Waratahs v Hurricanes
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Tahs have been plucky the last month, and I expect them to be plucky again this weekend.
But they just don't have the class to match it with top opposition. They are fielding a fair few glorified clubbies, who toil away but never really impact the game.
The one to watch is Izzy Perese at 13, a Wallaby smokey who has come via the Reds and Brisbane Broncos. Quick, physical, good hands.
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Team management insisted the decision to rest the in-form Laumape this week was made before he told them on Monday night he was heading to France at the end of SRTT.
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@duluth said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:
Team management insisted the decision to rest the in-form Laumape this week was made before he told them on Monday night he was heading to France at the end of SRTT.
I could be giving the Hurricanes coaches too much credit here, but they probably had a good idea it was coming, and decided to plan for the future a little, regardless.
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Happy with the team, however would have rathered Roigard over Taumateine.
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@bovidae said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:
I would have thought Aso was the obvious outside back reserve as he could cover centre and wing. Jules into centre doesn't seem right...
They haven't selected Aso since the Hurricanes last match of SRA 2020 when he bizarrely kept running over the touchline and spilling regulation passes, and I don't blame them as Vince basically cost the Hurricanes 3 certain tries during that match.
I watched Vince play in NPC last year, he's just not very good, and he's injured quite a bit, pretty sure he's only been fit since last month.
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@frye said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:
@bones said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:
Hey Lomax, great decision to head to the canes eh?
Hasn't he started every game? And isn't this most likely just rotation given the Tahs are the worst team in the comp?
The Hurricanes are the worst NZ team in the competition thus hold the unwanted Wooden Spoon Trophy that also adorns their opponents Trophy Cabinet. Can they risk rotating given the significance of each competition's dunce outfits matching up against each other?
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@kiwi_expat said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:
@bovidae said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:
I would have thought Aso was the obvious outside back reserve as he could cover centre and wing. Jules into centre doesn't seem right...
They haven't selected Aso since the Hurricanes last match of SRA 2020 when he bizarrely kept running over the touchline and spilling regulation passes, and I don't blame them as Vince basically cost the Hurricanes 3 certain tries during that match.
I watched Vince play in NPC last year, he's just not very good, and he's injured quite a bit, pretty sure he's only been fit since last month.
That's incorrect. He's played in several Hurricanes Hunters' matches and has been playing club rugby from the start. He's only missed one club game.
He used to be good, but seems to have lost his way since his injuries. It may be the result of lost confidence, bad coaching, lack of game time or all of these things combined.
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@higgins said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:
@frye said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:
@bones said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:
Hey Lomax, great decision to head to the canes eh?
Hasn't he started every game? And isn't this most likely just rotation given the Tahs are the worst team in the comp?
The Hurricanes are the worst NZ team in the competition thus hold the unwanted Wooden Spoon Trophy that also adorns their opponents Trophy Cabinet. Can they risk rotating given the significance of each competition's dunce outfits matching up against each other?
Wooden Spoon in the NZ comp can come down to one refs decision or penalty kick.
I would truly say that the Canes weren't clearly the worst team, just the one that gathered the least points.
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@crucial yeah the Canes weren’t too bad, we had two last second losses to both of the eventual final contenders in the Chiefs and Crusaders despite having little to no experience in our halves.
The NZ comp is brutal, there isn’t much difference in performance from a team that is 2-6 vs a team in the final.
