Hurricanes v Chiefs

[Gunner]

I hope the Chiefs get up and win this, for the sake of the competition.
It's not cool having a whipping boy when there are only 5 teams in the comp.

[Crucial]

That Ruben Love comes across as a kid with a future. Really seems to have smarts and his head screwed on going by his appearance on Breakdown last night.
He mentioned that he has been training solely as a fullback but surely he is also an option at 10?

[Bovidae]

Specsavers Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant 1: Mike Fraser
Assistant 2: James Doleman
TMO: Glenn Newman

[Crucial]

@bovidae said in SRA Round 4: Hurricanes v Chiefs:

Specsavers Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant 1: Mike Fraser
Assistant 2: James Doleman
TMO: Glenn Newman

Paul Williams is reffing the U13s curtain raiser I assume?

[KiwiMurph]

@crucial check the other game thread.....

[Crucial]

@kiwimurph said in SRA Round 4: Hurricanes v Chiefs:

@crucial check the other game thread.....

I don’t think I want to now.

[mikey07]

@crucial said in SRA Round 4: Hurricanes v Chiefs:

That Ruben Love comes across as a kid with a future. Really seems to have smarts and his head screwed on going by his appearance on Breakdown last night.
He mentioned that he has been training solely as a fullback but surely he is also an option at 10?

Which is stupid because he played the whole club rugby season at 10, maybe they have him at 15 to try and give him more time.

[Yeetyaah]

I'd expect Lowe and ALB to start. I'd still be fine with McKenzie at 10 and Stevenson at 15 but idk there's a hard on for Gatland.

[Stargazer]

@yeetyaah They might do to Lowe what they did to Falcon, last year. Make him play for BOP for the Chiefs Centurion Cup.

[Higgins]

@stargazer

[Stargazer]

Hurricanes:
1 Xavier Numia, 2. Ricky Riccitelli, 3 . Tyrel Lomax, 4. James Blackwell, 5. Isaiah Walker-Leawere, 6. Reed Prinsep, 7. Du’Plessis Kirifi, 8. Ardie Savea (c), 9. Luke Campbell, 10 . Orbyn Leger, 11. Salesi Rayasi, 12. Ngani Laumape, 13. Billy Proctor, 14. Julian Savea, 15. Jordie Barrett

Reserves: 16. James O’Reilly, 17. Fraser Armstrong, 18. Tevita Mafileo, 19. Liam Mitchell, 20. Devan Flanders, 21. Jonathan Taumateine, 22. Peter Umaga-Jensen, 23. Wes Goosen.

What a shit selection.

For who prefers pictures:

[Yeetyaah]

@stargazer I'll repeat what I said earlier based on these selections, if the Chiefs are going to get a win it will be this game.

[Stargazer]

The positives of that Canes' line-up: Numia starting ahead of Armstrong, Campbell ahead of Taumateine.

The negatives: many, but particularly not starting Flanders, Leger at 10, PU-J on the bench and starting Proctor; O'Reilly on the bench instead of Thompson. Visinia should have been in the 23 instead of either the Bus or Goosen. Still no Toala. Grrrrrrrrrr

[mikey07]

@stargazer Ledger really? Glad Rayasi gets a start but seems to be pick the same old with Prinseep, Blackwell and Proctor.
I kinda wish and I know this is blasphemy but I want Jordie to go off with a very very minor injury so he can’t kick or cover 10 and watch the coaches squirm.

[Higgins]

@stargazer That backline looks like it would not pose much of a threat to most NPC backlines, numbers 11 and 15 excepted.

[Stargazer]

@mikey07 I'd even rather have Toala at 10 than Ledger. He's played there before and he's a really good goal kicker.

[Stargazer]

@yeetyaah Preferably with a hat-trick from Lowe.

[mikey07]

@stargazer Yeah Toala is another that has hardly been spotted which possibly like Rayasi will leave at the end of the year and who would blame him.

[Higgins]

@stargazer said in SRA Round 4: Hurricanes v Chiefs:

The positives of that Canes' line-up: Numia starting ahead of Armstrong, Campbell ahead of Taumateine.

The negatives: many, but particularly not starting Flanders, Leger at 10, PU-J on the bench and starting Proctor; O'Reilly on the bench instead of Thompson. Visinia should have been in the 23 instead of either the Bus or Goosen. Still no Toala. Grrrrrrrrrr

You could probably add Gareth Evans to your list of angsts as well. Would R Prinsep even make the HB contracted players list let alone the matchday 23 given we have some big huas in the team that are not often seen on the pitch?

[Stargazer]

@higgins I'm still not quite sure whether Evans is injured or not. That's why I didn't mention him. If Evans is fit, I'd prefer: a backrow of Evans, Ardie and Flanders, with Kirifi on the bench. I guess we'll have to wait and see who are playing for the Hunters on Saturday.