Highlanders v Blues
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@nzzp said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Kirwan said in Highlanders v Blues:
@mariner4life said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Gunner said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Kiwiwomble I think @Kirwan was referring to the fact that NZ cities (except Auckland) are more like small towns on a world scale.
Auckland is a village on the Chinese scale
Or even the US or UK scale. But we are talking about the NZ scale. Clearly only one city, and a few towns with delusions of grandeur.
we'd be about 5th in the US.
But not even in the top 50 in China.
Fun fact: USA is the third most populous country in the world. If they had another billion people, they'd still be third.
That's deceptive.
There's a big difference between city populations and 'metro' populations in the US.
San Francisco's 'city' population is 800k but the San Francisco-Oakland metro is nearly 5 million (not even counting all of Silicon Valley).
Auckland's wider metro population is probably close to 2 million - but that would put them around 35th in the US of metro populations.
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@KiwiMurph Is Auckland one city at the moment or a number of cities?
@Nepia said in Highlanders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph Is Auckland one city at the moment or a number of cities?
It's a fucking super city. Don't start me...
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@Nepia said in Highlanders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph Is Auckland one city at the moment or a number of cities?
It's a fucking super city. Don't start me...
@Snowy said in Highlanders v Blues:
@Nepia said in Highlanders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph Is Auckland one city at the moment or a number of cities?
It's a fucking super city. Don't start me...
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Trying to update injury list.
Did they say why Blake Gibson and Josh Goodhue were withdrawn from this game?
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@Stargazer Unfortunately no.
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@Tim Hmm, that will be a ? then.
I missed part of the 2nd half. Did I read somewhere that Papali'i got injured, too?
@Stargazer Bang on his hip, apparently. Not clear if going off was a precaution or a necessity.
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Have heard Hoskins Sotutu will be back for the Crusaders game.
Thought Tony Lamborn had a handy game,so altogether the Blues loose forwards have covered themselves in glory.Hope Dalton Papali’i’ ‘s injury doesn’t curtail his great season.Akira back to six I suppose. -
Have heard Hoskins Sotutu will be back for the Crusaders game.
Thought Tony Lamborn had a handy game,so altogether the Blues loose forwards have covered themselves in glory.Hope Dalton Papali’i’ ‘s injury doesn’t curtail his great season.Akira back to six I suppose.@trodthesod said in Highlanders v Blues:
Have heard Hoskins Sotutu will be back for the Crusaders game
Heard anything about Robinson?
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No haven’t heard.He would struggle to start now anyhow I suppose.
@trodthesod said in Highlanders v Blues:
No haven’t heard.He would struggle to start now anyhow I suppose.
That is actually an amazing comment, but yeah. Akira 6, Dalton 7, Hoskins 8? Robinson bench.
How the fuck did the Blues actually get depth again? There are still good loosies beyond that list as well.
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@trodthesod said in Highlanders v Blues:
No haven’t heard.He would struggle to start now anyhow I suppose.
That is actually an amazing comment, but yeah. Akira 6, Dalton 7, Hoskins 8? Robinson bench.
How the fuck did the Blues actually get depth again? There are still good loosies beyond that list as well.
@Snowy said in Highlanders v Blues:
@trodthesod said in Highlanders v Blues:
No haven’t heard.He would struggle to start now anyhow I suppose.
That is actually an amazing comment, but yeah. Akira 6, Dalton 7, Hoskins 8? Robinson bench.
How the fuck did the Blues actually get depth again? There are still good loosies beyond that list as well.
that's just a never-ending bash-a-thon
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@trodthesod said in Highlanders v Blues:
No haven’t heard.He would struggle to start now anyhow I suppose.
That is actually an amazing comment, but yeah. Akira 6, Dalton 7, Hoskins 8? Robinson bench.
How the fuck did the Blues actually get depth again? There are still good loosies beyond that list as well.
@Snowy said in Highlanders v Blues:
@trodthesod said in Highlanders v Blues:
No haven’t heard.He would struggle to start now anyhow I suppose.
That is actually an amazing comment, but yeah. Akira 6, Dalton 7, Hoskins 8? Robinson bench.
How the fuck did the Blues actually get depth again? There are still good loosies beyond that list as well.
Robinson goes pretty well at lock as well, so could get all four on the pitch if you wanted to. The best thing is you can rotate the players and cover injury.
We have three players that can cover seven, with not a huge drop off between them. Two great eights, Dalton covers there too. And Robinson, Akira and Dalton covering six, with other squad options there too.
Loose forwards look great. As does prop and lock.
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@Snowy said in Highlanders v Blues:
@trodthesod said in Highlanders v Blues:
No haven’t heard.He would struggle to start now anyhow I suppose.
That is actually an amazing comment, but yeah. Akira 6, Dalton 7, Hoskins 8? Robinson bench.
How the fuck did the Blues actually get depth again? There are still good loosies beyond that list as well.
Robinson goes pretty well at lock as well, so could get all four on the pitch if you wanted to. The best thing is you can rotate the players and cover injury.
We have three players that can cover seven, with not a huge drop off between them. Two great eights, Dalton covers there too. And Robinson, Akira and Dalton covering six, with other squad options there too.
Loose forwards look great. As does prop and lock.
@Kirwan said in Highlanders v Blues:
Robinson goes pretty well at lock as well,
Yep. Great bench cover for injury and as a replacement. We do have a strong pack for once.
Actually the whole team look solid. Still not convinced about half back, but getting better.
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@Kirwan said in Highlanders v Blues:
Robinson goes pretty well at lock as well,
Yep. Great bench cover for injury and as a replacement. We do have a strong pack for once.
Actually the whole team look solid. Still not convinced about half back, but getting better.
@Snowy said in Highlanders v Blues:
Actually the whole team look solid. Still not convinced about half back, but getting better.
Christie was good around the park at the weekend, ran good lines, made some good decisions, worked hard on D. I think he got player of the round from some dodgy media outlet.
Pass seems OK? I'm not an expert though.
Nock is starting to realise potential, and hopefully another year with Leon will help him keep improving.
