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    @Old-Samurai-Jack said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    As dominant a game from a second five eighth as you will ever see. Damn that man is good.

    great to see hyperbole still alive and kicking on here!

    I thought he had a good game, but nothing special.

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    Will be feeling a lot better if Nock, Faiane, and Clarke start next week.

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    Liking the form of both Dalton Papali'i and Ardie Savea.

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    @Kirwan said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    @number9 said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    Damn good game, enjoyed the banter on the forum.

    Ditto. The tribalism is out in full force again, it’s great

    I think it helps that they're the two most civilized sets of supporters 😉

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    Congrats to the Canes..to me the real difference was in an around discipline, the Blues gave up to much field position with with needless penalties when they were defending , some of them you could only describe as lazy ..even with some key guys out , you have got to trust your depth , the game was there for the taking ..As for Beauden Barrett , I can’t help feel but underwhelmed ,..why would keep putting up high kicks to your brother who is superb under the high ball..?, talking about doing the same thing an expecting a different result ..however we move on ..
    One other thing , I have got to say what an articulate skipper Patrick Tuipulotu is turning out to be.

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    Thought Jordie and Laumape both had great games for the Canes. Having five big outside backs is hard to contain if they can put it together.

    Canes just about deserved to win that, though it nearly got away from them in the final quarter. Should have scored more points in the first half.

    A couple of seasons ago the Blues didn't score a try from a lineout drive all season - two tonight. Definitely some things moving in the right direction for them.

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    The Plummer-Ioane defensive channel was very porous. A good lesson for Rieko tonight.

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    @voodoo said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    So I'm sitting at the pub on my own here in Wanaka watching this game.

    I've just noticed that 2 tables away is Steve Hanson with a mate and their wives.

    Any questions for him?

    He's barely watching the game BTW.

    Why did he leave out Sam Cane against England?

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    @Chris-B said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    Thought Jordie and Laumape both had great games for the Canes. Having five big outside backs is hard to contain if they can put it together.

    Canes just about deserved to win that, though it nearly got away from them in the final quarter. Should have scored more points in the first half.

    A couple of seasons ago the Blues didn't score a try from a lineout drive all season - two tonight. Definitely some things moving in the right direction for them.

    When is Holland going to give us an TJP, JB, Laumape inside back axis? Against the Saders I say. We aren't going to come close with JGB or probably even F Smith

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    JGB lack of class really showed tonight. He’s not a bad player but I thought he stifled some of the line breaks the Canes were making. He just couldn’t take advantage of those situations. He’s a little predictable in attack which makes it easy for the defence.

    I think Smith needs another shot.

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    @Chris-B Umaga-Jensen also very good. Good runs and pretty safe in defence.

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    @ACT-Crusader It was a "stand up and take notice of me" night for Umaga-Jensen . You hear names and see snippets but tonight it was "who is this man?". Big bruising munter!

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    Remember when Beuaden used to be King of the Foot Race? He's not any more:

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    @taniwharugby Mmm... maybe hyperbole (I can veer towards that with red wine in the mix) but you don't see inside backs that influential so often with the defense systems they have in place these days. I think he needs to be in the ABs mix.

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    @sparky thats a superb try

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    @kiwiinmelb said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    @Old-Samurai-Jack said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    Two points
    As dominant a game from a second five eighth as you will ever see. Damn that man is good.
    Also, Akira's problems of drifting in and out of games seems to be a thing of the past. He was everywhere tonight. Not flash but 100% for effort.

    I’m liking him as a bruising 6

    I've always liked him as a bruising 6. He showed he had what it takes in that regard against the Lions, but for whatever reason didn't kick on from then.

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    @sparky said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    Remember when Beuaden used to be King of the Foot Race? He's not any more:

    To be fair on Beauden, he was closing in he'd just given away too much of a head start over the distance and possibly went for the covering tackle too early

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    @taniwharugby said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    @Old-Samurai-Jack said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    As dominant a game from a second five eighth as you will ever see. Damn that man is good.

    great to see hyperbole still alive and kicking on here!

    I thought he had a good game, but nothing special.

    Laumape tore the Blues a new one tonight. They simply couldn't contain him. He was the difference in the end.

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    @number9 said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    I'm lost on the Plummer selection over TJ.

    Plummer is a superb communicator.

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    @No-Quarter said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    @kiwiinmelb said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    @Old-Samurai-Jack said in Hurricanes v Blues:

    Two points
    As dominant a game from a second five eighth as you will ever see. Damn that man is good.
    Also, Akira's problems of drifting in and out of games seems to be a thing of the past. He was everywhere tonight. Not flash but 100% for effort.

    I’m liking him as a bruising 6

    I've always liked him as a bruising 6. He showed he had what it takes in that regard against the Lions, but for whatever reason didn't kick on from then.

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