Hurricanes 2021
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Also Rayasi looks odds on to grab Lam’s spot, unless he’s playing for the Sevens.
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@Canes4life You haven't been watching the Magpies games well. Lowe was outstanding in the first few rounds, both offensively and defensively, all with a great workrate. He helped set up several tries (actually surprising me by showing a great leg drive I didn't know he had) and prevented some from the opposition.
I rate Mataele, but he has become a lot slower (probably because he's become a lot bigger) and has butchered quite a few opportunities (lots of handling errors). McKay didn't stand out for the Highlanders, apart from preventing that almost certain Bryn Hall try. Good workrate for Canterbury; maybe good for Kobus van Wyk's spot as third choice. Visinia is a try-scoring power winger; McKay can only dream of being one.
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@Stargazer I have actually and he hasn’t been spectacular. He’s been solid but hasn’t shouted select me from what I’ve seen. Stacey Ili is the guy that’s been on fire for Hawkes Bay, not Lowe.
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@Canes4life said in 2021 Hurricanes:
@Stargazer I have actually and he hasn’t been spectacular. He’s been solid but hasn’t shouted select me from what I’ve seen. Stacey Ili is the guy that’s been on fire for Hawkes Bay, not Lowe.
WTF are you on about. Lowe has been the best Magpies back full stop this year. Ili, who I’m a fan of (more so than @Stargazer) hasn’t reached his good form of last year yet.
You’re taking the piss.
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@Canes4life said in 2021 Hurricanes:
@Stargazer Julian Savea is crap, if he gets a Canes contract I’ve lost all faith in whoever the player selectors are.
Jonah Lowe isn’t much chop either from what I’ve seen. The fact you seem to bring him into almost every conversation is pretty funny. He tries hard but doesn’t stand out.
I’d rather the Canes actually look outside the 3 provinces for once and go for someone like McKay or Mataele. They are both better than Lowe, Visinia and the aging Savea.
Mataele has another year on his Crusaders contract
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@Nepia Lowe can go to the Highlanders. He’s never stood out to me, especially against good sides. There are certainly better players out there.
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@Canes4life said in 2021 Hurricanes:
@Nepia Lowe can go to the Highlanders. He’s never stood out to me, especially against good sides. There are certainly better players out there.
That’s irrelevant to you making up bullshit about how well he’s playing this year.
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@Nepia I’m not making up bullshit though, in my eyes Ili has been the danger man for Hawkes Bay and Lowe has been nothing more than solid. Does care anyway, Lowe will never be anymore than a squad filler.
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I posted this in the Wellington v Otago thread but I thought it had relevance here:
I was just scrolling through the stats for this game it’s amazing how much Fifita’s game has gone to mud so he made 8 tackles all game yet fell off 4, had 25 metres gained off 9 runs, I think we made a mistake resigning him for the Canes.
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@Canes4life said in 2021 Hurricanes:
@Nepia I’m not making up bullshit though, in my eyes Ili has been the danger man for Hawkes Bay and Lowe has been nothing more than solid. Does care anyway, Lowe will never be anymore than a squad filler.
FFS dude, Ili hasn't been close to Lowe's form this year.
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@Nepia Yeah, Ili had some nice breaks in the Counties game, but guess who drew in the defenders to create the space for Ili? Very often that was Lowe. He did the same for players like Mikaele-Tu'u (IIRC against Otago?). In the Canterbury game, Ili was very easily contained and it was Lowe himself making the breaks.
Saying Macilai is better than Lowe is just trolling.
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@Nepia oh yeah because Lowe is so amazing. Is he related to one of you blokes or something? seriously the amount of times you Hb blokes rave about someone so limited in ability really is something to behold. I suppose he’s really good by Hawkes Bay standards.
Also go back and watch those first few HB games of the year. Ili was the guy breaking the line and making Lowe look good, not the other way round.
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@Canes4life Mate, you're making a fool of yourself haha.
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@Stargazer your continuous fluffing of Lowe is embarrassing. Just face it, he’s never going to be more than a squad filler at Super level.
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@Canes4life Haha
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@Canes4life said in 2021 Hurricanes:
@Nepia oh yeah because Lowe is so amazing. Is he related to one of you blokes it’s something, seriously the amount of times you Hb blokes rave about someone so limited in ability really is something to behold. I suppose he’s really good by Hawkes Bay standards.
Also go back and watch those first few HB games of the year. Ili was the guy breaking the line and making Lowe look good, not the other way round.
As @Stargazer says you're making a fool of yourself. At any rate I've never been as big a fan of Lowe as he is while not under rating him like some Canes fans do, but we're comparing him to another Magpies player so it's not like we're rating him higher than one of your precious Wellingtonians.
Funnily enough I'm assuming Stacey must be your brother considering how much you're fluffing him and as I've said multiple times I thought he was great last year. Also, he's barely put Lowe away this year, Lowe has made most of his metres returning kicks and in traffic near the rucks, not because he's been put into space.
