Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022
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Love was brilliant coming on, that Umaga-Jensen / Sullivan combo caught fire in that last 15 and Iose was exceptional.
Wake up Holland you donkey!
Hard luck Blues, you looked bloody good for a lot of that game.
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@machpants said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
FFS Ardie bashers need to watch his game, he's everywhere
He's a good Super rugby level player - that's for sure.
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@bovidae said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
A fun game to watch. Happy that Bailyn played well.
The Canes need to start with the 9-10-12-13 combo that finished the game. So much better than the crap that started. J Savea better on the wing.
I was very impressed by bailyn, disagree about savea, he's to slow for the wing. Really he's a bench option nowadays. Love needs took stay, garden bloke needs to retire, and Blackwell & Princep need removal to. See the difference Ioase made, with Gibson and saves, that's a good trio.
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@african-monkey said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
I go back to the stupid Nock intercept pass at 32-21 which gave the ball back to the canes which changed the whole thing. Fucken stupid pass to a guy standing in our backline.
Good comeback Canes but we should have closed the fucker out (Nock, I'm looking at you).
Yeah as a Nock fan he was terrible. He's done that before coming off the bench too. Very very loose.
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@frank said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@machpants said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
FFS Ardie bashers need to watch his game, he's everywhere
He's a good Super rugby level player - that's for sure.
And voted by ABs players best in the ABs two years running, so best at international level to. I'll take their opinions over most others
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@arhs said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@chris said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
If the Canes get up today .
Holland will be a genius HaHa.You said it.
HaHa Genuis mate
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@machpants said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@frank said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@machpants said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
FFS Ardie bashers need to watch his game, he's everywhere
He's a good Super rugby level player - that's for sure.
And voted by ABs players best in the ABs two years running, so best at international level to. I'll take their opinions over most others
Not exactly a high bar the last 2 years.....
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@Canes4life come on mate lap it up and give us some gloating. I'd be going off it was my team.
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@kiwimurph said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@machpants said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@frank said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@machpants said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
FFS Ardie bashers need to watch his game, he's everywhere
He's a good Super rugby level player - that's for sure.
And voted by ABs players best in the ABs two years running, so best at international level to. I'll take their opinions over most others
Not exactly a high bar the last 2 years.....
If you didn’t think Ardie played well tonight I think you’re just a hater. He was everywhere, just like last week.
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@canes4life said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@kiwimurph said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@machpants said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@frank said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@machpants said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
FFS Ardie bashers need to watch his game, he's everywhere
He's a good Super rugby level player - that's for sure.
And voted by ABs players best in the ABs two years running, so best at international level to. I'll take their opinions over most others
Not exactly a high bar the last 2 years.....
If you didn’t think Ardie played well tonight I think you’re just a hater.
No I put my hand up it was a stupid comment from a disappointed Blues fan.
What I really meant was he usually has these huge match turning moments but this time saved it for the last second.
Having said that - he should be playing 7 not 8.
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@kiwimurph said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
@african-monkey said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
I go back to the stupid Nock intercept pass at 32-21 which gave the ball back to the canes which changed the whole thing. Fucken stupid pass to a guy standing in our backline.
Good comeback Canes but we should have closed the fucker out (Nock, I'm looking at you).
Yeah as a Nock fan he was terrible. He's done that before coming off the bench too. Very very loose.
That’s just rubbish. Two tries in 5 minutes is why they lost. Nothing else.
They subbed Clarke and Tele’a rushes off his wing and leaves Rayasi unmarked. Man that was such a poor decision.
RTS gets palmed off at half way and they score.
That’s why the Blues lost.
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@kiwimurph allgood, I make those statements all the time.
To be fair, from memory he stopped the Blues from scoring in the first few minutes of the game which can now be seen as a big moment also.
Big players stand up in big moments and that’s what makes him so bloody good.
Defs should be playing 7. Iose should be starting 8 with Flanders at 6.
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Closing backline for the Canes was so potent. Thought Holland may have hoped to run blues off their feet at the end with lack of matchplay fitness.
Great to see Bailyn Sullivan so influential and the big turnaround with the half back substitutions. And Iose needs to start for the Canes.
Felt sorry for Goodhue after his whale of a game and RTS and Telea were very sharp.
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Great comeback from the Canes. It can't be a coincidence it started when two Magpies were brought on.
I wonder if the lack of game time counted against the Blues at the end?
Funny different things can be for players when they move teams. Lowe couldn't make a reserve bench at the Canes and goes to the Chiefs and becomes a regular starter, and the Sullivan comes from the Chiefs and has a starring role for the Canes.
Despite the commentators overhyping him RTS had a decent game that last miss aside. Pretty good for his first game of rugby in 10 years. Him and Hungus Ioane could be a lethal midfield going forward. Hopefully the Canes back Rayasi and give him starts even if it means leaving Fatty Savea sitting on the sidelines.
Goodhue was decent but it helps when you're opposing one lock in the opposition lineout. Choat looked better than Gibson, who it appears managed to not get injured.
Was it knock who just passed the ball straight to a Canes player? WTF was he thinking?
Enjoyable game even if the result didn't go the way I was hoping.
