QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes
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@NZbloke said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
"Jordie Barrett, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Tyrel Lomax, Ruben Love, and Julian Savea - all rejoining the team in the Australian capital and available for selection".
Good to see that all those players are available... yeah, makes more sense to have 6 teams in play-offs next time.
No it doesn’t. I hate the Aussie way of preliminaries etc while some teams rest
@Crucial said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
@NZbloke said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
@Canes4life said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
"Jordie Barrett, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Tyrel Lomax, Ruben Love, and Julian Savea - all rejoining the team in the Australian capital and available for selection".
Good to see that all those players are available... yeah, makes more sense to have 6 teams in play-offs next time.
No it doesn’t. I hate the Aussie way of preliminaries etc while some teams rest
I prefer it. Some benefit to having won during the round robin stage. Top teams can still do a "Souths 1989" and not make the final.
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@Dan54 said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
Ok c'mon Canes' men how we going to go this week, it was a bloody good touch up Brumbies gave us a few weeks back!
Need to be very solid in the set pieces, also be really aggressive at the breakdown... do those things with the dangerous backs we have & it should be a good win for the Canes.
@NZbloke said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
@Dan54 said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
Ok c'mon Canes' men how we going to go this week, it was a bloody good touch up Brumbies gave us a few weeks back!
Need to be very solid in the set pieces, also be really aggressive at the breakdown... do those things with the dangerous backs we have & it should be a good win for the Canes.
Thank you captain obvious.
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@Stargazer No Valetini for Brumbs
@KiwiMurph I was about to post that aswell. The Brumbies look a lot less menacing without him there.
Jahrome Brown on the bench aswell which is surprising.
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@Bones what makes you think that?
@Canes4life said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
@Bones what makes you think that?
The same as me? Procter Love and Rayasi in the team ahead of him.
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@Bones what makes you think that?
@Canes4life said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
@Bones what makes you think that?
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@Canes4life said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
@Bones what makes you think that?
@Bones interesting selections. Most of them I agree with but would have probably started Sullivan over Proctor, Delany over Gibson, and Goosen over Savea.
Sangster also misses out after a strong season which is a shame for him.
Hopefully that team can do the business, plenty of firepower with Aumua, Iose, Love and Goosen to come on late.
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Canes team is:
- Mafileo
- Coles
- Franks
- Blackwell
- Walker-Leawere
- Gibson
- Kirifi
- Savea
- Perenara
- Morgan
- Rayasi
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Savea
- Moorby
Reserves
16. Aumua
17. Rakete-Stones
18. Lomax
19. Delany
20. Iose
21. Booth
22. Love
23. Goosen -
@Bones interesting selections. Most of them I agree with but would have probably started Sullivan over Proctor, Delany over Gibson, and Goosen over Savea.
Sangster also misses out after a strong season which is a shame for him.
Hopefully that team can do the business, plenty of firepower with Aumua, Iose, Love and Goosen to come on late.
@Canes4life Sullivan over Proctor would seem a no brainer to anyone, even stranger that he hasn't made the bench. Got to be unavailable.
Still, nice to not have pages of Prinsep moaning, even Blackwell has been given a pass...
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@Canes4life Sullivan over Proctor would seem a no brainer to anyone, even stranger that he hasn't made the bench. Got to be unavailable.
Still, nice to not have pages of Prinsep moaning, even Blackwell has been given a pass...
@Bones funny thing is we’ve picked an even smaller 6 than Prinsep, I’m not too worried though with Valentini not being there.
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@KiwiMurph with that loose trio we should atleast win a few turnovers though.
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@KiwiMurph said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
Risky move starting Kirifi. A walking penalty.
It's a 7's job to push the envelope... Kirifi is no more a walking penalty than any other Canes player.
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@KiwiMurph said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
Risky move starting Kirifi. A walking penalty.
The Frank's Flop may give him some stern competition too.
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Sullivan must be injured ? ...is Scrafton injured too ? we needed another power lock like him along side Walker-Leawere.
Gibson's too small for blindside, also having him there we lack some lineout height - would've had Iose at 6, the bloke has looked very impressive... bench looks pretty strong, unfortunately can only have 3 backs in the reserves, need 5 forwards there as they're the one's that do all the hard yakka.
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Contrasting team selections with the Canes picking a smaller loose trio and the Brumbies going for basically 3 x 2m plus locks at 4,5 and 6 along with a 2.06m Lock on a six forwards/ 2 backs bench. Lineouts and resulting mauls are the biggest threats to the Canes chances (and how well Perenara stands up to White niggling/disrupting him). I see them trying to run the Brums around avoiding as many full lineouts as possible, using quick throws, short lineouts or keeping the ball in play. Statistically the Canes have the most effective all-round attack in the comp so it should be a fun contrast in styles. As long as they can win enough ball and avoid giving away field position penalties. They also have equal top tries for (64), 9 more than the Brumbies. The Canberra weather forecast is for evening showers and as low as 6 degrees.
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@Canes4life Sullivan over Proctor would seem a no brainer to anyone, even stranger that he hasn't made the bench. Got to be unavailable.
Still, nice to not have pages of Prinsep moaning, even Blackwell has been given a pass...
@Bones said in QF Brumbies vs Hurricanes:
@Canes4life Sullivan over Proctor would seem a no brainer to anyone, even stranger that he hasn't made the bench. Got to be unavailable.
Still, nice to not have pages of Prinsep moaning, even Blackwell has been given a pass...
Not quite. Probable last game of the season and not in the matchday 23 then spare a thought for the unlucky sods that he must surely be turning out for in club rugby this weekend!
