North Harbour vs Wellington
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@Canes4life Wellington looks very disorganised.
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@Canes4life said in North Harbour vs Wellington:
Fifita has shown in 13 minutes that he isn't an 8. Why isn't Ben Nicholas starting, he has been brilliant all year. Typical Wellington decision making - brainless.
I'm not sure what he was up to early doors but he's had a great last five minutes. I like the concept of Fifita at 8.
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Wellington paying $10 on the TAB..they have so much firepower, you would not put it past the !ions to come storming back
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Wellington just need to calm the f%#k down. It's helta skelta every time they get the ball.
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@shark said in North Harbour vs Wellington:
@Canes4life said in North Harbour vs Wellington:
Fifita has shown in 13 minutes that he isn't an 8. Why isn't Ben Nicholas starting, he has been brilliant all year. Typical Wellington decision making - brainless.
I'm not sure what he was up to early doors but he's had a great last five minutes. I like the concept of Fifita at 8.
As I previously described before the match against Auckland he has the greatest difficulty in clearing up the loose ball when his scrum is backpedaling under pressure (something that is known to happen to the Wellington scrum a number of times per match) and that was graphically illustrated tonight. That skill is an essential part of a No. 8s skill set, something Fifita does not possess to any degree that would inspire you with confidence in him.
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@Higgins how many games has he had there though? That's something he could learn if a coach wanted to pound it into him over an off season. It's certainly a position which we lack depth in already and badly from next season. He's quite tall for an 8, which could be part of the problem, but surely a better technique could be trained into him. He'd be dynamic off the back potentially.
Wouldn't be an issue if Wellington and the Hurricanes hadn't been so fucken incompetent a few years back and lost Nelson Asofa Solomona.
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@shark He started out in the No 8 position for his Club when he first arrived in Wellington and it was about mid way through that first season that he was switched to the blindside when the flaw about backpedaling scrums became too noticeable to not do something about, hence the shit to the blindside as his regular position.
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@shark said in North Harbour vs Wellington:
@Higgins how many games has he had there though? That's something he could learn if a coach wanted to pound it into him over an off season. It's certainly a position which we lack depth in already and badly from next season. He's quite tall for an 8, which could be part of the problem, but surely a better technique could be trained into him. He'd be dynamic off the back potentially.
Wouldn't be an issue if Wellington and the Hurricanes hadn't been so fucken incompetent a few years back and lost Nelson Asofa Solomona.
Asafoa Solomona had signed for the Melbourne Storm a couple of years before he finished up with his school days at Wellington College so probably was never available as a serious target for Wellington Rugby anyway.
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@Stargazer another try will make it interesting
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Wellington have shown a bit of ticker to get back into it. Mostly lead by Kirifi, he has been outstanding. But don't think they have enough time.
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@Canes4life how hard does Kirifi run into contact..wow..!, and why on earth TBN not start..?
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How can't the Canes coaches see how talented Ben Nicholas is - taking the piss if they think Prinsep and co are better.
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@Canes4life TBN is the best number 8 running in this comp bar none in my opinion ..Wellington coaches are on drugs..!
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@Steven-Harris I don't think he's the best, but he's certainly putting his hand up for a SR spot as "one of" the best.
