Hurricanes v Crusaders

[Tim]

The Hurricanes squad to face the Crusaders is:

1 XAVIER NUMIA
2 DANE COLES
3 TYREL LOMAX
4 JAMES BLACKWELL
5 ISAIA WALKER-LEAWERE
6 REED PRINSEP
7 ARDIE SAVEA ©
8 DEVAN FLANDERS
9 LUKE CAMPBELL
10 RUBEN LOVE
11 WES GOOSEN
12 NGANI LAUMAPE
13 PETER UMAGA-JENSEN
14 JULIAN SAVEA
15 JORDIE BARRETT

16 ASAFO AUMUA
17 TEVITA MAFILEO
18 ALEX FIDOW
19 SCOTT SCRAFTON
20 VAEA FIFITA
21 DU’PLESSIS KIRIFI
22 JONATHAN TAUMATEINE
23 BILLY PROCTOR

[Canes4life]

@tim awesome to see PUJ, Love and Flanders starting. About time the coaches woke up.

Edit: interesting to see a 6 - 2 split on the bench aswell.

[Gunner]

@duluth said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Will Jordan, Sevu Reece, Jack Goodhue, David Havili, George Bridge, Richie Mo’unga, Bryn Hall

That is some backline.

Crusaders by a thousand.

[Canes4life]

@gunner haha it does look menacing. Apparently forecast is to be shite so we probably won't even see too much action in the backs. Hope I'm wrong.

[foobaNZ]

Canes selections really are something else.

Fix one problem, create another

Bringing in IWL. Awesome.

Wait - it's for Scrafton?? Sigh

If I had a billion bucks I'd buy a French club, and sign Prinsep, Proctor and Blackwell on 2 million dollar contracts

[foobaNZ]

Is Rayasi injured?

[pukunui]

Yay Blackwell starting! He deserves a chance or 50.
Why have the selected the wings around the wrong way?

[nzzp]

@gunner said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

@duluth said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Will Jordan, Sevu Reece, Jack Goodhue, David Havili, George Bridge, Richie Mo’unga, Bryn Hall

That is some backline.

and yet, it's the fatties who win it for them.

[Winger]

@tim said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

16 ASAFO AUMUA
17 TEVITA MAFILEO
18 ALEX FIDOW
20 VAEA FIFITA

I guess 16,18 & 20 have all been injured

And Mafileo covers loosehead

Everyone knows my views on Blackwell. But regardless this looks the best side for some time. Unsure if Rayasi was available or not. But Goosen might be seen as a better defender. And Rakete-Stones might if available might be unhappy. And hopefully some of the other players (like Toala) get a run in the Aussie games

Wheres Le'aupepe. Is he not considered good enough. Or injured again this year?

[foobaNZ]

Le'aupepe announced on Insta he's retiring on medical advice

A loss for the Canes for sure - however given our brainless lock selections I'm not sure they would have picked him anyway

[Nepia]

Two Magpies in the starting lineup!!! Holland obviously submitted the team sheets before realising he’d gone over the quota.

@Stargazer Any idea what’s going on with Evans? Injured?

[Canes4life]

@foobanz good to know, poor from the Canes for not mentioning it. Shouldn't they have brought in a replacement then considering he was named in the initial squad?

[Nepia]

@canes4life said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

@foobanz good to know, poor from the Canes for not mentioning it. Shouldn't they have brought in a replacement then considering he was named in the initial squad?

Wonder if Parsons or Cridge will get a look in now?

[Winger]

@foobanz said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Le'aupepe announced on Insta he's retiring on medical advice

A loss for the Canes for sure - however given our brainless lock selections I'm not sure they would have picked him anyway

Thanks for this. I wonder if it was a concussion issue.

[Canes4life]

@nepia don't be silly, they are too tall. Seriously wouldn't mind seeing Parsons get a trot.

[Mackerzzzz]

@canes4life said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

@foobanz good to know, poor from the Canes for not mentioning it. Shouldn't they have brought in a replacement then considering he was named in the initial squad?

Yeah they should at least say something

[foobaNZ]

[Mackerzzzz]

@nepia said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Two Magpies in the starting lineup!!! Holland obviously submitted the team sheets before realising he’d gone over the quota.

@Stargazer Any idea what’s going on with Evans? Injured?

I think Evans is injured

[Chris]

From a Crusaders view point I am happy to see no Rayasi in there he has created opportunities every game he has played.Would much rather defend against Goosen than Rayasi.

[mikey07]

@canes4life I'm sure they will bring in Caleb Delaney instead.