Hurricanes 2023
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Must do better: Is it too harsh to say Jordie Barrett cost the Hurricanes a place in the semifinals? The All Black had a pretty average season by his lofty standards. By the end he had conceded the goalkicking duties to Brett Cameron and his failure to release a pass to an unmarked teammate in the dying stages of their quarterfinal proved costly when Ardie Savea was held up over the line in the very next play.
Giving up the goal kicking was the right thing to do. Cameron is just better. As he showed when he kicked them all bar 1. But his white-line-fever mistake was a mistake I hope he never makes again. It wouldn't be so bad if the Canes were still missing Cameron (as they wouldn't have had a hope in hell of winning) But they had a chance of fluking two more wins with the team almost back to full strength.
And the coaches I would give a D-. Too many bad selections (like Booth starting Iose in the last game, Sinkinson -defended well enough but offer almost nothing on attack - and one lock starting with Bl). Had the players to go all the way but blew it. I only hope Laidlaw doesn't continue to make basic mistakes in selecting the team. And massively improves the teams defense and slightly improves our attack.
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Pouri Rakete Stones has extended his stay at Hurricanes but only for the one extra year , I suspect a change of forwards coach may have influenced his decision to stay the extra year
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@Steven-Harris that's good news. I feel like he got little game time but for no real reason. Was one of our better forwards past few seasons IMO.
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@Steven-Harris Yeah, earlier in the season I expected PR-S to leave considering how he has been treated, but now that Gibbes is gone, it makes sense to stay and see whether he'll get a fair go with a new forwards coach, whoever that may be.
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@foobaNZ I feel like Rakete-Stones getting limited minutes is more because of how good Numia and Mafileo have been playing tbh. Numia backed up his form for Wellington this year and continued that through to the Canes, Mafileo was also good enough this year to get into the All Black XV squad, aswell as currently being injury cover for the ABs.
PRS has lost out to form rather than anything else by the looks. It's a good thing he's staying though because we need healthy depth in the propping department.
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@Canes4life No, that's not the case. There's a whole story behind this that can't be posted here. It has nothing to do with PRS' form.
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@Stargazer okey dokey, well no matter the case PRS wasn’t playing as well as Mafileo and Numia IMO so probably would have only seen limited minutes anyway.
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@Nepia said in Hurricanes 2023:
Good on PRS for getting a contract extension but I was hoping he'd move to another franchise, any of the other NZ franchises instead of the Canes.
Why?. Crusader's he's unlikely to get much game time for example. Unless you believe he's clearly third best at the canes. My view it's a smart decision. One year and if he still not getting game time then make a move (maybe overseas) Knowing that he was rated third best by not one but 2 coaching teams.
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@Winger said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Nepia said in Hurricanes 2023:
Good on PRS for getting a contract extension but I was hoping he'd move to another franchise, any of the other NZ franchises instead of the Canes.
Why?. Crusader's he's unlikely to get much game time for example. Unless you 🤔💬 he's clearly third best at the canes. My view it's a smart decision. One year and if he still not getting game time then make a move. Knowing that he was rated third best by not one but 2 coaching teams
Just to get away from the shitty Canes organisation.
It's like this is the first time you've come across me on here.
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Can someone please ban @Nepia from posting on Canes threads? Talk about repetitive. 🥱💤
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Can someone please ban @Nepia from posting on Canes threads? Talk about repetitive. 🥱💤
I'd forgotten he was so anti canes regardless Thought he might have had a change of heart.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Canes4life No, that's not the case. There's a whole story behind this that can't be posted here. It has nothing to do with PRS' form.
Hope it's not too serious.
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@Canes4life said in Hurricanes 2023:
Can someone please ban @Nepia from posting on Canes threads? Talk about repetitive. 🥱💤
No.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
@Canes4life No, that's not the case. There's a whole story behind this that can't be posted here. It has nothing to do with PRS' form.
OK, "I know he was screwed, but it's a secret". Good talk.
I can appreciate that there might be other factors, but if it's the case that you won't talk about it, why hint at it?
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
@gt12 I hint at it, because untruths are being told.
About what? Why he's not getting selected? Are you disputing that Mafileo and Numia aren't playing well?
