Hurricanes v Drua
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@Steven-Harris said in Hurricanes v Drua:
The big question I still think for these coaches , who is your best back 3 , for me personally in a perfect world , my loose forwards would be 7.Savea,6 Flanders 8.Laubscher…given Flanders is out
I suppose you would have to stick to Blake Gibson , has actually played well this season ..Laubscher based on 60 minutes against an under strength Drua?
@Crazy-Horse this kid is good ,the accuracy that he brings belies his age ..before his injury he was tagged for NZ U20s and the Hurricanes in 2020 …South African jeans as well ..to me Ardie is wasted at 8 , especially at this level of rugby .
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The Canes have too many 8s anyway so it would be good for NZ rugby if Flanders makes that move. The Canes currently have Savea, Iose, Laubsher and Flanders.
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The Canes have too many 8s anyway so it would be good for NZ rugby if Flanders makes that move. The Canes currently have Savea, Iose, Laubsher and Flanders.
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@Canes4life I'd rather see Flanders start at 8 for the Canes and Ardie move to 7 permanently, but the coaches have been making it hard for him to stay with their stupid selections.
@Stargazer so would I but Ardie’s an 8 for the All Blacks so I doubt they’ll move him, especially when we have Gibson and Kirifi as specialist 7s.
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@Nepia said in Hurricanes v Drua:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Drua:
@Steven-Harris It will be interesting whether Flanders will actually stay at the Canes. His combo with Mikaele-Tu'u would be very beneficial to the Highlanders, but that will probably only happen if Frizell moves on.
At the same time, Mikaele-Tu'u is also off-contract (I think, not sure). So many questions ....
Hopefully he leaves. I'd rather he even go to the Crusaders than stay with Wellington.
Yes please.
@Crazy-Horse said in Hurricanes v Drua:
@Nepia said in Hurricanes v Drua:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Drua:
@Steven-Harris It will be interesting whether Flanders will actually stay at the Canes. His combo with Mikaele-Tu'u would be very beneficial to the Highlanders, but that will probably only happen if Frizell moves on.
At the same time, Mikaele-Tu'u is also off-contract (I think, not sure). So many questions ....
Hopefully he leaves. I'd rather he even go to the Crusaders than stay with Wellington.
Yes please.
I should rephrase that - I'd rather he go to the other NZ teams (and MP) first, and then the Crusaders.
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Roigard has been really good.
Can we start Roigard and Morgan going forward.
Sangster has been bloody good, can we finally bin Blackwell.
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Canes totally dominated things today, Drua barely fired a shot unfortunately.
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This game is just as a meaningless training run as the Blues v Rebels game. Not the Canes' (and Blues') fault, but this game just doesn't tell you much about players and where they're at. Handy for the 5 competition points and to give players lower in the pecking order a run, but that's about it. Excitement level is low.
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Dane Coles takes the field and all of a sudden the Canes don't suck. Coincidence?
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Good win by the Canes without Ardie and Jordie. Only the Drua so it will be great to see this against the Tahs next week in Aus.
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@Stargazer yeah he’ll be a bit sheepish but no doubt he will play plenty of minutes for the Canes in the future.
Player of the match for me was Aiden Morgan. Just needs to clean up his conversions.
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@Stargazer yeah he’ll be a bit sheepish but no doubt he will play plenty of minutes for the Canes in the future.
Player of the match for me was Aiden Morgan. Just needs to clean up his conversions.
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@Canes4life For me, the clear stand-outs were Laubscher and Moorby.
@Stargazer they were both brilliant aswell.
I just felt Morgan ran things really well, defs needs to be our 10 going into the back end of the season.
Hopefully Love can come back onto the bench.
Certainly some selection headaches in that backline going forward.
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Good win by the Canes without Ardie and Jordie. Only the Drua so it will be great to see this against the Tahs next week in Aus.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Drua:
Good win by the Canes without Ardie and Jordie. Only the Drua so it will be great to see this against the Tahs next week in Aus.
Drua were terrible. Expected a lot more from them.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Drua:
Good win by the Canes without Ardie and Jordie. Only the Drua so it will be great to see this against the Tahs next week in Aus.
Drua were terrible. Expected a lot more from them.
@Winger said in Hurricanes v Drua:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Drua:
Good win by the Canes without Ardie and Jordie. Only the Drua so it will be great to see this against the Tahs next week in Aus.
Drua were terrible. Expected a lot more from them.
Think it was a hangover from the highs of playing first home game last week. Though as a Canes' man I happy.
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Good win by the Canes without Ardie and Jordie. Only the Drua so it will be great to see this against the Tahs next week in Aus.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Drua:
Good win by the Canes without Ardie and Jordie. Only the Drua so it will be great to see this against the Tahs next week in Aus.
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Drua:
Good win by the Canes without Ardie and Jordie. Only the Drua so it will be great to see this against the Tahs next week in Aus.
Brumbies, Crusaders and Blues will get a home playoff, you would think. Hurricanes, Reds, Waratahs and Chiefs are fighting for 4th. Hurricanes probably still need to win all remaining games.
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@Duluth said in Hurricanes v Drua:
Hurricanes
Xavier Numia, Asafo Aumua, Tyrel Lomax, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Justin Sangster, Blake Gibson, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Tyler Laubscher, TJ Perenara, Aidan Morgan, Salesi Rayasi, Billy Proctor, Bailyn Sullivan, Wes Goosen, Josh Moorby
Reserves: Dane Coles, Tevita Mafileo, Owen Franks/Pasi Tosi, Caleb Delany, TK Howden, Cam Roigard, Jackson Garden-Bachop, Riley Higgens
Wouldn’t it be something if he scored a try off the bench
@ACT-Crusader said in Hurricanes v Drua:
@Duluth said in Hurricanes v Drua:
Hurricanes
Xavier Numia, Asafo Aumua, Tyrel Lomax, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Justin Sangster, Blake Gibson, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Tyler Laubscher, TJ Perenara, Aidan Morgan, Salesi Rayasi, Billy Proctor, Bailyn Sullivan, Wes Goosen, Josh Moorby
Reserves: Dane Coles, Tevita Mafileo, Owen Franks/Pasi Tosi, Caleb Delany, TK Howden, Cam Roigard, Jackson Garden-Bachop, Riley Higgens
Wouldn’t it be something if he scored a try off the bench
Man, he was so close to getting one today!
Drua failed to read any of the Canes set piece. A training run at best for the Canes.
