QF - Hurricanes vs Rebels

[foobaNZ]

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@Canes4life damn posted this in wrong thread lol. But yea, I agree. Me and my mate who go to every game we can have tickets of course. And have a couple of others joining us on their request this week so I'd expect that'll be the same for others.

[Canes4life]

@foobaNZ said in QF - Hurricanes vs Rebels:

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@Canes4life damn posted this in wrong thread lol. But yea, I agree. Me and my mate who go to every game we can have tickets of course. And have a couple of others joining us on their request this week so I'd expect that'll be the same for others.

Totally, I'm also going with a few mates that haven't been for a while. I'm sure there are many like that.

[antipodean]

This'll be a flogging.

[mariner4life]

I am sure the Rebels are on the piss already. Those making the Wallabies already know they are in, everyone else is unemployed.

[taniwharugby]

@antipodean only 1 game of the quarters looks like it wont be a flogging.

[nzzp]

@taniwharugby said in QF - Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@antipodean only 1 game of the quarters looks like it wont be a flogging.

If it were a 6 team finals, you'd just skip the 1v8 and 2v7 that is silly. You'd still have the Brumbies Highlanders and Chiefs Reds.

Chiefs REds looks the game of the round.

[Canes4life]

@nzzp said in QF - Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@taniwharugby said in QF - Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@antipodean only 1 game of the quarters looks like it wont be a flogging.

If it were a 6 team finals, you'd just skip the 1v8 and 2v7 that is silly. You'd still have the Brumbies Highlanders and Chiefs Reds.

Chiefs REds looks the game of the round.

Hopefully next year it will be like this with the top two teams taking a week off. If players require mins they could play club rugby e.g. Shields and Lomax.

[cgrant]

Will they be tempted by resting Lomax one more week ? Tosi has been an excellent backup and they could bring Mafileo on the bench. It's only the Rebels ...

[Canes4life]

@cgrant they could be but it will mean they will go into the semi without having played for a while. I reckon give them a half each and then pull them but I guess we’ll find out later today when they name the team.

[Darren]

Hopefully stat Lomax with Tosi coming off the bench. He was a bit of a beast coming off the bench earlier.

[foobaNZ]

If Lomax is fit then he needs to play and get some runs on the board as others have said.

Get 40-60 minutes then come off early if game is under control.

[Landers92]

@taniwharugby said in QF - Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@antipodean only 1 game of the quarters looks like it wont be a flogging.

Which one did you have in mind?

[nzzp]

@Landers92 said in QF - Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@taniwharugby said in QF - Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@antipodean only 1 game of the quarters looks like it wont be a flogging.

Which one did you have in mind?

The only one where the favourite is 'only' at $1.22 and playign their bogey team.

The comp is broken when you have favouritism in playoffs like this.

[Landers92]

@nzzp I was asking Taniwha what one he had in mind… because you know, as you posted above, they are all hot favorites so I was asking for his opinion.

Cheers though

[Canes4life]

[Canes4life]

Hurricanes team to face the Melbourne Rebels, Saturday 4:35pm. Still no Lomax and Delany. Rayasi starts ahead of Kini Naholo, Lakai comes back into 7 and Shields/Judd come into the reserves, otherwise the team is almost unchanged to the one that played the Highlanders.

Starting XV:

1. Xavier Numia
2. Asafo Aumua
3. Pasilio Tosi
4. Justin Sangster
5. Isaia Walker-Leawere
6. Devan Flanders
7. Peter Lakai
8. Brayden Iose
9. TJ Perenara
10. Brett Cameron
11. Salesi Rayasi
12. Jordie Barrett (C)
13. Billy Proctor
14. Josh Moorby
15. Ruben Love

Reserves:

16. James O’Reilly
17. Pouri Rakete-Stones
18. Tevita Mafileo
19. Brad Shields
20. Du’Plessis Kirifi
21. Richard Judd
22. Bailyn Sullivan
23. Kini Naholo

[Duluth]

https://melbournerebels.rugby/news/rebels-quarter-finals-bound-with-sights-set-on-a-new-legacy-202465

Isaac Kailea, Jordan Uelese, Taniela Tupou, Angelo Smith, Josh Canham, Josh Kemeny, Brad Wilkin, Rob Leota (c), Ryan Louwrens, Carter Gordon, Darby Lancaster, David Feiluai, Filipo Daugunu, Lachie Anderson, Andrew Kellaway

RESERVES: Alex Mafi, Matt Gibbon, Sam Talakai, Tuaina Taii Tualima, Maciu Nabolakasi, Vaiolini Ekuasi, James Tuttle, Nick Jooste

[Bovidae]

With a 6:2 bench it's obvious what the Rebels game-plan is.

[Canes4life]

@Bovidae pretty obvious, hopefully the damage is done before they bring those forwards on.

[Winger]

@Canes4life

WTF. The short lock disease has returned. Or at least replacement lock.

Im pleased Rayasi starts. After week after week of both wings doing SFA. THEN RAYASI HAD 2 WEEKS WHERE HE WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE AND THEN OUTSTANDING

f++K caps lock