Blues v Hurricanes
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@Kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Fun game. Score line massively flattered the Canes.
Blues looked great, well coached
If they can add a little composure at the appropriate times, and sort the penalties, they'll be a fucking handful. Huge forwards and dangerous backs. And a 10 happy to just play the role in the middle
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@mariner4life said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Fun game. Score line massively flattered the Canes.
Blues looked great, well coached
If they can add a little composure at the appropriate times, and sort the penalties, they'll be a fucking handful. Huge forwards and dangerous backs. And a 10 happy to just play the role in the middle
Going to be a few teams struggling with these new interpretations. Annoying that the result seems to be more kicking.
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Great, well-deserved win for the Blues.
Black, Sotutu and Clarke very good; BB well-contained, Telea invisible.
Canes should start IWL, had great impact. Armstrong not up to it; Rakete-Stones or Numia should play instead. Jordie was missed.
Biggest difference was the Blues playing as one unit (big difference from previous years), great line-speed and good kicking.
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@Stargazer IWL definitely had an impact. A big unit helps, who knew?
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@Stargazer can't disagree more about Telea though, he was very dangerous, and popped up all over the place. I can guarantee he's in the highlights package as well
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@mariner4life was quiet in the last quarter, but prior to that, he broke the first tackle any time he touched it.
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@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
The Canes desperately need a good 10. Taylor would be good. No one clearly steering the ship.
TJP should be demoted. Not a captain.
Wait, he's the captain?
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@mariner4life the ref didnt know that if he was....
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@mariner4life Co-captain with Coles.
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@mariner4life said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Stargazer can't disagree more about Telea though, he was very dangerous, and popped up all over the place. I can guarantee he's in the highlights package as well
The Telea handoff alone
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@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@mariner4life Co-captain with Coles.
Ah right. 2 interesting choices.
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@mariner4life said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@mariner4life Co-captain with Coles.
Ah right. 2 interesting choices.
Two calm heads under pressure 😂
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@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
The Canes desperately need a good 10. Taylor would be good. No one clearly steering the ship.
TJP should be demoted. Not a captain.
I wouldn't say the limiting factor was Bachop. Not much you can do when your forwards can't secure ball.
Agree strongly with the second point.
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@mariner4life Yeah, Telea was heavily marked but did a lot with the ball he got, often under pressure. Nice work in TJ's try.
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Credit to both teams. I wasn't just pleased to see rugby again - it was a high skill game considering the rule application amendments and time off.
