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Shame Coles hurt his knee as well.

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There were seasons when the Blues were bottom of the table and still overrepresented in AB squads and that might be the case with some Crusaders players. Definites Williams Newell Barrett Blackadder Reece Possible Lio-Willie Mcleod Unlikely Bower Havili Grace Tarnished Rep Bell Strange Gardner Bowe...

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if the stars align...

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Some pretty hilarious responses for the weekend losses coming from Highlander and Crusaders fans. The Wellingtonians, tho', generally aren't saying a lot either for good or for ill. I reckon the 'canes (stellar) season to date has put them in a state of shocked disbelief. Got 'em worried that if th...

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Mr Mike wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:13 am I assume he meant the original Crusaders.

I wonder what year was his favourite?

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I sorta watched the game but couldn't really work out if brumbies were just crap or the blues just rolled em.

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Pakia Pakia wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:10 am
kiwidutchie wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:06 am For 7 games, Canes have only had 1 card.

Got 3 tonight....
They deserved all three and were lucky one wasn't red.

Karifi wasn’t even yellow let alone red.

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The whole article is an utter mess, par for the course for Knowler these days. Highlights: - Love as a "100%" chance over Stevenson - WTF? - No Tupaea in the midfield convo - TJP a "100%" chance for selection, Hotham doesn't merit a mention (yet) - Brad Shields mentioned but not Flanders? Is he eve...

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Did ya have to nick our Attack Coach as well?

Hurricanes assistant coach Tyler Blyendaal joins All Black Jordie Barrett at Leinster
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350247881 ... t-leinster

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We reduced to sending spy’s into the Irish clubs. How have we fallen.

Oh well intel for that juicy Leinster v Hurricanes club world
Championship final maybe handy.

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paddyor wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:51 pm Leinster looking at Bleyendaal as an attack coach apparently.

Basketball rugby, here you come.

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Probably don't even need to state it but Lakai has only just turned 21...

Hes got plenty of room and time for growth.

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Great performance mostly from the Rebs. Lancaster will be up for higher honours sooner rather than later. Seems like a faster version of Kellaway. Not a bad call but Kellaway is probably the smartest and most reliable rugby back in the country. I wouldn't say that was a great performance. It was de...

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Wow, that was hectic.

Lots of parts to improve for the Canes:

- Kick receipt
- line out calls
- telegraphed backline moves
- patience

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Two tackles from Finau with no arms….

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grouch wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:07 pm
capt hurricane wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:19 am [
The Hurricanes bench includes O'Reilly, Rakete-Stones, Tosi, Sangster, Flanders and Kirifi.

That's on the BENCH!
Exactly - Advantage Chiefs.

I can give only you O'Rielly, We would have no problem with them starting.

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Where is Alex Fidow these days? I remember seeing most of the Hurricanes side coming through the representative age grade sides since college, and he was one of those players. Perma Crooked. That's a shame. I've seen nothing in the media or the Canes site, so do you know if he has retired or still ...

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Tehui wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:59 am Where is Alex Fidow these days? I remember seeing most of the Hurricanes side coming through the representative age grade sides since college, and he was one of those players.

Perma Crooked.

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You gotta wonder about the heights. Leonard and Mils are listed as the same height. Luke Mac is a shorty though.

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Grandpa wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:48 pm Sosene Anesi on Lauaki's right?

Lauaki's left is out of shot.

better size fit but that would make this the 2005 team.

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they all got chiseled faces by the heavy shadow / lighting

Pretty sure Luke is the best fit there.

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MCALISTER ? Though his legs look too skinny.

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The next 3 games are crunch games.

Chiefs
Drua (away)
Brumbies (away)

They will be true measure of this team I think. Particularly brumbies... we always seem to have difficulty there.

And Lomax need to get one of his AB Rest in as well...

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Ted. wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:02 am
kiwidutchie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:32 am
Scrums:
#4 with 83%. (Drua #1 with 96%!)

Need to do better in the scrums.

The only issue there was the free kicks given away for closing the gap. And that was more cheekiness on the oppositions part.

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someone is gonna get pinched.

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Good first half

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Reggie Goodes. what a loss.

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I thought Lomax might be rested for this. But alas, we have a juicy front row match up!

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Someone was always gonna get teh short end of the stick and its flanders this week

Was expecting a winger/fullback on the bench. (was hoping Godfrey)

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Yes, the the 9-10 axis is a problem but i don't think Havilli is helping. His injury might be a blessing in diguise.

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Rayasi has me excited and frustrated in equal measure. He did some scintillating stuff last weekend, and some dumb shit. Overall though, the good outweighed the bad. A couple of season ago, I was livid he was not getting more starts. Then when he actually started games last year... I've gone a bit ...

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Lomax probably due to be rested. So we might miss out on that battle.

Canes will need to tighten up 2nd half Defence and are probably not going to get the same platform of quick ball that they got last week.

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...A stern test awaits against the Chiefs down the line, but the Canes pack has already dismantled two of the better packs in New Zealand. The surface value stat of scrum wins by the Hurricanes doesn’t reflect how utterly dominant they have been this year. They’ve put the squeeze on and seen opposi...

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Rather settled squad, good depth. Hardly any injuries.

Chiefs, then Drua and Brumbies away will show were we are really at.

My only concern is this start has given Ogre a heart attack. He's been MIA.

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Hurrifan wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:02 am Based on that I'd really really hate to try and pick a top 15, or match day 23

Not even going to try it...

Hopefully we keep this momentum next week before we go into round 8 with 3 tough games in a row. Chiefs, Drua (away) & Brumbies (away)

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Jeez the Canes B team is Not bad Is it though? They brought in their captain, Jordie Barrett, their AB winger….. Many of these Bs will be starting next week. The Canes are just really good. Yea sorry just years of hope only to be dashed on the reality. They weren't even picked to be this good this ...

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TJ playing real well!

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Looking at that Rebels team again, the nerves did a wee spike. They're not mugs. Yeah, I was surprised by the number of changes. no respect given. Hope it doesn't blow up in their face. Many of the players they brought in are first choice. There’s a few for sure. 3 old heads combining for that try.

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That’s so very fast ruck speed from the canes. Rebels gonna need to slow that down or it will be a long day.

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Shame we don't get to see the Proctor brothers go head to head.

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