Hurricanes vs Blues
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@george33 said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
@Darren sounds like Banks will play 15.
Banks is a similar type of player to Hurley, hope he can have the same impact at 15.
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TEAM NAMING FOR ROUND THREE — Blues Rugby
Blues name strong combination to take on Hurricanes in Wellington Blues coach Vern Cotter has named a strong combination to take on the Hurricanes in Wellington in the third game of Super Rugby Pacific 2025. The 2024 Super Rugby Pacific Champions are chasing their first win of the season after go
1. Ofa Tu’ungafasi (151), 2. Ricky Riccitelli (40), 3. Marcel Renata (55), 4. Patrick Tuipulotu (111) ©, 5. Josh Beere (12), 6. Cameron Suafoa (26), 7. Dalton Papali’i (85), 8. Hoskins Sotutu (67); 9. Finlay Christie (56), 10. Harry Plummer (77), 11. Caleb Clarke (66), 12. AJ Lam (45), 13. Rieko Ioane (114), 14. Mark Tele’a (69), 15. Beauden Barrett (32).
Reserves: 16. James Mullan (1), 17. Joshua Fusitu’a (22), 18. Angus Ta’avao (67), 19. Cam Christie (Debut), 20. Anton Segner (25), 21. Sam Nock (73), 22. Corey Evans (16), 23. Cole Forbes (18)
Players not considered: Kurt Eklund (groin), Sam Darry (shoulder, season), Laghlan McWhannell (cheek); PJ Sheck (shoulder), Zarn Sullivan (foot), Stephen Perofeta (calf), Ben Ake (shoulder), Reon Paul (shoulder), Taufa Funaki (shoulder), Adrian Choat (knee).
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If the Canes centres can sort their shit out that backline is going to be fun to watch.
Unfortunately no Aumua but good to see Tosi and Lakai starting, along with IWL coming back into the side.
Hopefully Banks has a coming of age game at fullback, also good to see they are persisting with Godfrey at 10.
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Good to see Lakai back starting. Iose has struggled to get going as well as he did last year.
Massive game for Kade Banks, up against his old side in that 15 jersey.
Fineanganofo has been going well i reckon. Midfield fills me with anxiety, hopefully one of them can actually take charge and play with a bit more shape.
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@DurryMexted said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
Good to see Lakai back starting. Iose has struggled to get going as well as he did last year.
Massive game for Kade Banks, up against his old side in that 15 jersey.
Fineanganofo has been going well i reckon. Midfield fills me with anxiety, hopefully one of them can actually take charge and play with a bit more shape.
Up against a rattled blues side, hopefully this isnt the game they start really firing.Wins at home are vital and we won this game last year so everything to play for on Saturday. Should be a doozy.
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On the injury front it’s good to see Higgins is expected back for round 7, along with Love and Cashmore. Aumua now has a TBC on his calf injury so that’s unclear, same with Proctor and Gallagher. Lomax expected back for round 5.
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Gallagher has been spending a fair bit of time on the injury list over the last few seasons. Hopefully he doesn't turn out to be a dud signing.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
Gallagher has been spending a fair bit of time on the injury list over the last few seasons. Hopefully he doesn't turn out to be a dud signing.
I think he has the same injury as Proctor. Not a serious achillies injury but I guess they are taking it week by week so return to play unknown.
I agree though, he always seems injured so hopefully once he comes back he can remain on the park.
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I am seriously buggered if I know which way to go for picks this week!! Heart obviously says Canes, but head is saying, perhaps Blues will click into gear at some stage. Could they play that dumb again? I see Jipper on Aotearoa even pointed out same as me, last week they had no forwards on field, yet they threw to where Holland was jumping. And the Clan had their few lifters there!!!
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@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
@Dan54 said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
Could they play that dumb again?
Yes
Regression to the mean says highly unlikely.
