Waratahs v Hurricanes

[Bovidae]

@antipodean said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:

A consolation try because Rayasi is a spastic who runs himself out of space and then hurls the ball infield to no-one.

Rayasi also looks slow, even compared to Savea.

[Derpus]

@stargazer only 3 more defenders beaten but 9 more clean breaks. Clear sign their defensive system is fucked sideways.

[Canes4life]

@bovidae he looks slow, but if you see him live he actually moves fairly quickly. He’s got a weird running style, it feels like he’s not running his hardest but so think he is. Needs to learn to keep in the field of play.

[Stargazer]

Hurricanes tackle stats (tackles made - tackles missed:

best tacklers:
Flanders 12 - 0
Blackwell 13 - 2
Kirifi 12 - 1
Fidow 12 - 2

best back: Proctor 7 - 0

worst tacklers:
J Savea 3 - 5
Rayasi 1-1
Umaga-Jensen 4 - 3
Leger 2-1 (showing the weakness of stats: he often didn't even try, so can't be recorded as missing a tackle)

[Duluth]

@stargazer said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:

worst tacklers:
J Savea 3 - 5
Rayasi 1-1
Umaga-Jensen 4 - 3
Leger 2-1 (showing the weakness of stats: he often didn't even try, so can't be recorded as missing a tackle)

… and IWL missed 5

[Stargazer]

@duluth ... but made 13, so he's wasn't great, but not terrible either.

[Stargazer]

[Canes4life]

@stargazer no one was excellent tonight. Plenty of work to do. Hopefully Love is okay.

Should get Perenara back now though.

[Duluth]

@stargazer

It’s shit

IWL was one of the worst Canes tacklers.

[Stargazer]

@duluth Oh, okay, if you say so.

[Duluth]

@stargazer

You made a list of the worst Canes tacklers and left off a guy with 5 misses.
I’m shocked you made such an obvious mistake and left off that Hawkes Bay player

[Stargazer]

@duluth I also looked at tackle %, not just the absolute numbers. Who he plays for in NPC had nothing to do with it.

[Duluth]

@stargazer

I’m starting to think every comment you make on the Hurricanes is coloured by petty provincialism

[Stargazer]

@duluth Then you're obviously wrong.

[Stargazer]

A few more stats:

Fast or not, Rayasi made an impressive 174 metres from 17 runs. No one else came close. Impressive it may be, it also says a lot about the Tahs.

The next two are Jack Maddocks with 109 metres from 12 runs and Julian Savea with 103 metres from 10 runs.

Best of the rest was Kirifi with 66 metres from 10 runs.

Savea made the most clean breaks (5) and shares the top spot for defenders beaten with Rayasi (7).

Rayasi was also responsible for most conceded turnovers (3).

Only 3 Hurricanes players won a turnover, that's half the number of the Waratahs.

[Stargazer]

Not sure whether anyone wants to watch this, but posting it anyway.

[KiwiMurph]

This game reminded of those crazy high scoring Super games in the 90s in Africa

[Stargazer]

@kiwimurph Southern Kings? Cheetahs?

Oh, wait, you said 90s.

[KiwiMurph]

@stargazer yeah I think I was thinking of Sharks 75–43 Highlanders in 1997.

[Canerbry]

@duluth said in Waratahs v Hurricanes:

@stargazer

I’m starting to think every comment you make on the Hurricanes is coloured by petty provincialism

Welcome to the fuckin Fern.