Hurricanes 2019 Discussion
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@Canes4life Hickey is a halfback.
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@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
Just to highlight this:
31 Jono Hickey
What. the. heck?
This feels like Agent Carlos taking the Canes down from the inside ala Agent Tana at the Blues......
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I've posted the Crusaders squad in the Crusaders 2019 thread.
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@Stargazer Oh shit I was thinking of his bro. F%ck we are screwed if he ends up starting.
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I would have thought missing the first week as part of your two weeks stand down is defeating the whole purpose of the stand down?
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@cgrant said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
Who is Callum Harkin ?
No idea but history tells us he must be a Wellington club player
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@Stockcar86 said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
@cgrant said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
Who is Callum Harkin ?
No idea but history tells us he must be a Wellington club player
Refer to the second post on page 11 of this thread
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@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
Just to highlight this:
31 Jono Hickey
What. the. heck?
This feels like Agent Carlos taking the Canes down from the inside ala Agent Tana at the Blues......
Payback?
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@Crazy-Horse said in Hurricanes 2019 Discussion:
I would have thought missing the first week as part of your two weeks stand down is defeating the whole purpose of the stand down?
Taking the piss a bit, but I think he won't be the only AB claiming the first week despite not even being at training until just before the start of the season and unlikely to start anyway.
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@Stargazer Ben Nicholas is more of an option at 8, whereas Prinsep would probably slot in at 6 you would think? In Ben Nicholas and Flanders there are two genuine future no 8 options for the Canes. Though young, I would rather see Flanders get more time there to develop - he looks very classy and could also be captain material down the track.
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@Canes4life I think you're missing my point of a player being in the official Canes squad, or not.
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@Stargazer Didn't that rule change a few years ago? I'm pretty sure (someone correct me if i'm wrong) that if a wider member shows better form than a fully fledged squad member then they can jump them for selection.
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Jono Hickey WTF?! Is this a pisstake lol
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Attended the game at Levin, the Canes came out firing and managed to build around 20 phases before scoring through Vince Aso. The Crusaders then had a 15-20 minute period where they took control and scored 3 tries through dominant set piece and maul play. The Crusaders were also strong at the breakdown, negating a number of attacking plays by the Canes. 19- 7 halftime.
The second half started in similar fashion with the Crusaders scoring two tries and going about their work in a tidy fashion. The Canes then brought on the likes of Fidow, Aumua & Walker-Leawere and the game shifted towards the Canes who started to dominate the collision with their powerful running game - two quick tries to the Canes had them momentarily back in it, before the Crusaders deflated any hopes with a late try.
Standouts from the Crusaders:
Number 12 (name escapes me): this young fella looks very good, broke the line a couple times and was very hard to contain.Jordan Taufua: He was brutal at times and looks even bigger than he was last year. Dominanted alot of contact that he was involved in and looks ready for a big year.
Bryn Hall: looked very tidy at the base of the scrum and was probably the pick of the halfbacks.
Standouts for the Canes:
Sam Henwood: he was into everything early on and will be a very good backup to Ardie this year.Alex Fidow: Dominated with ball in hand and wasn't too bad at scrum time. Was a big reason for the Canes re-assurgence.
Asafo Aumua: physically dominated in the contact when he came on. If he isn't on the bench against the Waratahs I will be very suprised.
Worries for the Canes:
Ongoing selection of James Blackwell as a lock: he is far too small to be a lock. Crusaders were killing the Canes scrum when he was packing down.Halfback: Jono Hickey was shocking, I lost count of how many times he dropped the ball or fumbled it at the base of the scrum. Halfback is a big worry if Perenara gets injured.
Fullback: The overated Chase Tiatia nearly played a whole game at Fullback because we had no one else in the reserves. Harken came on and finished there. A worry if Jordie gets injured.
All and all it was a nice afternoon up the coast, great crowd and no injuries to boot.
Bring on the Blues next week.
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@Canes4life Dallas McLeod. is the 12 who played for The Crusaders
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@Chris looked very sharp and had a fairly good combo with Ennor. Their matchup with Aso & Proctor was the hightlight of the game.
