Hurricanes 2023
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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?
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@gt12 It's pretty obvious from my previous posts that I'm not disputing that Mafileo and Numia weren't playing well. I'm disputing that they were picked ahead of PRS because of his form (or lack of it). PRS never got enough minutes - for reasons that I can't post here - to develop match fitness and form (the Canes didn't release him to play club rugby either), and was therefore never able to get ahead of them. He was first choice LH prop for most of the 2022 season and was named the Magpies' best forward of the year and player of the year for a very good reason. Maybe read my posts again and read between the lines, and you may get a hint of the nature of the problem.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
@gt12 It's pretty obvious from my previous posts that I'm not disputing that Mafileo and Numia weren't playing well. I'm disputing that they were picked ahead of PRS because of his form (or lack of it). PRS never got enough minutes - for reasons that I can't post here - to develop match fitness and form (the Canes didn't release him to play club rugby either), and was therefore never able to get ahead of them. He was first choice LH prop for most of the 2022 season and was named the Magpies' best forward of the year and player of the year for a very good reason. Maybe read my posts again and read between the lines, and you may get a hint of the nature of the problem.
I am reading between the lines; you are essentially slandering Chris Gibbes. I'd like to know why.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
@gt12 And I'm not going to tell you.
At least you don't deny doing it.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2023:
@gt12 I wouldn't call it slandering.
You are intimating that PRS is not being selected for a non-rugby reason (without any proof), which suggests that Gibbes is unprofessional and the Canes will be better to see the back of him. What part of this am I getting wrong?
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PRS did start off as starting prop in 2022. I thought it was Numia but his form wasn't good in SR in 2022. This year it was VG. Mafilio started in the quarter final with PRS as the replacement
There are other players where there are rumours (that's all it is) that they are not being selected for whatever reason. Like Higgins. It maybe true or maybe not. Birds another example. Lakai also fell out of favour. Whereas Iose was in favour when I wouldn't start him with Flanders (lacks balance).
I think the current coaches selected players for reasons other than performance on the field. My view is it didn't apply to PRS. It did with other players. Like Blackwell and prinsep
But thankfully we have new coaches next year. Hopefully selection out of step with the majority of fans stop
