurricanes squad for 2021%2F2022 , 1.85 m 17 more rows

8 hookers. And Blackwell is shown as a backrow selection. But good to have these stats and full list of names that are sometimes missing from the Canes website

Stargazer

@Winger Not all other stats are reliable either. For example, they count being named in the 23 as "matches" (caps), even if the player never came of the bench.

get stuffed

Hope Franks & Coles can get through 20-30 minutes off the bench without injury... if they can stay fit going into the latter part of the comp it will be a big plus for the Canes.

Be interesting to see how Laubscher goes at 8.

cgrant

This is a very lightweight loose forward trio. The intent is probably to counter the speedy Drua backline.

Stargazer

Anyone else thinks an upset is possible in this game? I'm not confident at all that the Canes will win this.

Mattasaurus

@Stargazer I feel $5 to win and $7 for 1 - 12 for Drua is generous

chimoaus

Great D by the Drua

chimoaus

Lomax been isolated twice already.

taniwharugby

@chimoaus said in Hurricanes v Drua:

Great D by the Drua

And again

Mattasaurus

Canes need to change the angle of attack one in a while...

Good D from Drura too.

Toddy

@chimoaus Really poor clear out by Numia and IWL

Mattasaurus

High tackle missed there was it?

chimoaus

The no look behind passes have gone to nobody far too often by NZ teams lately.

Stargazer

@Mattasaurus Penalty given.

chimoaus

47 tackles to 4 at moment, Drua making a lot of tackles early.

chimoaus

Hurricanes offside a few times there on D which was missed.

Toddy

Do the NH refs let not straight throws go like they do in Super rugby?

The Silver Fern

Hurricanes v Drua