Hurricanes v Western Force
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@Winger said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
Well I was a little off but hey, good to see Daniel Sinkinson get a debut and interesting to see Harry Godfrey start at fullback. Understandable considering Moorby needs a rest, Proctor aswell for that matter.
Agree. Will watch with interest how both go. Surprised that Lakai isn't starting at 8. And hope Blackwell doesn't drop too many balls this match.
Good also to see Higgins in the reserves. Hope to see him getting reasonable game time at 2nd 5. Maybe if they manage a good lead and Barrett moving to FB. With Cameron or Godfrey off depending on how both are playing
I wonder who does the goal kicking? Cameron was VG last week
Cameron seems like a sharp shooter at close range so I’m happy for him to take the close kicks and Barrett to take the longer kicks.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
So those rested or unavailable for this game are: Ardie Savea, Asafo Aumua, TJ Perenara, Xavier Numia, Justin Sangster, Caleb Delany, Jacob Devery, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Tyler Laubscher, Ruben Love, Billy Proctor, Josh Moorby, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Julian Savea, Pasilio Tosi, Reed Prinsep
Where did you get this from?
Details were on the Canes website in recent weeks. But not this week. One improvement to keep the fans informed they can only keep up for a few weeks perhaps
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Winger All contracted Hurricanes players minus the matchday 23?
Pretty much.
I saw someone commented on the Hurricanes post asking where Ruben Love was, the Hurricanes replied but only said he was unavailable because of injury. I wish they provided more detail like other franchises.
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Devan Flanders injured in Hurricanes training on Friday and has been replaced by TK Howden. Wellington’s Hugo Plummer comes onto the bench.
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@Canes4life Bugger. What kind of injury/how bad?
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life Bugger. What kind of injury/how bad?
Cramp.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life Bugger. What kind of injury/how bad?
Typically the Canes haven’t said what injury occurred but I’m surprised they’ve called up Plummer, who despite being an up and coming lock only managed limited mins for the Lions this year.
Players on rest must not be able to be called upon.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life Bugger. What kind of injury/how bad?
Typically the Canes haven’t said what injury occurred but I’m surprised they’ve called up Plummer, who despite being an up and coming lock only managed limited mins for the Lions this year.
Players on rest must not be able to be called upon.
Who would they call up. IWL could be if he's not injured I guess. Ardie I think must be rested this week
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@Winger said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life Bugger. What kind of injury/how bad?
Typically the Canes haven’t said what injury occurred but I’m surprised they’ve called up Plummer, who despite being an up and coming lock only managed limited mins for the Lions this year.
Players on rest must not be able to be called upon.
Who would they call up
Walker-Leawere, Lakai etc.
Plummer is a lock so he’s not necessarily a like for like replacement for Flanders.
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@Canes4life lakais in the team. Maybe IWL is injured
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Winger said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life Bugger. What kind of injury/how bad?
Typically the Canes haven’t said what injury occurred but I’m surprised they’ve called up Plummer, who despite being an up and coming lock only managed limited mins for the Lions this year.
Players on rest must not be able to be called upon.
Who would they call up
Walker-Leawere, Lakai etc.
Plummer is a lock so he’s not necessarily a like for like replacement for Flanders.
Then why are you suggesting IWL? He's a lock, too.
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@Winger said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life lakais in the team. Maybe IWL is injured
Oh he is too.
Yeah not sure, maybe has a niggle and due to big mins they might not want to risk him.
On Plummer, he is a very accurate player and shouldn’t let the jersey down but he also hasn’t had too much pro experience. Will be interested to see how he gets on.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Winger said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Western Force:
@Canes4life Bugger. What kind of injury/how bad?
Typically the Canes haven’t said what injury occurred but I’m surprised they’ve called up Plummer, who despite being an up and coming lock only managed limited mins for the Lions this year.
Players on rest must not be able to be called upon.
Who would they call up
Walker-Leawere, Lakai etc.
Plummer is a lock so he’s not necessarily a like for like replacement for Flanders.
IWL is a player that could easily jump in at 6 if needed and is already in the squad. Would have made more sense than calling in a complete rookie like Plummer. But if he’s got a niggle then I guess that isn’t an option.
This is why it’s painful that the Canes don’t update us on injuries. It would be great to know the extent of injuries to guys like Delany and Sangster who would usually have been playing instead of someone like Plummer.
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In Palmy! On behalf of all other NZs, I'd like to apologize to the Force payers.
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@KiwiMurph absolutely, would have been a a whole lot of yellow seats had this been played in the capital, I apologise on behalf on rugby watchers for the yellow empty seats
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