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Ranger subbed off.. took a minor knock when he scored
Tua on
Half time 21-19
Quality of both sides play much better in the 2nd quarter
Vaega looks dangerous and Gatland continues to improve
@Duluth Great to hear about Vaega.
He looked sharp in his 2016 Super Rugby appearances, and had good NPC. Hope to see him get some game time soon.
@Duluth how has dalton popoali'i played? What is his best position? 6,7 or 8
Royal charges down a clearing kick then Canes penalised for offside
Blues score from another maul. Not sure who got it
Blues ahead 28-19
@Whites72
He's done lots of good work on defence, really accurate. Not much phase play in this game though
Canes held up over the line after another maul attempt
They barge over a couple of phases after the scrum
Kirikiri with his second
28-26
Some soft defence and the Canes are in under the posts
They lead 33-28
Penalty outs the Blues on attack
They almost score from the maul. Held up over the line after a couple of pick and goes
Well worked midfield move from the scrum. Rayasi scores
Blues back in front 35-33
There's been a lot of mauls from 5m out in this game
A series of penalties get the Canes another one
They score from the maul (1st in 5 attempts?)
Canes 40-35
Goodhue, who has played well, falls off a tackle out wide
Canes in again (O'Rielly?)
45-35
Hyland has had some good touches
Sounds like a hell of a game
And that's it
Uneven quality. Typical dev game.
No one beating down the door for selection. Royal, Goodhue, Dalton, Gatland, Vaega and Ranger in the second 20mins the better players
Dalton named Blues player of the day
Would have been better without each side conceding a couple of really easy tries. Not bad for a dev match though
@Whites72 said in Blues 2017:
Growing up he played a lot of 6/8.. I'm guessing they might try and convert him like they did with Gibson, because we lack 7s
@Duluth Thanks very much for the commentary - good to read.
Thanks for the updates @Duluth!
Lacking a Canes' line-up, do you know whether Jonah Lowe (centre or wing) and Tiaan Falcon (first-five) were playing?
@Stargazer
No idea sorry
Never saw the Canes team list and wasn't paying much attention to the opposition
The Hurricanes just tweeted that Canes hooker Asafo Aumua scored a hat trick. (Last week he scored two.)
