Hurricanes 2021
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@nostrildamus I’d like to see Franks and Lomax in a foot race.
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Franks signed for two years.
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Hurricanes playing club rugby on 15 May 2021:
Wellington
Fraser Armstrong (Avalon, on the bench)
Vince Aso (Petone)
Wes Goosen (OBU)
Vaea Fifita (Wellington)
Pouri Rakete-Stones (Norths; with Napier Pirate relegated to Div 1, I assume this is where he'll be playing club rugby for the rest of the SR season, if he isn't on "Hurricanes duties")Hawke's Bay
Lolagi Visinia (Clive) and Danny Toala (Hastings) aren't on any of the Wellington team lists, so I assume they'll be playing for their HB clubs. They should be. -
National storage huh? He must have a big hunger.
Impressive sized joints but he looks all of his 33 years- professional propping looks a little hard on the body.. -
Gareth Evans played for Havelock North, yesterday. So, hopefully he'll get game time for the Canes, soon. My only concern is how they are going to use him and how that affects Flanders, because they won't drop Prinsep. Evans can play 6, 7 and 8, so probably best on the bench because of his versatility? The Canes need a better leader on the field though.
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@stargazer he might come in for Flanders, he's been a little bit up and down but that's all down to his experience. Might be good to give him a rest and give Evans a crack. Iose has been solid coming off the bench so I'd like to see him stay there.
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@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2021:
Gareth Evans played for Havelock North, yesterday. So, hopefully he'll get game time for the Canes, soon. My only concern is how they are going to use him and how that affects Flanders, because they won't drop Prinsep. Evans can play 6, 7 and 8, so probably best on the bench because of his versatility? The Canes need a better leader on the field though.
I hope he knows how to tackle, cos no one else does
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@machpants I thought proponents of Billy Proctor's continued selections ahead of PUJ highlighted his superior defence qualities so apparently there is at least one decent defender still there.
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@higgins most of the Waratah’s tries were created from attacking us in and around the ruck. I’m not sure who the blame falls on but it needs to be fixed because niggly packs like the Crusaders/Brumbies will have a field day.
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@canes4life You are right about that of course but having PUJ in closer than he would normally be was probably exploited by the Waratahs who probably sensed there would be defensive issues closer to the scrum/ruck/maul area because of his unfamiliarity of the defensive requirements and patterns needed in that area. Tackling was so bad (from both sides it must be conceded) that it looked like there might have been Indian bookmakers suggestions that it would be great for rugby if at least 15 tries and 100 points were scored. In essence there was virtually zero tackling close in for a huge part of the game.
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@higgins PUJ has been ok defensively at 13, hasn't he?
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@nostrildamus Yes he has but he was paying second five on Friday night. He also had another second five playing inside him at first five (O. Ledger) who decided to adopt the "leave the tackling to my loose forwards" method making things even more difficult to get an understanding on just exactly what and where he should be defending in his position on the night.
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@higgins said in Hurricanes 2021:
@nostrildamus Yes he has but he was paying second five on Friday night. He also had another second five playing inside him at first five (O. Ledger) who decided to adopt the "leave the tackling to my loose forwards" method making things even more difficult to get an understanding on just exactly what and where he should be defending in his position on the night.
Oh yes I know, sorry I wasn't clear in my text. I don't know why coaches think 12 == 13, might have played there before but combinations, combinations!
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@nostrildamus PUJ will improve at 12, he hasn’t played much there but I’m confident that the PUJ / Proctor combo will flourish, just give them time.
Unfortunately it looks like we are stuck with Leger at 10 for the remainder of the season. A bit of a doormat defensively so hopefully he can sort it out.
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Good news.
Hurricanes first five-eighth Ruben Love will miss Friday’s match against the Rebels in Wellington, but has avoided serious injury after frightening scenes at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Coach Jason Holland said the 20-year-old rising star would be sidelined for a week after suffering concussion when taking a heavy knock in the second minute of Friday’s remarkable 64-48 victory over the Waratahs in Super Rugby Trans- Ta$man.
Fears of a spinal injury were allayed, after the match was held up for 10 minutes while Love was attended to on the turf. -
Canes need to pick up maximum points against the Rebels and Force because we should get Savea and Perenara back for those last two games against the Brumbies and Reds, boosting our chances for one of those finals positions.
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@canes4life Perenara will only play if another player drops out of the squad because of injury.
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@stargazer it only takes one injury out of the whole squad though which is highly likely. Wouldn’t be surprised if someone like Taumateine all of a sudden rolls his ankle.
