Hurricanes v Crusaders
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So the three young LH options are all ignored and May is brought back as the replacement LH. And so it goes on. Rubbish players are kept, a good lock replacement is dropped and young promising players are ignored
Whats going on in Wellington? Is there another virus doing the rounds that make people irrational. Where economies are ruined for a yearly flu and team selections make nil sense.
The one good thing is they now have another good line-out option. Shame is this is the only one in the starting team. And likely these clown coaches will keep Blackwell on and replace Fifita with Scrafton to keep it this way.
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@Duluth said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
How the hell does Prinsep start before Evans?
Because he wasn't as bad as Evans in week 1
Blues fans supporting clown coaches from another team.
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@Winger there seems to be no media scrutiny on the Canes in Wellington atm, infact I'd be surprised if a crowd turned up at all considering there has been next to no hype or talk about the game on Sunday. Maybe it's just because deep down everyone knows the no-name coach is clueless and we just don't have the calibre of players to get the job done this year.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Winger there seems to be no media scrutiny on the Canes in Wellington atm, infact I'd be surprised if a crowd turned up at all considering there has been next to no hype or talk about the game on Sunday. Maybe it's just because deep down everyone knows the no-name coach is clueless and we just don't have the calibre of players to get the job done this year.
Its a bit depressing really. How does such a poor coaching group get to take over what was a top team just a few years back. I guess it rests with an incompetent board and staff.
And what must the players think? BB will be feeling great that he left this mess.
I'm no longer in Wellington but if I was I certainly wouldn't bother spending money to see the game.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Winger there seems to be no media scrutiny on the Canes in Wellington atm, infact I'd be surprised if a crowd turned up at all considering there has been next to no hype or talk about the game on Sunday. Maybe it's just because deep down everyone knows the no-name coach is clueless and we just don't have the calibre of players to get the job done this year.
Plumtree leaving at short notice was always going to be tough. A few questionable selections and here we are
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@Winger said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Duluth said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
How the hell does Prinsep start before Evans?
Because he wasn't as bad as Evans in week 1
Blues fans supporting clown coaches from another team.
Some Blues fans still have sour grapes about Evans being picked over Akira for that All Blacks game v Japan in November 2018. They take every opportunity to criticise Evans, whether justified or not.
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@canefan said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Winger there seems to be no media scrutiny on the Canes in Wellington atm, infact I'd be surprised if a crowd turned up at all considering there has been next to no hype or talk about the game on Sunday. Maybe it's just because deep down everyone knows the no-name coach is clueless and we just don't have the calibre of players to get the job done this year.
Plumtree leaving at short notice was always going to be tough. A few questionable selections and here we are
TBF, they're 100% Plumtree selections.
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@Nepia said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@canefan said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Winger there seems to be no media scrutiny on the Canes in Wellington atm, infact I'd be surprised if a crowd turned up at all considering there has been next to no hype or talk about the game on Sunday. Maybe it's just because deep down everyone knows the no-name coach is clueless and we just don't have the calibre of players to get the job done this year.
Plumtree leaving at short notice was always going to be tough. A few questionable selections and here we are
TBF, they're 100% Plumtree selections.
Agree 100%. But a coaching change is an unwanted unprecedented disruption
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@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
Crusaders would rather play with one first-five than have Cameron on the bench. It says a lot.
Great Call Cameron is Shit we lose every time he starts
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@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
Crusaders would rather play with one first-five than have Cameron on the bench. It says a lot.
Yup, Cameron isn't SR level and Burke is too green. To be fair, Havili is a very good back-up in that role. Good way to bring him back after his surgery without sacrificing another outside back.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
To be fair, Havili is a very good back-up in that role
He had one half of good rugby at 10. The second half he played like he had something shoved up his arse
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@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
Crusaders would rather play with one first-five than have Cameron on the bench. It says a lot.
Crusaders' chances of winning this competition rest on Mo'unga staying fit.
Havili might be OK as a stop-gap, but the game we lost to the Chiefs pre-lock down was when he was playing 10.
Last year I'm pretty sure we lost to the tahs with Cameron at 10.
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Stats don't tell the full story, but Evans made six tackles (same as Gibson who was injured early after 30mins), and he missed one of those and conceded a turnover. Also conceded two penalties.
But his attack stats were even worse, six runs for three metres made. No passes. No lineout takes.
Was he taking a nap out there? Fuck all effect for 72 minutes.
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@Duluth No doubt, fullback is David Havili's best position - he's one of the best in the country - and he's quite a decent second-five as well, but he was excellent at 10 in the first half (creating several try-scoring opportunities, two resulting in tries) and steering the ship well. They didn't lose the game in the second half because he was playing at 10, although his level indeed dropped in the 2nd half. To quote Ian Foster about that 2nd half: "Havili's biggest problem was not having Havili at fullback."
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@Duluth said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
I think they'd be worried about removing all the senior players at once. When Coles was asked about who the leaders were last week he said himself, Evans and Prinsep. Maybe if/when the season is dead they'll take that risk.
This week I thought it'd be a selection shoot out between Evans and Prinsep. Evans losses that on formHes likely mentioned the appointed forward leaders.
And Ardie is back this week. Kirifi is the Wellington captain too.
And are you basing Prinsep is better than Evans on just one game. Where neither were great. The diff is this is the usual std for Prinsep. -
@Nepia said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@canefan said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Winger there seems to be no media scrutiny on the Canes in Wellington atm, infact I'd be surprised if a crowd turned up at all considering there has been next to no hype or talk about the game on Sunday. Maybe it's just because deep down everyone knows the no-name coach is clueless and we just don't have the calibre of players to get the job done this year.
Plumtree leaving at short notice was always going to be tough. A few questionable selections and here we are
TBF, they're 100% Plumtree selections.
Plumtree preferred Fifita at 6 until he was injured. Agree Blackwell is a Plumtree selection. Its why I was pleased to see him go (anyone who selects a limited (in all respects) 1.90 lock shouldn't be a head coach) but here we are. At least Plumtree could get the best out of limited players
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@Winger said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
And are you basing Prinsep is better than Evans on just one game.
No, not at all. I even mentioned you could select Evans on historical grounds. Evans was poor last week.. maybe he really enjoyed the break? I don't think the Canes can have the luxury of ignoring that sort of form
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@Duluth said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@Winger said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
And are you basing Prinsep is better than Evans on just one game.
No, not at all. I even mentioned you could select Evans on historical grounds. Evans was poor last week.. maybe he really enjoyed the break? I don't think the Canes haver the luxury of ignoring that sort of form
The Evans shouldn't be in the team full-stop. But there are other options. Like Flanders. And IWL (assume hes not injured). Two young players that could do with game experience (Canes won't win it so why not develop young players)
