Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022
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@canes4life I see Pet Prinsep is back starting too
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I’d have put Savea at 12, and UJ at 13. Savea may not have the step, but he can fix the defensive line, keeps his shoulders square and doesn’t crab. He is actaully what the ABs need too, not him, but someone who can do that.
But yes, his defence ain’t great.
And Princep jeysus, if Blues loosies all fit, they’ll monster the break down.
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Prinsep, Blackwell & JGB
Lol what a nightmare.
Man PUJ must be wondering what to do, makes the ABs, plays really well, and the next season gets benched most of the time. This year plays one game, and gets benched for J Savea at 12. What a joke.
Iose, Ardie & Flanders should be the back row.
Love & PUJ should be in that back line. It would look lethal with them at 10 & 12.
On a positive note, good to see Rayasi and Sullivan in there.
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@bovidae too much averageness in that Canes team. Booth, Garden-Bachop, Savea at 12, Prinsep, Blackwell. It looks like an NPC side.
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@dice said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
Since we're playing the Canes, I thought I'd post this classic try.
Probably the best try we've scored against the Canes.
https://streamable.com/5tievsgod i miss Joey Rocs and Spencer
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What I don't get is that if Holland wanted to play Savea in the midfield he should have done it in pre-season.
What the f#ck is the point of pre-season, just a waste of time if the team structure doesn't resemble what's going to happen during the season proper.
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THE BOYS ALL SET FOR SUPER RUGBY PACIFIC OPENER — Blues Rugby
The Blues will welcome eight All Blacks, past or present, into their line-up for the first appearance in the DHL Super Rugby Pacific. They take on the Hurricanes, who impressed in their opening loss against the Crusaders, at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on Saturday night.
1 Alex Hodgman (42)
2 Kurt Eklund (24)
3 Nepo Laulala (13)
4 Josh Goodhue (38)
5 Luke Romano (0)
6 Tom Robinson (34)
7 Adrian Choat (5)
8 Hoskins Sotutu (24)
9 Finlay Christie (18)
10 Harry Plummer (44)
11 Caleb Clarke (27)
12 Roger Tuivasa-Scheck (0)
13 Rieko Ioane (73)
14 Mark Telea (25)
15 Zarn Sullivan (7)16 Ricky Riccitelli
17 Ofa Tuungafasi (107)
18 Marcel Renata (19)
19 Sam Darry (5)
20 Anton Segner (0)
21 Sam Nock (41)
22 Stephen Perofeta (31)
23 Tanielu Tele’a (13)Key players missing with injuries include All Blacks Beauden Barrett and captain Dalton Papalii, both recovering from head knocks, and Akira Ioane -
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@canes4life said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
What I don't get is that if Holland wanted to play Savea in the midfield he should have done it in pre-season.
What the f#ck is the point of pre-season, just a waste of time if the team structure doesn't resemble what's going to happen during the season proper.
Well said. It just shows they don't have any idea.
Making drastic changes to your team after week 1 means whatever plan you have you've already ditched. Are we not thinking ahead? Did they not trust their plan for the season?
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@canes4life gee, that is bad. I think in the Boyd era we had the highest winning percentage (even if only 1 title - should have been 2 haha).
I wonder if Boyd would ever come back to the Canes.
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@foobanz you're not wrong. The Hurricanes as an organisation seem to be floating along without any real consequence. Win, lose or draw no one in the media seems to care anymore which is a sad state. As I've said previously this organisation needs a complete cleanout.
When was the last time we heard from the G.M?
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@foobanz said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@canes4life said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
What I don't get is that if Holland wanted to play Savea in the midfield he should have done it in pre-season.
What the f#ck is the point of pre-season, just a waste of time if the team structure doesn't resemble what's going to happen during the season proper.
Well said. It just shows they don't have any idea.
Making drastic changes to your team after week 1 means whatever plan you have you've already ditched. Are we not thinking ahead? Did they not trust their plan for the season?
It's stranger than that. The Canes backline last week looked very sharp at times. Surely that means that you then work on building that to be most of the time/all of the time rather than change it out.
As Isaid I amlooking forward to seeing Jules at 12 but I am alsonot sure it is needed. Or at least have PUJ at 13 -
