Highlanders v Hurricanes - now at 3:05pm

[Bovidae]

@Steven-Harris said in Highlanders v Hurricanes - now at 3:05pm:

Watching Aaron Smith in this competition has been both pleasure and a privilege..he has been the architect of some outstanding ball playing with his tight forwards..

I was going to say this. Smith is so far ahead of any other halfback in NZ (and the world).

And is there a 1st 5 slower than JGB?

[Bones]

Love the highlights with Hunt absolutely smoking it for the try down the sideline and then the hilarious minties moment for the canes try. Sublime to absolutely awful...glad I was able to laugh!

[sparky]

Darn, never like ending the season with a loss. Conceded too many penalties and let down by some poor decision-making.

Credit to the Highlanders who richly deserved their win. They edged it in the forwards. Pari Pari Parkinson must be an All Black and looks set for a long Test career. Mitch Hunt had a really impressive game, best I've seen from him. Aaron Smith and Josh Ioane are a strong 9-10 combo.

[Bones]

Walden standing with the canes?

[Stargazer]

@Bones Dunno; he was talking to Tom Parsons; I didn't see who the Canes player was.

[Bones]

@Stargazer said in Highlanders v Hurricanes - now at 3:05pm:

@Bones Dunno; he was talking to Tom Parsons; I didn't see who the Canes player was.

One was Ben May. Naki connection?

[Stargazer]

@Bones Or Walden joins the Magpies haha.

[Bones]

@Stargazer said in Highlanders v Hurricanes - now at 3:05pm:

@Bones Or Walden joins the Magpies haha.

That would perfectly explain the lack of game time! 😂

[Stargazer]

@Bones Haha, except it doesn't, because Walden is in the Naki WTG squad that was named a week or so ago.

[Bones]

@Stargazer said in Highlanders v Hurricanes - now at 3:05pm:

@Bones Haha, except it doesn't, because Walden is in the Naki WTG squad that was named a week or so ago.

Spoilsport.

[Stargazer]

[mikey07]

Wondered why they didn’t pull Proctor off earlier Toala should’ve been on earlier, also seeing how it seemed not to be ASO’s night should’ve brought Rayasi on

[Bones]

Just a thought... anyone know how many disallowed "tries" were scored against the Highlanders in SRA?

Hard luck canes, didn't look up for it in a dead rubber after the bye eh.

Chur Landers, definitely excited for next season now, great team taking shape.

[Stargazer]

@Bones If one team has exceeded expectations, it's the Highlanders! Not even half as bad as people predicted before the SR season kicked off, early this year. The coaches achieved a great transformation during lockdown. Good to see several players developing really well, now they're no longer in the queue behind the players that have left.

[nzzp]

@Stargazer spot on. 1 from six before, three from eight after... In a much tougher competition

[Kiwiwomble]

@Stargazer @nzzp plus some close losses, bring on next year and get d Hunt signed up again!

[taniwharugby]

@nzzp have to say if they dont have Aaron Smith, they probably lose all those 3, he is in some form right now.

[Stargazer]

@nzzp Yep, and some close losses. With a bit more luck, they could have won the away game against the Blues, and they also played really well in the away game against the Crusaders.

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby I hope they use next season to give Fakatava more game time. From what I've heard from the Highlanders coaches and Aaron Smith himself, they see Fakatava as the long-term replacement of Smith (at the Highlanders). If they want him to be good enough to do that, he must play more at SR level. He's only 20, so obviously they thought this year was too soon, but they shouldn't wait too long.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Stargazer I hope so too...as awesome as Smith is and generally I want him to play every minute...there’ll be a huge whole if we don’t look to build an experienced replacement