Hurricanes v Highlanders
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By those mins in the Highlanders thread you'd think it would make sense to give Tavatavanawai a rest. Get him nice and fresh to stream roll the Brumbies (likely) next week.
@Canes4life if anyone else suggested it i might have fallen for that!
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@Canes4life if anyone else suggested it i might have fallen for that!
@Kiwiwomble worth a shot.
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It's a bit grim. Feels very reminiscent of that game in Napier when we rested a bunch of players back in 2015... this could get ugly for the Highlanders.
@frugby and then you upset the party when it really mattered. I have no sympathy. :upside-down_face:
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Was wanting to go to this game. Will give it a miss now. Not keen to see us get flogged by 50. No JRK, Tavatavanawai, Haig, Fakatava on the bench, Withy rested.... Hurley at fullback and Michaels to debut
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what the fuck...straight in to start?
"hey, you know the hurley guy and hes got some skill but a bit small?....how about we surround him with other smaller guys....just so he gets no protections at all....sound good?"
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Aumua back, still no Lomax.
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This could get very ugly
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Canes by a million...per half
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For those that don't want to scroll through instagram
Xavier Numia, Asafo Aumua, Pasilio Tosi, James Tucker, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Devan Flanders, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Brayden Iose, TJ Perenara, Brett Cameron, Salesi Rayasi, Jordie Barrett (c), Billy Proctor, Josh Moorby, Ruben Love
RESERVES: James O'Reilly, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Tevita Mafileo, Justin Sangster, Peter Lakai, Jordi Vijoen, Riley Higgins, Bailyn Sullivan
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For those that don't want to scroll through instagram
Xavier Numia, Asafo Aumua, Pasilio Tosi, James Tucker, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Devan Flanders, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Brayden Iose, TJ Perenara, Brett Cameron, Salesi Rayasi, Jordie Barrett (c), Billy Proctor, Josh Moorby, Ruben Love
RESERVES: James O'Reilly, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Tevita Mafileo, Justin Sangster, Peter Lakai, Jordi Vijoen, Riley Higgins, Bailyn Sullivan
@Duluth good to see Jordi on the bench. Would prefer him to Judd in the playoffs tbh.
No Delany, Lomax or Shields for this one.
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Highlanders naming an out and out B team with a few starters sprinkled in. I understand the reasoning but I was wanting us to name our strongest team to build momentum and continuity going into next week.
Looks like we are banking on the Drua to beat the Rebels so we can hold on to 6th spot.
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So with top spot still on the cards for the Canes I think we need to play our best team against the Landers. I watched the Chiefs game again and couldn't see what injury Delany picked up around the 60 min mark, hope taking him off was just precautionary.
Lomax is likely to come back into the mix next week and I hear Aumua is close to selection. Not too sure about Shields and Kirifi. Would be great to get those guys some mins before we hit the playoffs. If we can solidify home advantage and have a full squad to pick from (other than Roigard) I think we've got every chance to go all the way.
There will be some eagerness to rest Numia and Lakai because of their workloads lately so they might be given a spell, Love may also take a seat this week to rest his knee. Otherwise I expect Laidlaw to pick our strongest squad.
The team likely for the Landers based on the above would probably look like the below.
- Rakete-Stones
- O'Reilly
- Tosi
- Sangster
- Walker-Leawere
- Flanders
- Kirifi
- Iose
- Perenara
- Cameron
- Naholo
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Moorby
- Godfrey (if Love is ruled out)
- Aumua (bring him back via the bench if fit)
- Mafileo
- Lomax (bring him back via the bench if fit)
- Delany (bring him back via the bench if fit)
- Shields
- Judd
- Sullivan
- Rayasi
So, Judd was available. Jordi offers a lot more as a reserve option so hope he gets a good amount of game time
https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/news/article/hurricanes-celebrate-heritage-round-as-week-15-arrives
Unavailable: Cam Roigard, Tyrel Lomax, Caleb Delany, Brad Shields
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For those that don't want to scroll through instagram
Xavier Numia, Asafo Aumua, Pasilio Tosi, James Tucker, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Devan Flanders, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Brayden Iose, TJ Perenara, Brett Cameron, Salesi Rayasi, Jordie Barrett (c), Billy Proctor, Josh Moorby, Ruben Love
RESERVES: James O'Reilly, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Tevita Mafileo, Justin Sangster, Peter Lakai, Jordi Vijoen, Riley Higgins, Bailyn Sullivan
@Duluth said in Hurricanes v Highlanders:
For those that don't want to scroll through instagram
Xavier Numia, Asafo Aumua, Pasilio Tosi, James Tucker, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Devan Flanders, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Brayden Iose, TJ Perenara, Brett Cameron, Salesi Rayasi, Jordie Barrett (c), Billy Proctor, Josh Moorby, Ruben Love
RESERVES: James O'Reilly, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Tevita Mafileo, Justin Sangster, Peter Lakai, Jordi Vijoen, Riley Higgins, Bailyn Sullivan
Upvote for the Instagram swipe.
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@KiwiMurph this week
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@Canes4life Excellenct. Fitting for a day game too.
@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Highlanders:
@Canes4life Excellenct. Fitting for a day game too.
Yeah but mind you it's pretty much dark by 5pm these days.
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And top news out of Greater Wellington Regional Council. Bus replacements for the game
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And top news out of Greater Wellington Regional Council. Bus replacements for the game
@SouthernMann why do they always plan this shit when big games are on? They did it for a big Phoenix game as well. Muppets.
