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WoodlandsRFC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:43 am Moorby to sign a two year deal with Montpellier, apparently.

He's a great talent for the Canes but he's not Will Jordan

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Hurrifan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:26 am
Tehui wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:32 am The Hurricanes still have areas for improvement. Let's not cream ourselves just yet.
I'm withholding judgement until after we play the Drua in Fiji and the Brumbies away.

I'm withholding judgement until the final

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Oh please stop this nonsense. Kirifi and Flanders came on when the Chiefs looked gassed out there because Aumua was breaking their defense apart. I would rather we finish strong and the fresh legs helped immensely hence the 6-2 split in the reserves. Shields Lakai and Iose DOMINATED that first half ...

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There is 2cm difference and they're both under 190m which is short for a loose forward now days. Kolisi is an absolute beast at the breakdown. Virtually every Soutb African who has played 7 since Juan Smith has been around 2m. Im failing to see what your point is. If you even had one to begin with....

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Lakai is basically the same height as Iose. South African 7 is the blindside. Numbers don't mean a whole lot in Saffa land. Kolisi plays a combination of both sides and Lakai plays similar to him. According to the Canes website Lakai is shorter than Iose There is 2cm difference and they're both und...

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How bad are the Highlanders outside their little bubble stadium?

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For me Lakai is an 8 playing 7 and Iose offers even less at lineout than Savea. As good as Lakai and Iose have been Savea is a better 7 than Lalai and Savea is a better 8 than Iose. The major difference for me is the Canes tight five. The removal of the red head bloke at lock and the improvement of...

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Anyone else feel like since Ardie is not playing this year, the Canes backrow now have more of a traditional balanced look about them? We currently have a 7 who plays 7, a 6 who plays 6 and an 8 who plays 8? Hmm.. I'm currently undecided about who between Lakai or Kirifi should be starting and who ...

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Anyone else feel like since Ardie is not playing this year, the Canes backrow now have more of a traditional balanced look about them? We currently have a 7 who plays 7, a 6 who plays 6 and an 8 who plays 8? Hmm.. For me Lakai is an 8 playing 7 and Iose offers even less at lineout than Savea. As go...

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Anyone else feel like since Ardie is not playing this year, the Canes backrow now have more of a traditional balanced look about them?

We currently have a 7 who plays 7, a 6 who plays 6 and an 8 who plays 8?

Hmm..

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That was a good hitout for the Canes after the bye. Chiefs forward pack was getting dominated up front early on and the physicality on some of the tackles were maasive. Must be great to watch as a neutral, but I was biting my fingernails until maybe the last 5 minutes. Chiefs did really well to stay...

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Shields seems like a step backwards as a pick, no? At 32 now I'm not even sure he's among your best 3 loose forwards (Flanders/Kirifi/Iose, imo, with Lakai pushing hard for a spot). If he starts ahead of Flanders I'll be very disappointed from an ABs perspective. Kirifi or Jordie feel like the more...

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Basketball is a young man sport if your old your slow.

Holland is another Foster, a complete fraud. .

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Terrible news for Roigard and NZ Rugby. He was certain to be our starting All Black 9, and a key part of our attack. In the post-Smith era, many of us have suggested that Robertson is going to opt for more multi-faceted no.9's who offer offer strong running and kicking options to complement an accu...

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Landers are terrible

Time for amalgamation and destruction of that tin shed?

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Can we stop having Aussie refs please??

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Fk me. He clearly lost the ball. Ref is a btch

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That Aussie ref literally caused Cam an injury the kunt!

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Boys against men out there

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Knoath wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:05 am As a Canes supporter yeeees and no. They'll be a bit angry when we get them

Without dmac to steer them they are an average team

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Prefer Naholo over Rayasi atm

Rayasi on defence is a liability, prefer him to come from the bench and wear tired defences down

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Fun Fact: 2024 Crusaders have only scored 79 points in 5 games.

That's an average of 15.8 points per game.

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Tussock wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:24 am
Couch wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:55 am
Tussock wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:14 am

So like the Crusaders? Also, how many titles does your lowly team have?
More than games this years Crusaders have won this far
So 1 title...

So 0 wins...

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Even without all the injuries the Crusaders have had a pretty bad draw handed to them... Chiefs - away Tah's - neutral Fiji - away Hurricanes - home Blues - away Surely you want the competition's best side (over the year's) to have a fairer start to the comp? Cry me a river. I remember when kiwis s...

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Even without all the injuries the Crusaders have had a pretty bad draw handed to them... Chiefs - away Tah's - neutral Fiji - away Hurricanes - home Blues - away Surely you want the competition's best side (over the year's) to have a fairer start to the comp? Cry me a river. I remember when kiwis s...

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Landers unlucky here, they are just half a step away from beating teams. Chiefs did enough, but they gotta be better than that if they meet the Canes.

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Havili should never see another black jersey ever again I've been saying this. He gets owned by any decent sized midfield. But I keep getting told he's awesome and it's early in the season. Put Macleod at 2nd 5 and then Aumua might get decent ball. Aumua is disappointing too. It's like they've put ...

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:23 am
MungoMan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:18 am

EDIT

The attendance doesn't look to be an utter disgrace but is still a tad ordinary given the local team is playing last year's SRP winners.
Warriors probably playing

Ironically they played in Christchurch last night and won

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Havili should never see another black jersey ever again

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The Rebels lacked in the first 30mins. Defensively they were a shambles, they have some weapons in that team but unforced errors were their Achilles heel. Canes were scoring for fun but I think from the 25th min to 50th min they let the foot off the pedal a bit and Rebels got more into the game. We ...

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Mark Robinson is a POS

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No issues with card system. Just the interpretation issue between refs and tmo

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Sprig wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:36 am
Couch wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:05 am One must wonder if Brad Shields will even crack the starting XV? We have plenty of depth at loosie
won't be long to the saders steal one.

Who would risk career suicide being part of a losing culture?

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Provincial standard is a bit rough. Don't take anything away from the hometown 'heroic loss' narrative. Has anyone used the word heroic? We played like shit. And yet we led the best team in the comp in the 78th minute. The fact that Hurricanes fans are so excited by their team's performance last ni...

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One must wonder if Brad Shields will even crack the starting XV? We have plenty of depth at loosie

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Just seen the match. Hurricanes should’ve won by 20pts but any win in Christchurch is hard won so a good win to the Canists. Crusaders look well off the pace. Only Sevu Reece looks like a shadow of his former self. My sentiments exactly. Canes had so many opportunities to win by two scores. Regardl...

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They couldn't gone for Cotter. Colin Mansbridge wanted his mate Penney in the job because they played together at Burnside RFC . Nepotism has come back to bite Mansbridge in the ass. I reckon all those titles he won for Canterbury probably had something to do with it too... That was a while ago. I ...

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Crusaders are always hard to beat at home. I think there's a bit of steel developing among the team, and we have a good balance. We probably should have more points on the board but credit to the resilient defence of the Saders. Great game.

4-0 Babaay

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Congrats Reds fans what a game

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Disagree. He had few moments of brilliance, but actually thought the ginga had better of him. Christie threw some average af passes and his kicking game was abysmal wtf were you watching? I don't know, clearly not the game you where, saw the ginga get in there and slap down a Cam pass and harassed ...

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