Hurricanes v Blues
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@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@Crucial said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@Tim said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@mikey07 Won't Barrett go into 10?
Is that what the Canes are hoping for?
Beauden to take pity on them not having a decker option and swapping jerseys to even the game up?I think that is referring to Jordie
Perenara went to 10 second half last wk.
I think I knew that
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@Duluth said in Hurricanes v Blues:
Players not considered with injury: Jared Page (hamstring), Stephen Perofeta (fractured foot), Tom Robinson (knee), James Parsons (concussion), Hoskins Sotutu (knee), Jared Page (hamstring), Dan Carter (calf).
So....Page injured both hamstrings?
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@Crazy-Horse said in Hurricanes v Blues:
I don't think it's good for the game that the Blues are holding all the good loose forwards. Somebody should think of the poor Crusaders having to play Sanders and Douglas on the weekend. Surely one of the Blues could be sent down to Christchurch to help them out.
Exactly. It was never going to be easy up against a big bruising loose trio unit of the Blues when we were missing Read, McCaw, Todd, Tuiali’i, Thorne and George Whitelock.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@Crazy-Horse said in Hurricanes v Blues:
I don't think it's good for the game that the Blues are holding all the good loose forwards. Somebody should think of the poor Crusaders having to play Sanders and Douglas on the weekend. Surely one of the Blues could be sent down to Christchurch to help them out.
Exactly. It was never going to be easy up against a big bruising loose trio unit of the Blues when we were missing Read, McCaw, Todd, Tuiali’i, Thorne and George Whitelock.
So many options for that last spot
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Blues are crazy continuing to play Beauden at 15. From a Canes POV the less he gets the ball the better.
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This is going to be a cracker. The race for second place; given where the Blues have been, coming second in this comp is a massive achievement. We've built a quality pack for the future, and shoudl continue to improve.
That said, this is an injury hit side. Missing a fair few people that could make a difference, and playing away. Canes selections seem 'interesting', but I can't see this being anything but an arm wrestle that is decided by a few points only.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@Crazy-Horse said in Hurricanes v Blues:
I don't think it's good for the game that the Blues are holding all the good loose forwards. Somebody should think of the poor Crusaders having to play Sanders and Douglas on the weekend. Surely one of the Blues could be sent down to Christchurch to help them out.
Exactly. It was never going to be easy up against a big bruising loose trio unit of the Blues when we were missing Read, McCaw, Todd, Tuiali’i, Thorne and George Whitelock.
Some of them are not like the others.
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@nzzp said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@Hooroo you'd hope so with our forward pack, but I have years of scarring about favouritism.
You have only lost one match this season against a formidable Canterbury team, who were favourites!
Live in the now! You got this!
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Easy W for the Canes. 😁
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Expecting our pack to get munched, and the Blues to pull away in the second half as they did last time. It's really difficult to stay in the game when you're on the back foot for 60 minutes, and we don't have the quality of the Crusaders to turn that around. I reckon the Blues are the real deal this year - that the Crusaders managed to turn that around in the last 20 minutes was a really special effort that not many teams are capable of.
That said, it should be a cracker. Jordie has been in fine form and has given our backs a heap more confidence since his return, so anythings possible.
