Otago v Canterbury
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I was waiting for the Finn Hurley brain fart game. Didn’t take long
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This Otago team needs some decent, hard nosed leadership. Not sure where they’re going to find it
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@KiwiInLondon said in Otago v Canterbury:
I was waiting for the Finn Hurley brain fart game. Didn’t take long
You’ve been waiting all season for that one then haven’t you. If that’s his ‘brain fart’ game, I’ll take it. He was the least of our concerns this afternoon. He was the one of the few guys out there actually having a crack trying to spark something so I’m not going to knock the guy for 1 or 2 errors.
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@Landers92 he’s a liability in games where someone needs to step up. His ceiling is NPC and I’m happy to wait a few seasons to be proven right.
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@KiwiInLondon said in Otago v Canterbury:
@Landers92 he’s a liability in games where someone needs to step up. His ceiling is NPC and I’m happy to wait a few seasons to be proven right.
A 21 year old in his second year of NPC has hit his ceiling? Wow, I've heard it all now. No one here has mentioned how far his career will go. I’m just saying I’m not going to knock the guy for actually having a crack when hardly anyone else in the team was.
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@KiwiInLondon said in Otago v Canterbury:
@Landers92 he’s a liability in games where someone needs to step up. His ceiling is NPC and I’m happy to wait a few seasons to be proven right.
Nah his ceiling isn’t just the NPC. When I saw Hurley play against the Canes in Welly earlier this year I was pleasantly surprised, he was one of the best Landers that day with his ability to cover the back-field defensively. He was also pretty dangerous on the counter, definitely a player that punches above his weight.
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@KiwiInLondon said in Otago v Canterbury:
@Landers92 he’s a liability in games where someone needs to step up. His ceiling is NPC and I’m happy to wait a few seasons to be proven right.
i was one of the first to say at the start of the season i felt he has serious limitations....also one of the first to say he'd done a lot to impress and offset his limitations this year
such a big chip on your shoulder is weird...happy to wait years to be proven right about something?....i didn;t think someone that small could bully someone....but was he your highschool bully or something?
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A lot of players still learning their craft. Millsr had his best game on attack, did some of the basics he normally does well poorly. Failed a couple of times when kicking for the line, and made a couple of average errors. Yip, Hurley made a couple of errors. He was giving it a go though. His growth, generally has been great this year. If we are to pick one of Creighton of Whaanga at centre and the other on the wing. It should probably be the Aussie on the wing. He looks to have the more natural feel for playing on the wing. In terms of 'hard nosed leadership', brought Coltman back. Most of the team is quite young, there continues to be good development in the lads. Probably the most disappointing position is halfback, neither Arscott or Hastie seem to be pushing on. The Wellington game will be an interesting one. Especially with Wellington having an upcoming Ranfurly Shield challenge, will they rest players, and focus on the Sunday game. Will we do the same. Do Faleafaga, Tucker, Aho, Pledger, Leslie, and Rangitutia come in to give the guys a spell.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Otago v Canterbury:
@george33 said in Otago v Canterbury:
dont leave us hanging.....
The suspense.....
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@Kiwiwomble they will make top 8
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@Chris said in Otago v Canterbury:
Good win for Canterbury and able to blood some youngsters 2- 20 year olds and 2 -21 year olds all in there first NPC in the starting XV and 2 -19 year olds and a 21 year old on the bench in their first seasons.
Both teams were similar in terms of the number of quite young players. The difference is that Canterbury also had probably 300+ more Super Rugby caps and some former All Blacks wrapping around their inexperienced players. While Otago's experience is badically Coltman, Lio-Willie, an injury plagued Umaga-Jensen and a few fringe Super players like Pole and Ma'u. Not diminshing Canterbury's performance just saying they are fortunate to have a lot of experience to assist in the development of their younger players.
