Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season)

[Daffy Jaffy]

@number9 said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):

Laban's commentary was terrible.

He never even registered or acknowledged that they played uncontested scrums for the last part of the game.

[taniwharugby]

@daffy-jaffy I know it was only NPC pre-season, but Ekuasi was excellent v Northland last year, think he was at 7nthen too.

[taniwharugby]

@daffy-jaffy think the editor got a bit wrong, the Blues scored the try in the corner, then Love did his conversion to go 14-0 up, then Blues conversion haha

[Daffy Jaffy]

@taniwharugby lol. I did not watch it as I saw the game live. It is an amateur fans channel I came across that uploads a lot of lower tier rugby highlights.

[Tim]

'We haven't practised this': Blues win but conditions not suited for Roger Tuivasa-Sheck in debut

The Blues have come away with a 28-21 win over the Hurricanes in wet conditions in a spectator-free pre-season clash at Rugby League park in Wellington.

[Tim]

[Bones]

@tim Was that Nock at halfback for most of the highlights? Looked to be doing an excellent job in shitty weather.

[Tim]

@bones Nock played 2nd half, and Lisati Milo-Harris played the 1st half (WTG backup).

[Duluth]

@bones said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):

Was that Nock at halfback for most of the highlights? Looked to be doing an excellent job in shitty weather.

Yeah, Nock played well and made a big impact.

He was helped by the Blues getting their shit together after a rough start. In the first half the Blues had very little phase play because of errors/penalties

Nock looked sharp despite the lack of rugby. I was surprised how well most of the northern NPC players went given the extra long covid break

[Kirwan]

@duluth said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):

@bones said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):

Was that Nock at halfback for most of the highlights? Looked to be doing an excellent job in shitty weather.

Yeah, Nock played well and made a big impact.

He was helped by the Blues getting their shit together after a rough start. In the first half the Blues had very little phase play because of errors/penalties

Nock looked sharp despite the lack of rugby. I was surprised how well most of the northern NPC players went given the extra long covid break

Hoping it is a blessing in disguise for some of them to have a prolonged break, get their bodies right.

[KiwiMurph]

@duluth said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):

Nock looked sharp despite the lack of rugby.

Remember Northland didn't have their season ended. They returned to play out the end of the NPC.

[Duluth]

@kiwimurph

Oops, yes I forgot

[mariner4life]

@duluth said in Hurricanes v Blues (pre-season):

@kiwimurph

Oops, yes I forgot

it's Northland, totally understandable