Hurricanes vs Chiefs
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Have just finished watching the game after house shopping all day, Chiefs looked like well deserved winners even after that late Hurricanes flurry, so well played.
The Hurricanes just look like a team that doesn't really know what kind of game they want to play. Their attack also seems to break down too easily after multiple phases but I guess what do you expect when the team is completely different every week.
I don't mind Jordie at 12 but I feel he needs a bigger body outside him (looking at you PUJ) who can get over the gain line. We've got far too many players in this team that crash the ball up but literally stop when they hit the defensive line (Prinsep, Blackwell, Proctor) and it just prevents the Canes from building pressure.
Ah well, another week and another loss. I'm really not surprised. Are we even going to make the top 8 this year lol?
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@stargazer said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:
Haha, Jason Holland just said he thought JGB was "solid" today.
He's been chubby for ages, solid is aPC way of putting it
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@canes4life JGB he’s big enough to be though I wouldn’t be surprised to see Morgan or Love there next week.
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@canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:
Have just finished watching the game after house shopping all day, Chiefs looked like well deserved winners even after that late Hurricanes flurry, so well played.
The Hurricanes just look like a team that doesn't really know what kind of game they want to play. Their attack also seems to break down too easily after multiple phases but I guess what do you expect when the team is completely different every week.
I don't mind Jordie at 12 but I feel he needs a bigger body outside him (looking at you PUJ) who can get over the gain line. We've got far too many players in this team that crash the ball up but literally stop when they hit the defensive line (Prinsep, Blackwell, Proctor) and it just prevents the Canes from building pressure.
Ah well, another week and another loss. I'm really not surprised. Are we even going to make the top 8 this year lol?
All we have to do is beat the Aussie teams and we should get in 😂
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@winger said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:
@mikey07 said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:
All we have to do is beat the Aussie teams and we should get in 😂
8 out of 12 making it will certainly help. Esp with the 2 new team and some weak Aussie teams. And the highlanders haven't won yet
You only have to be better than Rebels, Force, Drua and Moana Pasifika….
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@crucial you'd expect us to win those but let's be honest, this team's a lottery under Holland.
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@machpants said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:
@stargazer said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:
Haha, Jason Holland just said he thought JGB was "solid" today.
He's been chubby for ages, solid is aPC way of putting it
JGB is fat and slow, and his arse looks even bigger when he plays for the Lions in those white shorts
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@canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:
@crucial you'd expect us to win those but let's be honest, this team's a lottery under Holland.
Wake me when he's gone. The only hope is that we don't lose all our best players before he leaves
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Soon as Love slotted back in at 10 he sparked the Canes backline with his pace to help us score a top try in the corner.
Thought the tight-five & loosies A.Savea & Kirifi went well - outstanding power try by A.Savea, showed yet again how effective his leg drive is.
There was a big improvement with Perenara's passing game & his all-round urgency.
I know J.Barrett wants to play in the midfield, but at this stage he's more value to the Canes playing at 15... we already have two very good midfielders, Umaga-Jensen & Sullivan.
Seems the Canes biggest threat is our coach rather than the other teams
Really annoys ya, if we actually selected our best team we would have a bloody good side. -
Watching the Highlights, ENS continues to be pretty disappointing - he was beaten by Love for the J Savea try then gave up the penalty which led to the A Savea try.
He ran well tonight (52 off 7 runs), but as usual he made as many tackles as he missed (2,2).
I don’t think he’s better than Lowe, and he’s running out of time to justify the huge amount of chances he’s had with this franchise.
We really need a better back three. If we could recruit a Rayasi or another winger who is getting little time, we’d be far more dangerous. We miss Alaimalo (pre getting jumped on by Clarke) a lot.
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Continuing with the stat chat, although Tupaea had one great run today that led to a try, he’s still a very mixed bag. He touches the ball heaps - 15 runs, 9 passes, 34 metres,, 6 offloads, but on defense he still struggles with 6 made and 3 missed. Plus the stats don't count the missed catches and poor passes that didn’t turn into turnovers.
On the other side, although Jordie was relatively quiet, I thought he did quite well in his first game back at 12. They got the ball in his hands about the same amount as JGB, with Jordie having 11 passes, 9 runs, and 33 metres (2nd highest in the backs). He made 15 and missed 1, making him the equal highest tackler for the Canes too.
I think they need a 13 who is a threat to make it work (Proctor was basically unseen with 9 passes, 3 runs, 2 metres) but if they commit to Love (not a 15), Jordie, PUJ as an inside back combination they could be fun to watch. Personally I’d put Goosen or Moorby at 15 (and the other on the bench) and bring Rayasi into the starting lineup.
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@bones said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:
Watching this game I still don't get the hype from the canes around Love. He strikes me as probably as good as Trask at this stage.
His inexperience showed a few times in his decision making. In one instance he caught a hurried long kick near touch with lots of time to play. Had scattered defenders in front. If he ran angled toward support likely outcome was a ruck near halfway. Instead he tried a long pass infield which wasn’t going to achieve anything except give the opposition time to organise themselves and to make it worse the ball bounced. End result was a line out on the opposite side only 5 metres up from his catch.
He looks more a 10 to me. One that needs time in that jersey to come right. Like Perofeta did.
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@gt12 said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:
Watching the Highlights, ENS continues to be pretty disappointing
You wouldn't have known he was playing in the 1st half. ENS needs to get involved more.
try then gave up the penalty which led to the A Savea try.
That was really poor as Gatland was calling for the ball. But nope...
With the players available I would move Narawa to the wing as he doesn't have a great kicking game.
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ENS has early DMac problems. The guy needs space and therefore goes looking for it. His skill level is such that if he works out an effective way of playing he could be very good (which is why I think he is being given the opportunity as experience is his best teacher) but I agree that it is very debatable how long he can be persevered with.
He's the type of guy that could go to France and pop up in a couple of years of a constant diet of playing as 'one that got away'. We just don't have those long seasons and every game matters.
