Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
The future is looking pretty good with a Roigard, Cameron, and Jodie axis.
Add in Ruben Love at fullback when he comes back in and that’s a handy playmaking axis.
The Hurricanes really are growing some good depth in most areas, just hope we can keep everyone together for the next 4-5 years.
When you think of who wasn’t available last night, we could almost name a 2nd XV that’s nearly as strong as the one that took the field against MP. The key to winning Super Rugby is your squad depth and the XV of players below shows the Canes are building that depth required to compete to a high standard consistently.
An XV of Canes players that didn’t feature last night just goes to show the quality of depth developing.
- Rakete-Stones
- Coles (rested)
- Lomax (rested)
- Blackwell
- Sangster (currently injured)
- Delany (currently injured)
- Kirifi
- Laubscher (currently injured)
- Perenara (currently injured)
- Morgan (concussion issues)
- Naiduki
- Barrett (rested) / Higgins
- Umaga-Jensen (currently injured)
- Sinkinson
- Love (currently injured)
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@Canes4life They are pretty close to being the form team of the comp and possibly have the most depth of any of the franchises. A lot of this success probably has been springboarded by the success of the Wellington Lions at NPC level.
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@Derpus said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life Moana Pacifika are shite. Basically a home for retirees or blokes waiting to be pinched by the ABs or northern hemisphere.
Or pinched by the Wallabies.
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Possibly has to do with pulling all the islands together under one roof. Concept similar to the Lions. Sometimes it works, other years not so much. Coaches make a huge difference. Lealifano is the glue for the team though.
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@SBW1 said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life They are pretty close to being the form team of the comp and possibly have the most depth of any of the franchises. A lot of this success probably has been springboarded by the success of the Wellington Lions at NPC level.
Might be a Chiefs vs Hurricanes final this year, Canes are riding a wave behind a NPC winning Lions contingent. Chiefs have a squad that's peaking also.
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@kiwi_expat said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@SBW1 said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life They are pretty close to being the form team of the comp and possibly have the most depth of any of the franchises. A lot of this success probably has been springboarded by the success of the Wellington Lions at NPC level.
Might be a Chiefs vs Hurricanes final this year, Canes are riding a wave behind a NPC winning Lions contingent. Chiefs have a squad that's peaking also.
But Crusaders have all but one forward in ABs, or NZ XV or Pacific test teams, and a lot of back depth too. It is all about the best team you can field for knockouts - and Crusaders will have the edge regardless
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@Jailbreak7 said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
Possibly has to do with pulling all the islands together under one roof. Concept similar to the Lions. Sometimes it works, other years not so much. Coaches make a huge difference. Lealifano is the glue for the team though.
I really don't think that has anything to do with it. Every NZ team essentially pulls all the islands and two big ones from NZ together under one roof.
They just have a poor selector-coach. Mauger's not up to it. TBH, there's a PI coach out of a job currently who will be a better bet than Mauger - MP should snap up Rennie. He's used to working with castaways usually to success (Chiefs won Super, the Poo were competitive despite their poor resources and shitty home town, granted, the clusterfuck that was Oz rugby was a bridge too far, but I feel Eddie will benefit from the building he did there).
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@ARHS said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@kiwi_expat said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@SBW1 said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life They are pretty close to being the form team of the comp and possibly have the most depth of any of the franchises. A lot of this success probably has been springboarded by the success of the Wellington Lions at NPC level.
Might be a Chiefs vs Hurricanes final this year, Canes are riding a wave behind a NPC winning Lions contingent. Chiefs have a squad that's peaking also.
But Crusaders have all but one forward in ABs, or NZ XV or Pacific test teams, and a lot of back depth too. It is all about the best team you can field for knockouts - and Crusaders will have the edge regardless
and FABC-Scott Robertson.
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@kiwi_expat Hard to judge the Canes based on the opposition they've beaten so far. The one decent side they've played, they lost so the jury is still out on them imo.
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That Chiefs game in a few weeks will be a good marker at where the Canes are at. Win that and that will be well positioned to attack the second half of the season.
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@Canes4life can't wait for that one! Home game I believe?
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@foobaNZ said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life can't wait for that one! Home game I believe?
Yeah home game I believe, with two very winnable games coming up for the Canes, that game will be a good chance to make a statement before the bye.
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@Canes4life said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@foobaNZ said in Moana Pasifika v Hurricanes:
@Canes4life can't wait for that one! Home game I believe?
Yeah home game I believe, with two very winnable games coming up for the Canes, that game will be a good chance to make a statement before the bye.
Geez might have to see what I can arrange, came down to Caketin for Chiefs game last year, really enjoyed it.
