Hurricanes v Crusaders
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@stargazer to be fair from the limited minutes I’ve seen of Toala he looks like a genuine talent. I’m sure injuries will happen at some stage and he will get an opportunity some where, just hope he takes it with both hands, whether it’s at the Canes or another kiwi franchise.
It’s would suck if he decided to go elsewhere but maybe the Pasifika team could be an option for him.
Speaking of former Hastings boys players, what happened to Kini Nahalo?
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The below highlights of Ardie show exactly why he should be in the number 7 jersey for the All Blacks. Is it me or has he really improved the physical side of his game? The way he man handled Scott Barrett was something else.
Apart from maybe Jordie vs the Landers, that performance on Sunday by Ardie was the best showing by any Canes player for some time.
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@canes4life I think he's in the Chiefs Dev squad, but still or again injured? @Bovidae can maybe confirm.
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@canes4life did a lot of that with a duff knee
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@machpants hope it isn’t the last we see of him this season.
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@mackerzzzz said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
Laumape is like Lomu
Get him angry and boy you need to watch out
You don't really have to try hard
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@kiwimurph said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@booboo the Stan feed didn't cut out - they just cut to a stadium camera in place of the ads. Once the 'ad' break was over they carried on the coverage.
Wasn't watching live, but my feed cut back to menu about a minute after the Dg.
Edit: dg not dr
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@chris-b spot on with your summary, small moments come down to having the leaders making the right decisions.
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@stargazer said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@canes4life I think he's in the Chiefs Dev squad, but still or again injured? @Bovidae can maybe confirm.
Naholo must be training with the Chiefs as he was in a photo last week. You can check their SM pages if you want. He didn't play for Taranaki in the CCCC or for the Chiefs Dev team.
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@act-crusader said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@chris-b said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@arhs said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
Campbell was much better than Hall too. Thought Whitelock and Bridge both went well.
For some reason, Hall looked really laboured out there.
Bridge started really well. I noticed him less as the game went on. Will Jordan was the opposite - which makes me wonder if they play the same role a bit much and Big Leicester is a better fit if Jordan is at fullback?
Maybe the converse when Havili is at fullback.
Leicester at centre was a real handful for the Canes defence. He always seems to beat the first tackle (or at the very least stand them up).
Yeah. Liked him at 13
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@act-crusader said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@crazy-horse Douglas is a good NPC player and that’s it in my opinion.
We are missing Todd’s breakdown work and more importantly his link play. None of our current crop seem to support in attack.
Been good enough in previous years. Super I'd his ceiling if he's playing to capacity and those around him are too.
I terms of 6/8 at the Sader's he's being Grace (even given second season syndrome). Bkackadder and Sanders. At least.
Good player, but just there only.
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@act-crusader said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@crazy-horse Douglas is a good NPC player and that’s it in my opinion.
We are missing Todd’s breakdown work and more importantly his link play. None of our current crop seem to support in attack.
Thought Christie looked like he had some mongrel about him.
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@cantab79 said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@act-crusader said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@tim said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@act-crusader Sione Havili is a good tackler but is more of a 6.5 type of player.
I agree. He’s active in defence but we need a bit more attack from our loosies.
His problem is that he isn't a pilfering threat at the breakdown and he doesn't feature with ball in hand. Which to be honest you could say the same about all our backrow options
Liked how Bkackadder had been carrying
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@chris-b said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@act-crusader said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@crazy-horse Douglas is a good NPC player and that’s it in my opinion.
We are missing Todd’s breakdown work and more importantly his link play. None of our current crop seem to support in attack.
A few years back Dunshea had a storming game for an invitation XV vs the B&I Lions, yet he's barely featured in the loose forwards since as far as I can recall. They're shifting SBarrett to 6.
He's been excellent from the bench the last couple of games has Dunshea.
Sanders should be better for his run.
Dunshea
Loose forwardsQue?
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@foobanz Rayasi is on the outer as they didn't like that he made himself available for the 7s last year and Holland hates a showboat. And hes been offered an extension (not sure how long hes currently signed for) but hasn't re-signed which has seen him slip down the pecking order.
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@nogusta said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@foobanz Rayasi is on the outer as they didn't like that he made himself available for the 7s last year and Holland hates a showboat. And hes been offered an extension (not sure how long hes currently signed for) but hasn't re-signed which has seen him slip down the pecking order.
Rayasi's contract expires after this SR season.
The Hurricanes are the franchise with the most player contracts expiring this year; quite a lot more than other franchises (disclaimer: as far as contract duration has been made public).
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@nogusta said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:
@foobanz Rayasi is on the outer as they didn't like that he made himself available for the 7s last year and Holland hates a showboat. And hes been offered an extension (not sure how long hes currently signed for) but hasn't re-signed which has seen him slip down the pecking order.
Holland sounds like a retard if that is the attitude.
