Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season
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Try to Ngane Punivai. The pace from Fakatava is making a difference. Great pass Ioane.
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@stargazer said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
Try to Ngane Punivai. The pace from Fakatava is making a difference. Great pass Ioane.
Amazing what a good nine and ten can do!
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Nisbett had no idea who any of the players are, time to move on old man
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Messy stuff there, but the result is a try to Rayasi. Looked a bit dodgy there in the middle of the field. If it happened in the last five minutes, definitely something to do a captain's challenge for. Looked like a knock-on from the Canes.
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@stargazer said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
Messy stuff there, but the result is a try to Rayasi. Looked a bit dodgy there in the middle of the field. If it happened in the last five minutes, definitely something to do a captain's challenge for. Looked like a knock-on from the Canes.
TMO no try
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@machpants Ha, yes, just happened after I had clicked "submit". Right call, I think.
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The younger Garden-Bachop has replaced Punivai.
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Bryn Evans is on.
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Great run from Alaimalo. His second. Looks promising.
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Canes def have wrong garden bishop
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Renton is on as well for the Landers.
I think Ruben Love has now come on fro JGB?
Water-break.
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Highlanders game is very quick now.
Fast pass Fakatava; great running line Josh Ioane. Connor GB dots down for another try.
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Canes defence poor the last 10 minutes.
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Finally a Canes attack, field wide open in front of Toala, and Fifita throws the pass to nowhere, going out.
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someone is going to have to give me a highlanders XV based on performance
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Highlanders line-out, not sure who caught the ball, but Lentjes in for another try.
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Line out into very quick maul try, 28-12 Ioane great conversion
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Highlanders lead 28 to 12.
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Leger is on; not sure who he has replaced. Love is playing at fullback.
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Roigard has replaced Campbell. Visinia is on as well.
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@stargazer Love looks handy.
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Another line-out maul into try, landers all over canes
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@stargazer said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
Fidow and Numia off; Mafileo and Lomax on.
That should strengthen the scrum enormously.
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Only watched the second half, but Alaimalo is one of the best out there.
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@stargazer chuck Love the 10 jersey. He can’t be any worse than JGB even at the tender age of 19.
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@canes4life I still think jordie
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@machpants wouldn’t mind that. Give Love the 15 jersey in that case. He’s had some lovely touches and made a good try saver on Connor before.
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@machpants said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
@canes4life I still think jordie
You can't take risks with the Barrett family and their propensity for cards, especially not in a key position like 10.
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@higgins lol I’ve been waiting for this. Numia and Fidow were very good in that first half. Fidow looks to have improved his scrummaging but not surprised as he’s starting to mature.
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@nepia we’ve got no one else good enough to play 10 though so it makes sense.
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FT: Highlanders 35 - 12 Hurricanes
Deserved win for the Highlanders, but it's only preseason.
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@nepia said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
@machpants said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
@canes4life I still think jordie
You card take risks with the Barrett family and their propensity for cards, especially not in a key position like 10.
That's a bollocks call, I assume you're joking. If not you shouldn't play them at all. Jordie is the canes best back, Ardie the best forward, more times they are on the ball the better. Jordie should be ten, he's a great 15, but out tens are so shit we need him there
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The Canes 2nd half forward pack got bullied. It didn't really matter who was in the backline.
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@canes4life Figured you would be disappointed if I did not make that comment and did not want to let you down!
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@machpants With Hickey gone, the Canes basically only have one ten, JGB, who is pretty average. Leger is a midfielder, Jordie and Love are fullbacks. Just shit recruiting.
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@higgins to be fair though Numia has always been a pretty good scrummager. Fidow is now 23, he’s been around long enough now so I expect him to perform against the best props out there. It will be the making or breaking of him.
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@stargazer said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes pre-season:
@machpants With Hickey gone, the Canes basically only have one ten, JGB, who is pretty average. Leger is a midfielder, Jordie and Love are fullbacks. Just shit recruiting.
I totally agree, but jordie is a better ten than Bishop, and take do better with a poor 15 than a poor 10
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@stargazer I agree, however Love can play 10 but he’s just too young. JGB is mediocre at this level, just too fat and slow to drive a team properly. He was good last year but that performance today was piss poor.
At this point, Brett Cameron coming to the Canes next year looks pretty bloody good right now.
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