The Cane vs Savea Debate
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@Hooroo said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
I think Sunday's game kind of cemented that Cane is King here.
I'm less worried about him being captain at this stage as I originally wanted Whitelock but Cane is doing the job well.
I think Cane's performance on the field has been close to his best at test level in the last two weeks. I think the captaincy jury is still out. Not taking the kick just before half time at test level was a bit of weird and if the match had remained close, I am sure those who were thinking where was the droppie last week, would have been well in their rights to challenge this decision as well. You win by 20, no one really talks about it, but at half time we certainly were talking about it.
Still great game from him regardless
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@mariner4life i seem to remember him having some big games in 16/17 and the fern rating him bigtime. might have even walked the polls for the year.
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@voodoo said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
Best thing about this game for Cane was that it wasn't really one that should have suited him, being so open and erratic. He really showed lots of the stuff that he gets bagged for, being able to link, carry, offload.
Maybe captaincy suits him.
That and the game plan. He made mention during the press conference that was the reason he was in the wider channels carrying.
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@shark said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@junior said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@shark said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@Bones Wait a minute, I've got it! I'll swing by in my time-travelling Delorean, pick you up, and take you to a function at Aikmans' Sports Bar on the 1st of this month so you can see! I should have thought of this earlier, what a dumb ass!!!
Sorry, you went to a function at a sports bar in Chch where they gave an actual presentation on Akira's stats?
I'm sorry, that sounds like absolute fucking garbage - what kind of functions are they running down there?
Why on Earth would I pretend this happened.
I dunno, because you're a Cantab with an agenda?
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@Bones said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@shark said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@junior said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@shark said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@Bones Wait a minute, I've got it! I'll swing by in my time-travelling Delorean, pick you up, and take you to a function at Aikmans' Sports Bar on the 1st of this month so you can see! I should have thought of this earlier, what a dumb ass!!!
Sorry, you went to a function at a sports bar in Chch where they gave an actual presentation on Akira's stats?
I'm sorry, that sounds like absolute fucking garbage - what kind of functions are they running down there?
Why on Earth would I pretend this happened.
Why on earth don't you just say what the stats are? They're top secret sports bar facts given to you in secret by the CRFU?
Exactly - if they were happy to discuss them in a sports bar in front a crowd of people they're clearly not fussed about any kind of confidentiality
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A better thread would be who should be at 8. Ardie was pretty damn good yesterday.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
A better thread would be who should be at 8. Ardie was pretty damn good yesterday.
oooh yeah, but his height! Jokes aside, he looks fairly tall here - struck me from last week
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@nzzp said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
A better thread would be who should be at 8. Ardie was pretty damn good yesterday.
oooh yeah, but his height! Jokes aside, he looks fairly tall here - struck me from last week
He's clearly worked hard during kockdown and put on a few inches
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@nzzp said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
@voodoo said in The Cane vs Savea Debate:
He's clearly worked hard during kockdown and put on a few inches
what did you do?
Met a security guard during hotel isolation.
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I kind of wonder how you could compare Cane and Savea directly since one is no longer subbing for the other. Perhaps the best test is to say who seems most vital/indispensable?
Currently that seems to be Cane, hard to see how Savea would be playing better than him at 7 for 80 minutes.
PS Savea had some great moments at 8 but I am still not convinced overall that he is the best international 8 in NZ but we are not really getting a chance to look at his replacement/sub/2nd in line... -
Sotutu has been the best 8 in NZ all year, and he's just a kid. Pick him.
Savea is a really good player, but quite an unusual one. A smallish guy pumping the legs and never giving up is awesome, but it isn't going to get you much traction in the early stages of a tight test with an organised defence, and we've seen that a few times now. You need a little momentum, or a little gap, or a tired defender who thinks you're already tackled to get the benefit of that - and that benefit is only going to increase when he is fresh against tiring defenders - which is part of why he's a great bench option. Same goes for his tackling. Certainly skilled enough to cover all 3 spots, and a great asset to the team.
I'd be picking a big guy - Frizz deserves his spot, and Ioane is an option too - and subbing them for Savea once they're poked.
