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@Chris-B. said in Super Rugby News:
@Stargazer It's written in the wind!
Just like a bad case of Ebola.
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FFS. Do the Highlanders miss the wooden spoon or something? You'd think the success of Rennie and Boyd would tell teams to go for experience over the "Former AB" label but nope, gotta give them a million chances to prove they can't cut it.
This is the Blues best chance in years of reaching up and grabbing that second worst NZ team spot.
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Star Hurricanes Dane Coles and Nehe Milner-Skudder still not fit to play
HAMISH BIDWELL
Last updated 14:26, May 1 2017Dane Coles' torn calf muscle is still not right.
The Hurricanes captain hasn't played since March 18 and again sat and watched while the team's forwards went through lineout moves on Monday. The hooker will fully participate in training once he's able, then it'll be another couple of weeks until he's fit enough to play.
Progress has been even slower for fullback Nehe Milner-Skudder. He was due to see a specialist on Monday but remains no closer to taking off the moon boot he's been in since fracturing bones in his foot on March 10.
Like Coles, he's still a few weeks away from being able to audition for a place in the All Blacks to meet the British and Irish Lions.
It's Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd who'll eventually get first dibs on the pair, though.
"He's pretty good. Obviously he's frustrated, because he's a frustrated, angry man anyway. Or can be," Boyd said of Coles.
"He's trying to be as philosophical as he can be, but he knows he's just got to be patient."
Coles injured his right knee in the March 18 win over the Highlanders. But his calf then went while rehabilitating the original injury, which Coles has a lengthening history of.
"If you get a shoulder injury, you can still put [a] load through it," said Boyd.
Calves are different, though.
"The more load you put through it, the more it creaks, and if you put too much load through it, then you've got to go back [to the start] again," Boyd said.
The frustration from the outside is that every week Coles is apparently in contention to play and then ruled out. This time around, Boyd at least indicated the captain was very unlikely to be named in the team to play the Stormers at Westpac Stadium on Friday.
Given riding a watt bike is about the extent of the leg work Coles is able to do, it seems safe to assume it'll be a good fortnight or so until he replaces Ricky Riccitelli in the starting side.
The situation is similar for Milner-Skudder, who was initially forecast to miss just a month of football. But his metatarsal bones haven't knit as well as hoped and "he won't play the next couple of weeks," said Boyd.
In other fitness-related news, centre Matt Proctor remains sidelined with concussion symptoms, meaning Ngani Laumape and Vince Aso seem likely to start in midfield against the Stormers.
Number eight Blade Thomson is still expected to have a full shoulder reconstruction and won't be sighted until next season. Lock Michael Fatialofa might play again this year, though, provided surgery to repair his dislocated kneecap goes well.
One player who'll be back a lot sooner is loosehead prop Loni Uhila. He injured a calf at the Brisbane Global Tens, then worsened that problem in the March 10 loss to the Chiefs.
Uhila scrummaged at Monday's training session for the first time since and Boyd said he would play club rugby in the next two weeks and hopefully be right to go on the Hurricanes' trip to Pretoria and Perth later this month.
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A pretty good XV can be assembled from the injury lists:
- Goodes
- Coles
- Laulala
- Tuipulotu
- Fatialofa
- Kaino
- D. Pryor
- Read
- TKB
- Sopoaga
- Dagg
- Ngatai
- Proctor
- NMS
- B. Smith
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@Tim fuck!
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@Tim said in Super Rugby News:
A pretty good XV can be assembled from the injury lists:
- Goodes
- Coles
- Laulala
- Tuipulotu
- Fatialofa
- Kaino
- D. Pryor
- Read
- TKB
- Sopoaga
- Dagg
- Ngatai
- Proctor
- NMS
- B. Smith
Would still beat all the Australia and South African teams, plus the Sunwolves and the Jaguares...
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taniwharugbyreplied to Billy Tell on 1 May 2017, 04:32 last edited by taniwharugby 1 May 2017, 04:33
@Billy-Tell whilst injured!
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Got to be kidding me. I can't believe Hammett has been sent to be my own personal torment. Maybe I should start supporting Ireland.
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Jamie-Jerry Taulagi (Sunwolves) suspended for 5 weeks for his dangerous tackle (shoulder v head) on Shaun Stevenson
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@Bovidae said in Super Rugby News:
@Chris-B. You're just happy he left Ta$man.
Chris B was one of the chief Hammettuer fluffers on the old mega thread lobbing grenades left right and centre.
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@Bovidae Why not?
He's had four seasons as a Super head coach, coached Japan, assisted at the Crusaders, Highlanders and Mako$.
Hard to see who's going to be close to as experienced given that it seems none of the supposed big gun NZers in the NH seem to want the job of coaching our Super teams? Plumtree, I suppose - but he may not be interested and the cupboard looks a bit bare behind him.
