Hurricanes v Chiefs
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:
So Devan Flanders is playing & injured. What a talented man.
Is Cory Jane the reason Julian Savea keeps getting selected? Surely Kini Naholo is the man for that 14 jersey.
Stands out too (Flanders) so no excuse really. But at least they do an injured list now which is better than before. But Canes organization doesn't seem to give a toss regarding keeping the fans updated. If they did they would give more info on players including a brief update on injured players and expected return game.
But good to see Flanders back. He's got excellent ball skills that the likes of especially Blackwell (and others too) lack. I know they have other attributes but passing to the ground or dropping the ball or throwing a poor pass doesn't help our attacking options.
Regarding the game. I thought if the Canes were as lucky as Wellington last year with injuries they might have a chance of being the overall winner. But not to be. Cameron (who won't return this SR yr) is a big loss as Morgan is not close in ability (at least yet as he's still young). So the other injured players might return (Like Proctor, IWL Love etc) but Cameron will be too big a loss I fear. Team don't win without a top quality 1st. And the options of starting Barrett at 1st and playing PUJ or Higgins at 2nd is beyond the Canes coaches.
The other issue is selections. I would go for Naholo rather than Savea (I guess Savea covers center in this game but he did nothing last week after a 2 week rest). And IWL when fit in preference to Blackwell. And Lakai in preference to Kirifi. So even if no injuries the current coaches wouldn't get the team right.
I'm still hoping for a win though (but expect a close loss). Hopefully Blackwell's hands don't let him down and both Kirifi and Blackwell play as well as last week (except for Blackwell's dropped passes). And PUJ steps up after many months out (coaches don't seem to rate Higgins although his best position is 2nd 5 but he's been given only limited game time)
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Beautiful conditions here in Welly atm. A very calm day with no wind and rain so hopefully it encourages a good walk up crowd.
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Based on the below head to head stats between the Canes and Chiefs I’m expecting it to come down to the wire again.
Played: 39
Hurricanes wins: 21
Chiefs wins: 18Hurricanes total points: 1,005
Chiefs total points: 923Last meeting: Chiefs 30 - Hurricanes 29
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Lol Jeff Wilson talks a lot of shit doesn’t he.
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@Canes4life yeah very true Chiefs are the underdogs
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@Yeetyaah said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:
@Canes4life yeah very true Chiefs are the underdogs
Not today, we’ll take the underdogs tag thank you. 😁
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@Canes4life you're top of the table that's not how it works
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Lovely try.
Umaga-Jensen really needs to step up into Proctor’s shoes tonight. He needs to be better than that on D.
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Wow that was another awesome try. Lovely line from Aumua. Great finish by Flanders.
Fantastic game so far.
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@Nepia said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:
@Damo said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:
last pass OK?
Going by the last Canes pass I think there's no forwards being called in this game.
I can live with that. Let's see some more tries like the last 2.
