Hurricanes vs Blues
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Well have to say fellas, waking up today, I still feeling good about game. There was so much to like in how Canes went about the game, and do sense we just maybe getting a good bit of depth? Little bit of worry at 10 (Morgan woories me) but Riley was good at 12 and can play 13, Billy Procor is best 13 in the country, wings are good, Love is playing so bloody well, and with Godfrey and Moorby able to cover there it's good. Forwards are where I most pleased though,tighties look prettty good and loosies are bloody good! 3 good 0s behind that? Will do me! (
I know I know it's early and they can still implode, but as a Canes man I enjoy good times when I can! -
@Crazy-Horse said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
It looked to me that Telea didn't ground the ball for his try. Did anyone else notice that?
It would be ridiculously marginal if he didn't. Watched it a couple of times and not sure what you're not seeing.
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@Dan54 said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
Well have to say fellas, waking up today, I still feeling good about game. There was so much to like in how Canes went about the game, and do sense we just maybe getting a good bit of depth? Little bit of worry at 10 (Morgan woories me) but Riley was good at 12 and can play 13, Billy Procor is best 13 in the country, wings are good, Love is playing so bloody well, and with Godfrey and Moorby able to cover there it's good. Forwards are where I most pleased though,tighties look prettty good and loosies are bloody good! 3 good 0s behind that? Will do me! (
I know I know it's early and they can still implode, but as a Canes man I enjoy good times when I can!The future will take care of itself. But for now, I'm just enjoying the best Canes team I've ever seen.
We had the talent last year but our poor 2 head coaches let the side down. They were clueless and only some great individual talent carried the team through. Too early yet but it shows what a big difference coaches make
Love was poorish for Wellington last year. Now he looks again like a future AB. Moorby and Naholo are playing great rugby too.
Proctor was good last year but better this year. Higgins and Lakai were both almost ignored last year. Lakai started then was dropped completely. Why? There were rumours about Higgins attitude but this was likely a coaching issue
Another big improvement is in the forwards. Thankfully Gibbes decided to step down and Jamie seems to be a better coach than player. We have often had superstar backs but now the forwards look the goods too. I can't remember a better forward pack ever for the Canes
But any way too early to tell but looking good so far.
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The only concern for me was how close it finished up. Esp after the bad luck the Blues had. Esp losing their FB who seemed in great form before he went off
Part of this was due to Camerons form. He can play a great 80 minutes but seems to at times lose focus during games. Hopefully this can be sorted as really there is no one else (except maybe Barret). Love should focus on FB. Godfrey needs more game time at first
It's one area the Canes need to sort out. Camerons play. And game time for his backup
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@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
@Crazy-Horse said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
It looked to me that Telea didn't ground the ball for his try. Did anyone else notice that?
It would be ridiculously marginal if he didn't. Watched it a couple of times and not sure what you're not seeing.
I guess it's one of those things in sport. Maybe it's just me seeing things but the last replay of the try looked as though the ball didn't touch the ground. His forearm etc did, but I am not sure the ball did. If Telea was being tackled at the time they would have looked a lot closer at it I reckon.
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@Winger said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
The future will take care of itself. But for now, I'm just enjoying the best Canes team I've ever seen
The 2015 Canes team says hi.
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Love announces himself to NZ. Before this, you saw the flashes of potential amid some flaky plays. Last night he really was excellent! I thought, "Arrrr.... this is what people have been harping on about for the last few seasons, I see it now".
The Roigard and Cameron duo are in control (keep the traditional Cane back brain farts to a minimum), they have a very strong tight-five that lays the base, and they keep rolling on.
Getting smashed in Chch next week would be great for the competition
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@Old-Samurai-Jack Love looks in great nick aswell, unlike most players he decided to do extra work in the off-season over in Aus training with Australia's top sprinting coach and various league players. It definitely seems to be playing dividends. We can't forget aswell that he was injured for most of last year which delayed his 'announcement to NZ' so to speak. I wonder what's in the water at Love and Roigard's flat, hopefully they can share it with the rest of the team.
In reference to the game on Friday against the Crusaders, I think the Canes really need to go down there and make a statement. The Crusaders are obviously disjointed atm so we need to be ruthless and take that opportunity while it's there.
There aren't too many changes I would make to this team, maybe Shields finally comes in at 6, Sangster maybe comes into lock for the concussed Delany, and I'd promote Numia back into the starting team again.
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@Nepia said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
@Winger said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
The future will take care of itself. But for now, I'm just enjoying the best Canes team I've ever seen.
How fucking high are you?
Ken oath bro.
Must have started watching rugby in 2023. It’s the only explanation.
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@MN5 said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
@Nepia said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
@Winger said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
The future will take care of itself. But for now, I'm just enjoying the best Canes team I've ever seen.
How fucking high are you?
Ken oath bro.
Must have started watching rugby in 2023. It’s the only explanation.
It's Winger....
Great to see a team finally pay the price for gambling on the 6-2 bench split. Just a shame it wasn't the team in green
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@canefan to be fair, it was never really his defence that was an issue.
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@taniwharugby said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
@canefan to be fair, it was never really his defence that was an issue.
Many analogies are not entirely 100% accurate...
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@MN5 said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
@Nepia said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
@Winger said in Hurricanes vs Blues:
The future will take care of itself. But for now, I'm just enjoying the best Canes team I've ever seen.
How fucking high are you?
Ken oath bro.
Must have started watching rugby in 2023. It’s the only explanation.
Only explanation for the closed minded
Here's the 2015 team. That LOST the final at home/ But we will see how this team performs. I rate it highly but too early to tell yet.
1.Reggie Goodes, 2.Dane Coles, 3.Ben Franks, 4.Jeremy Thrush, 5.James Broadhurst, 6.Brad Shields, 7. Callum Gibbins, 8.Victor Vito, 9. TJ Perenara, 10.Beauden Barrett, 11.Julian Savea, 12. Ma’a Nonu, 13.Conrad Smith (c), 14.Nehe Milner-Skudder, 15.James Marshall
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@Winger they lost the final yes, but that was the best and most well-rounded Canes side ever assembled. The Canes were utterly dominant that year before being upset by the Highlanders.
Add the injured Cory Jane and Ardie Savea to that side instead of Gibbins and Marshall and there's no argument. You can't seriously compare this team to that team, it would be no contest.
