North Harbour vs Wellington
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@shark He started out in the No 8 position for his Club when he first arrived in Wellington and it was about mid way through that first season that he was switched to the blindside when the flaw about backpedaling scrums became too noticeable to not do something about, hence the shit to the blindside as his regular position.
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@shark said in North Harbour vs Wellington:
@Higgins how many games has he had there though? That's something he could learn if a coach wanted to pound it into him over an off season. It's certainly a position which we lack depth in already and badly from next season. He's quite tall for an 8, which could be part of the problem, but surely a better technique could be trained into him. He'd be dynamic off the back potentially.
Wouldn't be an issue if Wellington and the Hurricanes hadn't been so fucken incompetent a few years back and lost Nelson Asofa Solomona.
Asafoa Solomona had signed for the Melbourne Storm a couple of years before he finished up with his school days at Wellington College so probably was never available as a serious target for Wellington Rugby anyway.
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@Stargazer another try will make it interesting
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Wellington have shown a bit of ticker to get back into it. Mostly lead by Kirifi, he has been outstanding. But don't think they have enough time.
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@Canes4life how hard does Kirifi run into contact..wow..!, and why on earth TBN not start..?
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How can't the Canes coaches see how talented Ben Nicholas is - taking the piss if they think Prinsep and co are better.
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@Canes4life TBN is the best number 8 running in this comp bar none in my opinion ..Wellington coaches are on drugs..!
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@Steven-Harris I don't think he's the best, but he's certainly putting his hand up for a SR spot as "one of" the best.
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@Stargazer Certainly better than Akira who has a Super contract.
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Gee Wellington are good team to watch even though they are gonna come up short..their physicality and ball movement staggering
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@Steven-Harris said in North Harbour vs Wellington:
@Canes4life TBN is the best number 8 running in this comp bar none in my opinion ..Wellington coaches are on drugs..!
Isn't he playing for Wellington?
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A Canes back three of Savea, Kirifi & Ben Nicholas would be fun to watch.
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@Canes4life you know how this will play out..TBN will probably get picked up the Saders..and we will all be left scratching our heads..I cant think of a number 8 that I have been more excited about in recent times, maybe Akira, but what I like about TBN, he’s just makes a decision and goes full throttle..and work rate to go along with it ..I can only really think of Gareth Evans who has more pace off the back of a scrum and is a great line out option ,also has great work rate , but outside Evans I am really scratching my head to think of an 8 with this sort of power, size and this dynamic at this point in time
