Hurricanes 2021
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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. -
@stargazer said in Hurricanes 2021:
Hurricanes playing club rugby (as far as team lists are available):
No Vaea Fifita for Wellington Axeman. Again suffering from concussion symptoms or another injury?
No idea what has happened there. He was a late replacement from the bench for the Chiefs game and the commentators said they were going to comment on the changes after the ANZAC Ceremony but never did. You never know the reasons why players do not get selected in the Canes lineup so it could be something as minor as passing wind in the team bus on the way to the ground or as major as signing to play overseas.
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This won’t work 2.06m is far too tall
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@mikey07 And he definitely won't unseat J. Blackwell from the starting lineup. Are we looking at IWL moving to take Bryn Evan's spot in the Highlanders? At least there is infinitely more chance of him getting starts down there than there is in Wellington.
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That signing is pretty funny considering I've used Dominic Bird as a joke on more than one occasion.
I'm thinking Dominic will take the place of Liam Mitchell.
I'ts also going to be hilarious when Blackwell and Dominic partner up in the line-out.
Note: he's also signed for the Wellington lions.
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@toddy massive improvement on what we have currently. Hope we don't lose IWL because of it though, wish it was at the expense of Blackwell.
