Highlanders vs Hurricanes
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I'm excited for this one, both teams are coming off wins against Moana Pasifika and will be wanting a W this week to get some real momentum into their campaigns.
Coming from a Canes perspective it's pretty hard to pick a side for this week with Holland continually chopping and changing, but after Tuesday's game it will be hard to leave out Isaia Walker-Leawere.
I think they will go with something like this with a couple players backing up from Tuesday:
- Rakete-Stones
- Aumua (pending a return from injury)
- Lomax
- Blackwell
- Scrafton
- Prinsep
- Kirifi
- Savea (c)
- Perenara
- Garden-Bachop
- Goosen
- Barrett
- Proctor
- Savea
- Moorby
- Coles / O'Reilly
- Mafileo
- Tosi
- Walkere-Leawere
- Howden
- Booth
- Love
- Umaga-Jensen
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I'll take a stab at the Highlanders team with the recent news that Selby-Rickett and Frizzel will be out for lengthy periods.
- De Groot
- Makileo
- Ainsley
- Dickson
- B Evans
- Mikaele Tu'u
- Lentjes
- G Evans
- Smith
- Hunt
- Dawai
- Umaga-Jensen (pending a return from injury)
- Paea
- Gilbert
- Garden-Bachop
- Marshall
- Leinert-Brown
- Hohneck
- Holland
- Harmon
- Fakatava
- Banks
- Solomona
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@canes4life don't think they'll move MMT to accommodate Evans, but otherwise looks right.
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I'll be really interested to see if they go with Banks or Koroi as well.
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@canes4life hopefully not Princep, as he did the full eighty. Was there a ever a slower player off the back of the scrum? He did well with the push over try, I admit, but he's such a plodder
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@machpants said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:
@canes4life hopefully not Princep, as he did the full eighty. Was there a ever a slower player off the back of the scrum? He did well with the push over try, I admit, but he's such a plodder
Holland loves plodders
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@canefan said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:
@machpants said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:
@canes4life hopefully not Princep, as he did the full eighty. Was there a ever a slower player off the back of the scrum? He did well with the push over try, I admit, but he's such a plodder
Holland loves plodders
Yeah. Although Jules certainly showed his worth versus riyasi this last week, for sure! Riyasi was pants
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@machpants I would prefer Howden but he’s played a lot more mins than Prinsep in the last week so I think they will go with the plodder.
Who knows though, we might see someone like Delany slot into 6 this week.
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Shit me. Tony Brown has really hit the re-set button. I would have liked to have seen a bit more faith in Dawai. But looks like they wanted to have a stronger defender on the wing. Looking forward to seeing Harmon and Umaga-Jensen back on the paddock. Denny Solomona is a bit of a shock at centre.
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@kiwimurph said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:
Banks starting? Cripes
Don't panic, he is matched by J. Garden-Bachop.
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Hurricanes media release:
Highlanders media release:
Highlanders named for their final New Zealand Derby match | Highlanders Rugby Club Limited Partnership
It may be a holiday weekend for most, but the Highlanders will have work on their mind this Easter Saturday when they play their last New Zealand derby match against the Hurricanes at Forsyth Barr Stadium (7.05pm kick off).
