Wellington v Hawkes Bay
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Hawkes Bay defence has been superb
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@canes4life lions far too individual
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@nepia looks like they came together yesterday. Absolutely no urgency at all.
Their performance is a reflection of the wider organisation as a whole.
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@canes4life said in Wellington v Hawkes Bay:
@nepia looks like they came together yesterday. Absolutely no urgency at all.
Their performance is a reflection of the wider organisation as a whole.
Hopefully it continues into the second half.
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Hoping that the Hurricanes coaching staff can finally open their eyes and recognise that their best loose head prop is Pouri Rakete Stones ..
Numia & Fidow are getting owned and yet they are always part of the match day 23 when Canes teams are selected.
Great to see former Northland boy Namatahi Waa going great guns ,Nums looks fitter than I have ever seen him . -
@steven-harris said in Wellington v Hawkes Bay:
Hoping that the Hurricanes coaching staff can finally open their eyes and recognise that their best loose head prop is Pouri Rakete Stones ..
Numia & Fidow are getting owned and yet they are always part of the match day 23 when Canes teams are selected.
Great to see former Northland boy Namatahi Waa going great guns ,Nums looks fitter than I have ever seen him .I didn't know he was from up your way, I also didn't know he went to Te Aute either. For some reason I always thought he was from Wellington!
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BOOM! Another Wellington scalp! And the score is flattering them as well!
And we have too many walking (and non-walking) wounded. Stacey Ili off injured. Rakete-Stones stayed on, but grabbing his painful shoulder all the time. Ash Dixon also not 100% in the 2nd half (leg injury?)
The bye next week will hopefully help to get a few guys back to health.
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Lincoln McClutchie was again outstanding. He's made some fine try assists already, this season. Kicking well, too. Played a lot better than both Wellington 10s.
Jonah Lowe and Lolagi Visinia also very good. Our frontrow looking very strong, with our pack absolutely dominating the scrum.I heard on the radio commentary that the weird Wellington selections were not due to injuries. The Wellington commentators were of the opinion that the Wellington coaching staff underestimated the Magpies, which would be pretty stupid if true. While Wellington came back in the 2nd half, mostly thanks to Bay boy Tyrone Thompson, it was a lacklustre performance from the Lions, despite the Magpies also not playing their best game with so many players in the injury ward.
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@stargazer said in Wellington v Hawkes Bay:
I heard on the radio commentary that the weird Wellington selections were not due to injuries.
I find that hard to believe, Plumtree for example would have been starting if he was available, at the very least a reserve lock over Thompson.
Not taking anything away from Hawkes Bay but we also still have a few players missing aswell. However, once again led by Ash Dixon HB dominated up front and set a great platform for their backs to do their thing. A great first half so well done.
On Wellington, they need to shift Love back to 10. We just look so much better when he’s running the cutter. As a whole, we aren’t playing as a team and we look highly disinterested across the board.
Blackwell showed in this game why he gets the shit that he gets on the Fern. Absolute dire performance from him, falling off tackles left right and centre and getting dominated by his opposition. Fidow was also crap, Ive had plenty of patience with him but he just isn’t cutting it and I think the Canes need to depart ways with him.
The BoP v Wellington game could be a battle for relegation at this point.
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@canes4life I think you were lucky to have Thompson on the field, with his two tries in the 8 minutes he played. He should have been Wellington's starting hooker. Today's starter was terrible and O'Reilly wasn't much better.
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@stargazer of course he should have been, he probably would have been aswell but Thompson had a game to forget last week which would have counted against him when they selected this weeks team.
Anyway it’s history now, at least it wasn’t a Bay sweep over Wellington this w.e with the Wellington Under 19s thumping HB on Saturday. Our top team could really do with Riley Higgins, I don’t care if he’s 19, he really does look like an impressive footballer.
