Hurricanes vs Rebels
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Love is coming back from injury, but looks like he's pretty fit again... 10's his position, so that muppet Holland should've either started him at 10 or put him on the bench instead of JGB, allowing him to come on & play at 1st-five.
It's a bit of a worry we don't have any cover for the midfield if Barrett or Proctor come off injured.
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@mikey07 said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
Yes please keep picking the defensive liability that is Savea can’t wait for it to bite us in the ass
Yeah, J.Savea tends to get caught out flat footed far too much in defence.
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@NZbloke Love is a 10/15, he’s probably played more at 15 through school / NZ under 20s etc so he’s more than capable. If Jordie moves to 12 permanently then I’m more than happy if Love makes that his position moving forward, especially considering Morgan is making a strong case for that 10 jersey.
Savea or Goosen can come into the centres. The fact PUJ is playing club footy for Wainui today pretty much confirms his departure.
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@Canes4life what a shame. Where is PUJ going?
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@canefan to join his bro at the Highlanders is my guess. Otherwise overseas potentially.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@canefan to join his bro at the Highlanders is my guess. Otherwise overseas potentially.
I'll be gutted if he is pulling up trees for the Landers next season. Hard to believe he was on the AB fringes not so long ago
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@canefan said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@canefan to join his bro at the Highlanders is my guess. Otherwise overseas potentially.
I'll be gutted if he is pulling up trees for the Landers next season. Hard to believe he was on the AB fringes not so long ago
Yeah Holland completely destroyed his development. He obviously didn’t see what was so obvious to most of us. Ahh well, I hope he goes down there and plays well for them.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@canefan said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@canefan to join his bro at the Highlanders is my guess. Otherwise overseas potentially.
I'll be gutted if he is pulling up trees for the Landers next season. Hard to believe he was on the AB fringes not so long ago
Yeah Holland completely destroyed his development. He obviously didn’t see what was so obvious to most of us. Ahh well, I hope he goes down there and plays well for them.
Yup. I'll be happy for him
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@canefan to join his bro at the Highlanders is my guess. Otherwise overseas potentially.
It would be very disappointing if he went overseas. Fingers crossed he goes to another NZ team.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@canefan to join his bro at the Highlanders is my guess. Otherwise overseas potentially.
If true, Highlanders could have a pretty strong backline next year (at full strength):
Fakatava, Gilbert, Nareki, TUJ, PUJ, Solomona, CGB... Tomkinson's leaving right?
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@kiwi_expat bringing back the Scots College trio that won the National title a few years back would be cool. It’s funny though because I always thought all of them would have played for the Canes together.
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@kiwi_expat said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@canefan to join his bro at the Highlanders is my guess. Otherwise overseas potentially.
If true, Highlanders could have a pretty strong backline next year (at full strength):
Fakatava, Gilbert, Nareki, TUJ, PUJ, Solomona, CGB... Tomkinson's leaving right?
Happy to be wrong, but I am reserving judgement on Gilbert for a bit. See how he goes against the better teams first.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@canefan said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@canefan to join his bro at the Highlanders is my guess. Otherwise overseas potentially.
I'll be gutted if he is pulling up trees for the Landers next season. Hard to believe he was on the AB fringes not so long ago
Yeah Holland completely destroyed his development. He obviously didn’t see what was so obvious to most of us. Ahh well, I hope he goes down there and plays well for them.
Do you think there could be an ever bigger opportunity missed by Holland not trying PUJ in the 15 jersey with Jordie currently at 12?
PUJ has played quite a bit of rugby for Wellington at fullback (If remember correctly, was also playing there for NZ U-20's) & it would mean he wouldn't have to worry about defensive & organizational responsibilities in the midfield.
His attacking game & ability to break the line with ease is just too great to not have him playing in the back three at least. Jordan Petaia went a similar way - played in centres then pushed into fullback/wing by his coaches.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@kiwi_expat bringing back the Scots College trio that won the National title a few years back would be cool.
So Fidow needs to head south too?
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@kiwi_expat No, PU-J hasn't played at fullback since 2016 (7 games for Wellington, 1 for NZU20). He's not the one you'd shift to fullback if Jordie is moved to 12. Moorby, Love makes much more sense; maybe even Proctor.
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@Stargazer chuck Peter on Julian's wing then, Savea is getting on almost 32 now.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:
@kiwi_expat No, PU-J hasn't played at fullback since 2016 (7 games for Wellington, 1 for NZU20). He's not the one you'd shift to fullback if Jordie is moved to 12. Moorby, Love makes much more sense; maybe even Proctor.
PUJ really is best in the midfield.I can't get his cameo in black out of my memory, he didn't look out of place. Yet somehow he could barely make the bench most of the time in Holland's team. I hope we don't look back and rue Holland's tenure as being responsible for screwing up an entire generation of very good Canes talent
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