Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes
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@arhs said in Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes:
PUJ And Moorby pushed their case for a start moving forward. Not all gloom for Canes.
I don't mind PUJ and would like to see him with more game time, but I was disappointed with him in the lead up to the Morgan no try. The defender was starting to drift off PUJ and the inside tackler was a forward who was already getting left behind. He should have held off passing to his winger a fraction longer to see if the old 'show and go' was a better option.
Hopefully it was a once off. Centres need to nail these things.
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Absolute garbage by the Canes{or is it Horrorcanes} especially against a side we should beat easily... we had most of the possession & territory, dominated the scrums, but made too many silly mistakes, also our ball carriers got isolated a lot at the breakdown gifting them the bloody ball.
Prinsep proved yet again what a passenger he is... over the years the Canes have had a lot of useless head coaches appointed to the franchise, the only good one that I can remember would be Boyd.
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@nzbloke said in Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes:
Absolute garbage by the Canes{or is it Horrorcanes} especially against a side we should beat easily... we had most of the possession & territory, dominated the scrums, but made too many silly mistakes, also our ball carriers got isolated a lot at the breakdown gifting them the bloody ball.
Prinsep proved yet again what a passenger he is... over the years the Canes have had a lot of useless head coaches appointed to the franchise, the only good one that I can remember would be Boyd.
Well he can't have been much good when he coached Wellington to relegation in the NPC.
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@higgins said in Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes:
@nzbloke said in Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes:
Absolute garbage by the Canes{or is it Horrorcanes} especially against a side we should beat easily... we had most of the possession & territory, dominated the scrums, but made too many silly mistakes, also our ball carriers got isolated a lot at the breakdown gifting them the bloody ball.
Prinsep proved yet again what a passenger he is... over the years the Canes have had a lot of useless head coaches appointed to the franchise, the only good one that I can remember would be Boyd.
Well he can't have been much good when he coached Wellington to relegation in the NPC.
Pretty sure it was Earl Va'a that coached Wgtn to relegation... in the first two years that Boyd coached the Canes we got to the final twice, winning the 2nd one, also on both of those occasions we were the top qualifiers.
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@nzbloke Wellington were relegated under Mr. Boyd's stewardship in 2014, the year prior to him taking over as head coach at the Hurricanes. he certainly did not endear himself much to Lions supporters that year with his 90 percent losing record nor the -167 points differential. That was helped no end by spectacular thumpings from Northland (05 - 35) and the Tana Umaga coached Counties (07 - 55)
Earl Va'a took over in 2015 and failed to beat Hawkes Bay in either of the two games played between the sides that season and were thus consigned to a another season in the Championship Division. The 2015 season proved to the only one he held the coaching reigns at the Lions. Think he traded that role in for the 1st XV Coaching job at Scots College but my memory is a bit hazy on the time of that.
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Wow! That is the dumbest rugby I have seen from a NZ team for a while! Kind of encapsulated all of the problems of NZ rugby in one game. But well done to PM. Awesome stuff!
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@canes4life said in Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes:
@machpants I was talking about MP having a long week, and thought you were backing them? Haha
I think the Canes will win this one comfortably.
There’s always one…
A much sharper performance from Moana. Defensively better alignment and took what limited opportunities they had in attack.
Thought Lilo ran the cutter well for Moana. Much better option than that HB fella.
Congrats to Mauger and the coaches on their first W
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I was pretty disparaging of MP on the MP vs Chiefs thread last week, and don't take any of that back. Which speaks volumes for this truly pitiful Hurricanes performance. I didn't make it past halftime but in the opening 40 there was plenty to suggest this result, including the Canes' inability to capitalise on numerical advantages, blown scoring opportunities, and a couple of regulation Jordie Barrett bungles. Crikey, just when I think I'm ok with him as the AB fullback he re-appears with another fucking ridiculous haircut and goes and misses touch for shits and giggles. That spot has to be Will Jordan's to lose now.
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I don’t think for a second that MP can beat the Blues on Tuesday but they have done a great job at strumming up support last night.
I hope they get a huge vocal crowd. That will encourage them a bit more.
Blues camp won’t be stoked at having a quick turnaround against them
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@nzbloke said in Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes:
Absolute garbage by the Canes{or is it Horrorcanes} especially against a side we should beat easily... we had most of the possession & territory, dominated the scrums, but made too many silly mistakes, also our ball carriers got isolated a lot at the breakdown gifting them the bloody ball.
Prinsep proved yet again what a passenger he is... over the years the Canes have had a lot of useless head coaches appointed to the franchise, the only good one that I can remember would be Boyd.
Zero to do with the defensive effort by MP? The continual hard hits behind the advantage line? The determination when their line was under threat?
Or that the Canes managed one of the tries of the tournament when MP wavered from that focus? -
@hooroo said in Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes:
I don’t think for a second that MP can beat the Blues on Tuesday but they have done a great job at strumming up support last night.
I hope they get a huge vocal crowd. That will encourage them a bit more.
Blues camp won’t be stoked at having a quick turnaround against them
Haven't MP said they not letting crowd into their games until after next week, worried about covid and Island community? If so I hope they revisit decision, as they could well have a great crowd.
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@crucial said in Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes:
@nzbloke said in Moana Pasifika vs Hurricanes:
Absolute garbage by the Canes{or is it Horrorcanes} especially against a side we should beat easily... we had most of the possession & territory, dominated the scrums, but made too many silly mistakes, also our ball carriers got isolated a lot at the breakdown gifting them the bloody ball.
Prinsep proved yet again what a passenger he is... over the years the Canes have had a lot of useless head coaches appointed to the franchise, the only good one that I can remember would be Boyd.
Zero to do with the defensive effort by MP? The continual hard hits behind the advantage line? The determination when their line was under threat?
Or that the Canes managed one of the tries of the tournament when MP wavered from that focus?Agree Crucial, while Canes weren't flash, I think to not give MP credit their dues is a huge mistake. Ok maybe the Canes werent on top of game, but MP in second half played well. Just a note to other teams, don't take these buggers too lightly, with a win under belts they may start believing, and when they believe in themselves they will stop the dumb penalties etc and be a dangerous team to play!
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