Hurricanes 2021
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@taniwharugby said in Hurricanes 2021:
@stargazer at least you get a game, the Blues had to get nz into lockdown last year to avoid thier schefuled match up here 😅
We had to organise it, bank roll it, pay the Canes for the privilege to host it and we'll be lucky to get two players in the team.
You can't out whinge us on the who gets treated worse by their franchise. Our guys struggle to get into the starting lineup, they make yours the captain even though he's a ginga.
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@nepia paying to 'host' them is normal isn't it?
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@winger Yep, of the un-injured 2021 Hurricanes squad, Aso, Toala, Patafilo and Visinia still haven't had a second of game time. (Brayden Iose made his debut, last night.)
I wonder whether they will get a run in round 10, or whether they'll have to wait for the game against the Tahs.
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@winger said in Hurricanes 2021:
Aso's kind of a forgotten man at present.
Yeah is he still at the canes?
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@taniwharugby said in Hurricanes 2021:
@nepia paying to 'host' them is normal isn't it?
TBH, I have no idea.
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@mackerzzzz crazy how someone who made such an impact when he first burst onto the scene can’t get a look in. Rumour is that he’s off to Japan.
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@winger said in Hurricanes 2021:
What the view on Love so far. He still young of course but has he the goods. Or not. Or too early to tell? (I'm watching on a small screen so hard to tell)
Hard to tell for everyone with the way they are using him to fill a jersey then getting Jordie to play for him.
As mentioned in the thread he needs to work on distance on exit kicks but I remember giving BB shit about that years ago as well.
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@mackerzzzz said in Hurricanes 2021:
@winger said in Hurricanes 2021:
Aso's kind of a forgotten man at present.
Yeah is he still at the canes?
He was on the teamsheet for for Petone against my mob yesterday. I didn't go way out there for the game so unsure if he actually played or not. Don't recall any of my guys talking about his presence when they arrived back to The Axemen's Isherwood Lounge licking their wounds afterward.
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@higgins said in Hurricanes 2021:
@mackerzzzz said in Hurricanes 2021:
@winger said in Hurricanes 2021:
Aso's kind of a forgotten man at present.
Yeah is he still at the canes?
He was on the teamsheet for for Petone against my mob yesterday. I didn't go way out there for the game so unsure if he actually played or not. Don't recall any of my guys talking about his presence when they arrived back to The Axemen's Isherwood Lounge licking their wounds afterward.
'way out there'
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@crucial Well it is a long travel time going through the city from Hataitai to Petone at that time on a Saturday afternoon. In reality I was dodging the almost certainty of having to shout losers jugs to a couple of mates that are Petone followers that hardly ever miss any of their games!!!!
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@stargazer unreal how few opportunities he has got. I remember 2 seasons ago he had a wonderful performance vs Blues.
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@kiwimurph said in Hurricanes 2021:
@stargazer unreal how few opportunities he has got. I remember 2 seasons ago he had a wonderful performance vs Blues.
After being left out of the NZ U20 team and looking much better than some of the players picked ahead of him
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@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2021:
@mackerzzzz crazy how someone who made such an impact when he first burst onto the scene can’t get a look in. Rumour is that he’s off to Japan.
Did you see that on his Instagram post aswell? I wouldn’t blame starting player or near enough for the last 3 seasons now not even in the 23, obviously the coaching staff are showing how much they dislike players with flair.
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@higgins said in Hurricanes 2021:
@crucial Well it is a long travel time going through the city from Hataitai to Petone at that time on a Saturday afternoon. In reality I was dodging the almost certainty of having to shout losers jugs to a couple of mates that are Petone followers that hardly ever miss any of their games!!!!
It’s the other way around when us Wainui boys have to travel to Hataitai to play your Pressies team.
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Hurricanes flanker Du'Plessis Kirifi opens up on 'rough start to the season'
Having fought his way into the All Blacks squad last year, 2021 was shaping up as a massive season in the career of Du'Plessis Kirifi. By the young Hurricanes flanker's own admission, things haven't progressed in quite the way he hoped.
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Hurricanes playing club rugby (as far as team lists are available):
Hawke's Bay
Danny Toala (Hastings)
Lolagi Visinia (Clive)Wellington
Vince Aso (Petone)
Pouri Rakete-Stones (Norths, not for his Hawke's Bay club Napier Pirate)Manawatū
Liam Mitchell (Te Kawau)Taranaki
Ricky Riccitelli (Tukapa)Auckland
Tevita Mafileo (Pakuranga)
Still no sign of Gareth Evans returning to play. I wish we had more info on his injury.
No Vaea Fifita for Wellington Axeman. Again suffering from concussion symptoms or another injury?
Does anyone know whether Atonio Walker-Leawere is any good? He's playing for Varsity (Manawatu) at LH prop. He was in the Hurricanes Under 18 squad in 2018, so still quite young.
