Blues vs Hurricanes
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@nzzp yeah I think that was the difference tonight, IWL dropped three kick-offs giving away soft possession to the Blues. Two lead to tries so that's the difference that the Canes will need to clean up before the playoffs. I'm sure they will do that anyway when Delany comes back into the fold.
Also can we stop wearing black, bring back the yellow. Fck KIA.
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@gt12 said in Blues vs Hurricanes:
What a fucking game.
Anyone bagging super rugby should be directed to watch that.
Super rugby sucks, well this year any way…
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues vs Hurricanes:
@canefan said in Blues vs Hurricanes:
Poor technique from Akira. Blues their own worst enemy so far
agreed. Just get low
I beg to differ having watched the slo mo. TJP brings his head up and the back of it clips Akira in face. Correct analysis accidental head butt by Black. Most certainly no yellow.
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@African-Monkey said in Blues vs Hurricanes:
@Bones Perenara didn't even want it to be yellow lol, you could hear him in the background saying as much.
But under the rules it is a yellow so it is what it is.
Sentence first, verdict later, said the Queen of Hearts.
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@African-Monkey said in Blues vs Hurricanes:
Just as I talk up Numia, he gets monstered haha.
Angus managed to mine the seam between hooker and LH. Suspect hooker’s bind the issue. Once that happens LH becomes sidelined.
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Do crowd sizes get reported anywhere?
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@Bones said in Blues vs Hurricanes:
Yeah can't help but feel those pre game losses for the canes tipped it in favour of the blues. Sullivan went decent but Proctor's organisation was sorely missed and again while Tosi played well, Lomax is at the top of his game.
Agree Proctor and Lomax were big losses, but was real impressed how well both those late subs went. Tosi has came on so much this year, it's bloody good to see.
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@Frank said in Blues vs Hurricanes:
@Daffy-Jaffy
Before I click on that, can you hear the questions being asked?Surprisingly, yes.
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@Dan54 said in Blues vs Hurricanes:
@Bones said in Blues vs Hurricanes:
Yeah can't help but feel those pre game losses for the canes tipped it in favour of the blues. Sullivan went decent but Proctor's organisation was sorely missed and again while Tosi played well, Lomax is at the top of his game.
Agree Proctor and Lomax were big losses, but was real impressed how well both those late subs went. Tosi has came on so much this year, it's bloody good to see.
Agreed, that experience last night is only going to make us stronger in the playoffs. If we get Aumua back aswell that will only boost our chances even more. If we have to go back to Eden Park for a final I don’t think the Canes will be too overwhelmed by the challenge. Things could have been very different last night if we were slightly sharper, not taking anything away from the Blues of course because they were very good and took their chances when it mattered. I just hope that we aren’t caught by the Brumbies, as they’ve got a pretty easy run in. Getting max points against Moana and the Highlanders is a must, if we can also beat the Chiefs that will secure second place and may put us top again if the Blues slip up against one of the Highlanders, Crusaders or Chiefs.
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Agree. But I thought our hookers (number 4 and 5) both went well
IWL started the year off great but has slowly descended to crap. Iose has lost all his fire. Cameron is the biggest issue though. Not even close to being like he was in a few games last year (before an injury?). Since then, he's been average or worse. Morgan has been easily our best first in his few starts
Luckily, we have three other options at lock. Other options for the back row (like Flanders at 8). Its getting late but the key is finding a decent first (you know my preference)
if the coaches get it right thy team might win the title
The difference between great coaches and almost coaches is small. Im started to wonder if this lot have lost it a bit now. Not much but enough to start losing too many games
edit. I thought Sullivan looked a bit average. And IMO a much better option was available
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@Winger I wouldn't say Iose has lost all his fire, a lot of the ball didn't go his way last night and I actually watched the replay today and he was limping quite heavily 10 mins in. When he had an opportunity to break away in the second half he clearly wasn't running at full speed. Hope he's okay and it was only a little niggle. We need him firing in the playoffs. I wouldn't change anything right now, that back three loose trio is proven, Iose will be fine and Flanders/Kirifi have proven to be good impact players.
I think our biggest issue is Cameron, we had a clear opportunity to counter late in the game last night and he just kicks it back to the Blues who end up scoring eventually. I remember Cameron did the same thing against the Brumbies last year, the fact he isn't a counter attacking threat hand breaks us somewhat because you almost always know what he's going to do. Plenty to ponder for these coaches but it definitely isn't panic stations, we did very well despite the last minute changes, Canes teams of the past would have likely rolled over being effected like that last min, this team showed they have plenty of steal about them.