I reckon Hammett will be good!
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I wonder who's going to pick up Ben Smith, Lima Sopoaga and Aaron Smith in 2019?
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Sam Whitelock suspended for 2 weeks. That means that he'll miss the games v the Bulls and the Hurricanes. The first one won't be a problem for the Crusaders, but the second ...
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@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Sam Whitelock suspended for 2 weeks. That means that he'll miss the games v the Bulls and the Hurricanes. The first one won't be a problem for the Crusaders, but the second ...
I'm probably the only one who is glad this has happened. Am thinking with my ABs cap on though. Have been of the opinion that Roberston has not managed Whitelock's workload well this year and he's played almost every minute of the season so far. The break will do him a lot of good.
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@akan004 said in Super Rugby News:
@Stargazer said in Super Rugby News:
Sam Whitelock suspended for 2 weeks. That means that he'll miss the games v the Bulls and the Hurricanes. The first one won't be a problem for the Crusaders, but the second ...
I'm probably the only one who is glad this has happened. Am thinking with my ABs cap on though. Have been of the opinion that Roberston has not managed Whitelock's workload well this year and he's played almost every minute of the season so far. The break will do him a lot of good.
I dunno. I think Sammy W's leadership has been a revelation for the Saders this season, and a bloody big part of why they sit at the top of the log. He must be one of the players that thrives on playing every minute and I like the way Scott Robertson has given him the reins.
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Hammett has plenty of experience at losing/underachieving, or have you forgotten Cardiff as well? I think he's one of those who is better as an assistant than a head coach. If I was a Highlanders supporter I wouldn't be happy if Hammett was named as Brown's replacement.
Not my problem though...
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No doubt he's racked up plenty of losses, but I don't tend to think he's underachieved as badly as many others think.
Cardiff - I had temporarily forgotten. He wasn't there long - but, he won quite a few matches with a team that was not particularly good to start with. He may not have made them any better, but I don't think he made them any worse.
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He must interview well because no one is hiring based on results...
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I never thought I'd see anyone being so Wingeresque about the Hammetuer.
The blues could finally get a decent halves combo after one season of this clowns management .
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby News:
He must interview well because no one is hiring based on results...
He must interview like Jesus . He's one of those coaches that seems to get employed no matter what happens where they were last and he slots in nicely with a list that includes John Mitchell , Jake White and Scott Johnson .
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@jegga said in Super Rugby News:
I never thought I'd see anyone being so Wingeresque about the Hammetuer.
The blues could finally get a decent halves combo after one season of this clowns management .
You clearly don't remember Paj and Chris B on the old thread.
Maybe he's learnt his lessons and will actually be a decent coach this time round. Maybe.
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@jegga would be good company for Matt Elliot too!! silver tongued coaches aren't limited to rugby - you'd really have to question wtf the Landers are thinking though... Hmm Hammer was in Japan... Brown is going to Japan...ummm so Hammer must be a good swap for Brown!
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby News:
@jegga said in Super Rugby News:
I never thought I'd see anyone being so Wingeresque about the Hammetuer.
The blues could finally get a decent halves combo after one season of this clowns management .
You clearly don't remember Paj and Chris B on the old thread.
Maybe he's learnt his lessons and will actually be a decent coach this time round. Maybe.
I've tried to repress most memories of that era.
I remember reading one time he was apparently the one who came with the plan of how to beat the Brumbies in the 2000 s12 final, maybe he's a better tactician or assistant coach like other have suggested? -
@Paekakboyz said in Super Rugby News:
@jegga would be good company for Matt Elliot too!! silver tongued coaches aren't limited to rugby - you'd really have to question wtf the Landers are thinking though... Hmm Hammer was in Japan... Brown is going to Japan...ummm so Hammer must be a good swap for Brown!
Who else is available at the moment should some highlanders fan go all Tonya Harding on the Hammetuer?
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I was leaning toward JK
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Hasn't Aaron Mauger teamed up with him as well?
Another with a less than exemplary track record.
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby News:
@jegga said in Super Rugby News:
I never thought I'd see anyone being so Wingeresque about the Hammetuer.
The blues could finally get a decent halves combo after one season of this clowns management .
You clearly don't remember Paj and Chris B on the old thread.
Maybe he's learnt his lessons and will actually be a decent coach this time round. Maybe.
I remember Paj saw him speak and after that he appeared hypnotised by his coaching prowess.
I'm pretty sure @Chris-B is his mother.
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@Paekakboyz said in Super Rugby News:
@jegga would be good company for Matt Elliot too!! silver tongued coaches aren't limited to rugby - you'd really have to question wtf the Landers are thinking though... Hmm Hammer was in Japan... Brown is going to Japan...ummm so Hammer must be a good swap for Brown!
Hammetteur is to Super rugby what Lane Kiffin is to the NFL. How the fark does he keep getting these gigs?
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