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<p>When I die I hope the Canes lower me into my grave so they can let me down one last time!!</p>
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<p>What a way to F$%k up our season. A pretty straight forward game against the Reds is now going to be a struggle.</p>
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<p>Look on the bright side C4L. We might see a few more guys taking the field for their club teams on Saturday. Having said that I guess those that have been playing club rugby might now be required to suit up for the Canes on Saturday night.</p>
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<p>Thinking outside the square some of the non playing personnel do have a strong connection with Durban, it might just be some of them out catching up with some of their mates. Can anyone recall the last time a backroom/support person was stood down for such a misdemeanour? </p> -
<p>yeah you'd certainly hope it isn't any of the frontline players, and more so with the media attention the Warriors have had of late.</p>
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<p>I guess also knowing the full story will help too, it may have been they were due to be home by say 11 and a group of them rock in at 11.30...maybe a cab didn't turn up, maybe they were having a meal and the service was slow? What are the chances the media find out about the breach of curfew without knowing if there was valid reaons?</p>
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<p>That said, the fact it is making 'news', you'd have to assume it is a decent breach of their team rules?</p> -
<p>We may finally catch a glimpse of a rare Hurricane breed in Renton and Cridge who haven't been seen since signing for the Canes at the start of 2014. Renton has been playing 7 for OBU in Wellington club rugby, I didn't realize he was an open-side.</p>
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<p>yeah you'd certainly hope it isn't any of the frontline players, and more so with the media attention the Warriors have had of late.</p>
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<p>I guess also knowing the full story will help too, it may have been they were due to be home by say 11 and a group of them rock in at 11.30...maybe a cab didn't turn up, maybe they were having a meal and the service was slow? What are the chances the media find out about the breach of curfew without knowing if there was valid reaons?</p>
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<p>That said, the fact it is making 'news', you'd have to assume it is a decent breach of their team rules?</p>
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<p>It could be very minor, however the expression on Dane's face and his assumption that the team will look very different than normal suggests it is severe or Savea as some would put it. </p> -
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<p>We may finally catch a glimpse of a rare Hurricane breed in Renton and Cridge who haven't been seen since signing for the Canes at the start of 2014. Renton has been playing 7 for OBU in Wellington club rugby, I didn't realize he was an open-side.</p>
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<p>Renton didn't make the NZ team for the Oceania Cup or for the JWC so I assumed he was injured again. Has he actually been stringing a few games together?</p> -
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/games-results.php?competition=1&season=12&round=9 '>http://www.clubrugby.co.nz/wellington/games-results.php?competition=1&season=12&round=9 </a></p>
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<p>Renton didn't make the NZ team for the Oceania Cup or for the JWC so I assumed he was injured again. Has he actually been stringing a few games together?</p>
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<p>There is no mention of him not being considered because of injury in the article announcing the team on the NZRFU website.</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.allblacks.com/News/29146/nz-squad-named-for-world-rugby-under-20-championship'>http://www.allblacks.com/News/29146/nz-squad-named-for-world-rugby-under-20-championship</a></p>
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<p>I think he has only played 2 games of Club Rugby since returning from injury so probably just needs a bit of time to return to full fitness.</p>
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<p>Id say the selectors have not seen enough of him to take a gamble on him for the Jnr RWC. </p> -
<p>They did not see him play at all the season he was awarded his first Hurricanes contract as he was missed the entire season for his school team through injury. That did not count against him them and this time he has managed to play some games at club level for them to gauge his ability against men, something that cannot be said for Alex Fidow who has not yet taken the field for the Oriental-Rongotai premier team.</p>
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<p>It will be interesting to see how good he actually is then. He must have quite a high skill set.</p>
<p>Fidow came off the bench in round 5. I only know that as that game was televised on Grass Roots Rugby.</p> -
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<p>There is no mention of him not being considered because of injury in the article announcing the team on the NZRFU website.</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.allblacks.com/News/29146/nz-squad-named-for-world-rugby-under-20-championship'>http://www.allblacks.com/News/29146/nz-squad-named-for-world-rugby-under-20-championship</a></p>
<p>Maybe he is not rated by the selectors of those teams?</p>
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<p>There is no mention of anyone being injured, though and I'm pretty sure someone must be (Peter Umaga-Jenson, for example).</p> -
<p>PUJ has to be injured, plus he went off injured in that first game against Aus. Surely he was good enough to make the RWC Squad.</p>
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<p>Emerson though had a blinder and didn't make it so maybe they just didn't feel like Peter was playing well enough to warrant selection. Everyone that has seen him play knows full well what he is capable of. </p>
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<p>In regards to Renton it was mentioned in the initial Oceania squad that he was injured so maybe they just don't think that he has had enough time in the saddle to perform by the time RWC comes around.</p> -
<p>From Hawke's Bay Today:<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#333333;">Lowe and loosie Marino Mikaele-Tu'u were the only Hawke's Bay players out of the five who travelled with the Baby Blacks team which won the recent Oceania Championship in Australia to get the nod for Manchester.</span><br>
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Magpies head coach Craig Philpott, who is an assistant coach of the national team, said the other three, Emerson and frontrowers Mason Kean and Pouri Rakete-Stones, along with Magpies loosie <strong>Hugh Renton, who recently returned to club play in the capital</strong>, are among 10 players in a wider training group who are on standby in case of injuries.</span></span><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mason [Emerson] went very close with some strong performances and put his best foot forward. But he was up against two guys who are already proven at the next level," Philpott said in reference to Chiefs player Shaun Stevenson and Blues player Jordan Trainor.</span></span><br>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Kean was hindered by an injury across the Ta$man and Rakete-Stones will be eligible for the Baby Blacks next year.</span></span></p>
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<p> <br><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=11637287'>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503460&objectid=11637287</a></p> -
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<p>Does holding a HBRFU contract make you a Magpie? I would not classify him as one until he has actually taken part in an official first class fixture played by the first xv.</p>
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<p>No, it doesn't, but Renton was named in the Magpies squad in August last year. That officially made him a Magpie, but yeah, I do agree with what you're saying. I even find it difficult to see Cridge as a Magpie, because he only played a few minutes in one game in 2014 before he ended up in the sinbin and was never seen again.</p> -
<p>TV1 in thier headlines and one I heard on the radio are reporting 5 have been dropped, but nothing online says this...</p>
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Hawkes Bay will have a bloody talented squad if they can get all players on the field fit and firing. Im not sure if you Magpies supporters know but you were able to nab 3 promising players out of St Pats Town in Welington. <br><br>
Article on them also came out today. <br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://m.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11637282">http://m.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11637282</a><br><br>
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<p>Hawkes Bay will have a bloody talented squad if they can get all players on the field fit and firing. Im not sure if you Magpies supporters know but you were able to nab <strong>3 promising players out of St Pats Town</strong> in Welington.<br><br>
Article on them also came out today.<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://m.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11637282">http://m.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11637282</a><br><br>
The Mags will have three promising no8s at their disposale. Mikaele Tu'u, Renton and Brighouse.</p>
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<p>Yes, we know this for a while (<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/college-sport/73839362/St-Pats-Town-Premier-1-winning-trio-sign-with-Hawkes-Bay-Rugby-Union'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/college-sport/73839362/St-Pats-Town-Premier-1-winning-trio-sign-with-Hawkes-Bay-Rugby-Union</a>). I doubt Hannon Brighouse (<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">loose forward</span>), <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Jack Nelson-Murray (flanker) and Zac Donaldson (</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">halfback</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">) will make the Magpies though; they might first be tested in the development squad (HB Saracens).</span></p>
