Highlanders v Hurricanes - now at 3:05pm
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@Bones i actually dont know, backline wise a lot of those are pretty new guys so hoping we can build
hunt, collins, nareki, koroi, Punivai, NMS, Garden-Bachop, Fainga'anuku et al were all new signing this year...
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@Kiwiwomble it's imperative we keep Hunt, McKay and NMS.
Oh and Fakatava because every Hawkes player sitting on his arse watching adds to the forum fun.
Would be good to make a play for Trask though as we could do better than Joane.
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@Bones i liked Fakatava when we got to see him last week, fast, hope we're tapping him up long term
Ioane is overrated, lucky we have gatland
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Such were my low expectations and the player drain being so severe, I've been pleasantly surprised by the clan this year. Loved how they made do with what they had and the speed it up tactics against the saders was a fair crack nige.
Locks and loosies punched above their weight and special mentions to Whetton and Parkinson.
A definite pass mark this season.
Speaking of passes, I think young Ioane is going to have quite a highlights reel of his cut outs over the next few years.
We'd have been fucked without Nugget though...
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@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones i liked Fakatava when we got to see him last week, fast, hope we're tapping him up long term
Ioane is overrated, lucky we have gatland
Are you serious? Ioane is way better than Gatland. He needs to change his name to Josh Johns so that the he doesn’t get muddled up with the Ioane brothers in the minds of their detractors. 😄
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@Nepia said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones i liked Fakatava when we got to see him last week, fast, hope we're tapping him up long term
Ioane is overrated, lucky we have gatland
Are you serious? Ioane is way better than Gatland. He needs to change his name to Josh Johns so that the he doesn’t get muddled up with the Ioane brothers in the minds of their detractors. 😄
Joane is fine. And we're just having a dig at @booboo who has Trask ahead of him.
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@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Nepia said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones i liked Fakatava when we got to see him last week, fast, hope we're tapping him up long term
Ioane is overrated, lucky we have gatland
Are you serious? Ioane is way better than Gatland. He needs to change his name to Josh Johns so that the he doesn’t get muddled up with the Ioane brothers in the minds of their detractors. 😄
Joane is fine. And we're just having a dig at @booboo who has Trask ahead of him.
Oh my bad, I Ferned it completely.
Also what’s Booboo smoking?
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@Nepia said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Nepia said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@Bones i liked Fakatava when we got to see him last week, fast, hope we're tapping him up long term
Ioane is overrated, lucky we have gatland
Are you serious? Ioane is way better than Gatland. He needs to change his name to Josh Johns so that the he doesn’t get muddled up with the Ioane brothers in the minds of their detractors. 😄
Joane is fine. And we're just having a dig at @booboo who has Trask ahead of him.
Oh my bad, I Ferned it completely.
Also what’s Booboo smoking?
Same thing @reprobate is I think!
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Ok I'll admit it.
Ioane is a dead set long term All Black. Everyone thinks so.
Has to be selected.
I do not think he is at all just a capable Super Rugby player.
And I do not include him in a category like Brendon Leonard or Eliot Dixon.
More like all those Safer 10s whose names I can't remember.
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More seriously he just hasn't moved me to thinking he's All Black material. Last year he was the 3rd best 10 playing. Which he was, and the 3WM decided a second choice 9 who hardly ever played the position was a better option when Ioane was the only option last year.
Thus year he's Behind me Black for me.
And in the slightly longer term I see more upside in Trask than I do in Ioane.
But I'm smoking shit.
(I also thought Larkham wouldn't amount to much ... so what do I know.)
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@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
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@antipodean said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
Hadn't noticed that about him - is he high up in the missed stats then?
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@antipodean said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
Bit harsh on Mo'unga who makes most tackles, but there is an issue about NZ 10s and wings that their defence is weak in comparison with their 6 Nations peers.
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@antipodean said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
@sparky said in Highlanders v Hurricanes:
Josh Ioane's passing and kicking make him the 3rd best AB 10 IMHO.
He and Mounga have been taking defence lessons from Mehrtens.
I think that's the rule isn't it? BB used to take lessons from Mehrts, then he actually realised he was a decent size and then improved in that area.
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