Hurricanes 2022
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@canes4life I thought the forwards apart from the 2nd half disintegration against Waikato seemed to have a lot more “steel” about them under him.
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@mikey07 yeah that's what I noticed aswell. We looked really hard to contain with the likes of Aumua, Fidow, Bird etc being really direct on attack. Too bad we had no depth on the bench when injuries struck.
Lockdown has probably saved our bacon a little bit, allowing that big injury toll to re-coup somewhat.
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@canes4life Saw Numia has been training the last couple of days off his Instagram, so the longer this goes on definitely the better for us.
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@mikey07 interesting that Numia's partner plays for the Cantabs.
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@canes4life Probably wants to play for a title winning team (that hurt to write that)
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@canes4life I wonder whether that has already to do with a possible women's SR comp, next year? She made the Black Ferns playing for Wellington, so obviously something changed. No money involved in women's rugby, so that can't be it.
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@stargazer yeah interesting. You’d think it would be a lot easier on their relationship if she stayed in Wellington. Who knows what the story is there.
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@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2022:
@stargazer yeah interesting. You’d think it would be a lot easier on their relationship if she stayed in Wellington. Who knows what the story is there.
Are they married? That would explain things
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@canes4life said in Hurricanes 2022:
Being a fellow red head though means he will most likely keep picking JBlackwell.
Nah, even gingers hate gingers. Tito won't favour Blackwell.
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@crazy-horse Like when you show a Siamese fighting fish a mirror.
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@daffy-jaffy said in Hurricanes 2022:
@crazy-horse Like when you show a Siamese fighting fish a mirror.
Yeah, ginger Siamese fighting fish are that little bit feistier.
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I don’t understand the hate that Blackwell gets. He’s a solid SR player regardless of his height.
Same with Prinsep. I get the argument that he shouldn’t start that often.. he’s not the most dynamic carrier but he gets through a lot of work on defence. A good squad option.
Is it mostly provincialism?
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Maybe, but IWL has had a few issues on defence. I don’t think he’s shown enough to clearly pass a hard worker like Blackwell. The Canes need some glue players in the pack
I just find it weird. He’s one of the most criticised players and he doesn’t seem to warrant the criticism
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@duluth Blackwell is a hard worker which you need, but I've lost count of the 1v1 tackles he's missed, the passes he's dropped cold and the lineouts he's been dominated in. He does plenty of good things aswell but he's one of those players that you just don't feel comfortable watching because you know an error is always just around the corner.
Having Bird there now may take some of that pressure off Blackwell because I understand he's the main shot caller in the Canes lineout, hence why he always gets selected. Hopefully having Bird as a partner will bring the best out of Blackwell.
I think we also need to look at someone like Taine Plumtree for the 6 jersey next year over someone like Prinsep, which will improve the lineout aswell. Not sure if he's been signed again by the Blues though.
