Hurricanes v Brumbies

[Mattasaurus]

Holy shit what a try. Great hands too

Canes under some pressure, will be interesting to see if they respond well before half time ...or do they need the chat from coaching crew

[Stargazer]

Hmm, that tackle on Jane was borderline ...

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Canes just need to get the pill. Brumbies getting a bit silly now.

[Bones]

@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Brumbies:

Hmm, that tackle on Jane was borderline ...

Seems it was well timed....and was brought down on his back so not that unsafe.

[mariner4life]

Canes look so soft. No numbers to breakdown, what was that kick by Shields. Expecting to just roll them

[No Quarter]

Please don't ever chip kick the ball again Shields.

[MajorPom]

Canes seem to look a bit panicky - looking to score the spectacular try off every posession.

If they just play structured rugby they continually wear them down and then the opportunities come.

Some cracking breakout work from the Brumbies though - their 3rd try was a peach.

[taniwharugby]

who is the fluffybunny on the sideline kicking the ball in front of the camera

[antipodean]

You know you're playing shit when you make the Brumbies look like a scintillating attacking team.

[KiwiMurph]

Brumbies really match up with the Canes well dont they. Smashed them last year now this.

I'm impressed by the ref '- very clear communicator.

Need to get Perenara on - TTT is too one dimensional.

[Stargazer]

@Bones That's what I meant with borderline. It was just right, right at the edge. A fraction of a second sooner, and it would have been a dangerous tackle.

[Kirwan]

Brumbies off their feet a lot.

[taniwharugby]

Aus teams have won something like 3 of the last 40 odd encounters with NZ sides...canes gonna ruin that record

[gt12]

Why am I not surprised that Shields knocked that on.

[antipodean]

@gt12 Hands like toasters

[Stargazer]

At it's plain and obvious now why Shields should not be an All Black.

[Mattasaurus]

Lack of on field leadership for the canes.

[mariner4life]

@gt12 i find him a very ordinary player. Decent enough for super rugby, but that's it

[No Quarter]

Brumbies got out of jail there, scrum completely demolished on their own line but they dive on the ball and get away with it.

As @MajorRage says the Canes just need to play percentages and we'll run away with it in the end. Don't need to try and blow teams off the park in the first 40, it's the final 20 that guys like the Barrett's and Savea's come into their own.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Well that was pretty shit.

Bold prediction. BB will save the day late in the 2nd half. Again.

Forwards killing it in the scrums but leadership lacking. Aso should remain on the wing.