@Machpants said in Sunwolves vs Hurricanes:

Jeez didn't realise it was on now, got my times mixed up.

Interesting game but shouldn't be this close.

Need a big scrum here.

Come on Canes, don't let them take this from you!

Several good scrums from the Canes now. Bench impact?

Annoying we didn't get a penalty there. Should have kept driving.

Sunwolves forwards are dumb players. How do you not know to run infield when isolated and needing to keep possession?

Not minding it at all if Walker-Leawere will wear black and white during the NPC. Big lump of a man, will be good for our scrum and line-out. He's been good since he came on.

Scrum here. Win our ball and we should be able to shut the game down. We still have a chance of a bonus point so hopefully we get a penalty here.

Another error - it's almost as if the fix is in.

Keep the commentary please, I'm unable to watch

@hydro11 No chance of a bp, I think? Need 3 tries more than opponent. How many tries have each team scored?

@Machpants Sunwolves set piece has fallen apart. Canes scrum on their 22 with ~2mins left.

@Stargazer said in Sunwolves vs Hurricanes:

@hydro11 No chance of a bp, I think? Need 3 tries more than opponent. How many tries have each team scored?

4 tries to two.

Thanks, 4 tries canes, 2 wolves according to ESPN

@Machpants said in Sunwolves vs Hurricanes:

Thanks, 4 tries canes, 2 wolves according to ESPN

Penalty from the scrum.

@hydro11 Okay, then still possible, but it needs to happen now. Time's up.

In our own half, should probably just win the lineout and kick it out.

@hydro11 said in Sunwolves vs Hurricanes:

In our own half, should probably just win the lineout and kick it out.

TJ does it. We get the win.

Full time: Sunwolves 23 - 29 Hurricanes.

Glad we got the W but man that was a painful watch for most of the game.

If the Canes hadn't made so many handling errors, particularly in the first half, it wouldn't have been so close. But 4 points in the bag. A win's a win.

Thanks, so with our poor forward pack, no Barrett's or Ardie, we really struggled? Or just an off day?

I'll watch the replay tomorrow

Being 23-7 down you put yourself in that situation where even if you fight back to take the lead, the other team can still snatch it by a lucky try. All Blacks have put themselves in that position too many times in the past few years. Credit to the Sunwolves for taking their points when they had their opportunities. Unfortunately, a lack of bonus points is probably going to cost us on the final ladder.

@Machpants said in Sunwolves vs Hurricanes:

Thanks, so with our poor forward pack, no Barrett's or Ardie, we really struggled? Or just an off day?

I'll watch the replay tomorrow

It was more the handling errors which were punished by the Sunwolves gaining 50 metres in the first half and some bad decisions on attack.

@Machpants I wouldn't call it struggling. Just way too many handling errors. Some really stupid, unnecessary things and the SW benefited from many of those..

What was the deal with gardner telling them they had to take the lineout at the end there? Surely if time is up and you tap it and kick it out then it is game over. Doesn’t matter when you blew the penalty. Tapping it = game back on.
He had a few weird calls in this game. Pinging the Canes for offside from a non existent knock on when Parker was a mile offside chasing back was an obvious one.

Bench made a huge difference. Time to start guys like Aumua and IWL.

Hats off to TJP and Goosen, both of whom had very good games. Aumua beginning to deliver at this level on his potential. Otherwise wasn,'t great from the Hurricanes. I think the Hurricanes will make the playoffs but that pack is too weak this year to get anywhere near the final.

Parker was excellent for the Sunwolves. Hopefully someone will offer him a NPC contract for 2019 as he has All Blacks World Cup potential.

Great to see a full house and a noisy crowd in Tokyo for this one. Bodes well for a small Rugby tournament coming their way in five months time.

@pukunui said in Sunwolves vs Hurricanes:

What was the deal with gardner telling them they had to take the lineout at the end there? Surely if time is up and you tap it and kick it out then it is game over. Doesn’t matter when you blew the penalty. Tapping it = game back on.
He had a few weird calls in this game. Pinging the Canes for offside from a non existent knock on when Parker was a mile offside chasing back was an obvious one.

Bench made a huge difference. Time to start guys like Aumua and IWL.

That was fair dinkum, IMO. Otherwise he could have penalised us for time wasting.

@hydro11 said in Sunwolves vs Hurricanes:

@pukunui said in Sunwolves vs Hurricanes:

What was the deal with gardner telling them they had to take the lineout at the end there? Surely if time is up and you tap it and kick it out then it is game over. Doesn’t matter when you blew the penalty. Tapping it = game back on.
He had a few weird calls in this game. Pinging the Canes for offside from a non existent knock on when Parker was a mile offside chasing back was an obvious one.

Bench made a huge difference. Time to start guys like Aumua and IWL.

That was fair dinkum, IMO. Otherwise he could have penalised us for time wasting.

Which would have been ridiculous because every other penalty in the game was given plenty of time to be taken. I just don’t see how he can add extra time on after the hooter if they had decided to tap it. What if they tapped and ran to the other side of the field?
He has a history of not knowing when to end the game. I think it was a Highlanders v Brumbies game where he wanted to keep playing on but had to be convinced.

@sparky if guys like Coles, Fidow, Evans stay
injury free for the rest of the campaign we should
look alot better. I think the problem for the Canes
atm, especially with that forward pack last night
is the lack of firepower. Armstrong, Riccitelli, May, Blackwell, Prinsep and Mitchell aren't going to be
opening defences up with their dynamic play as they
are all very 1 dimensional. If you add in Coles, Evans
and Ardie then the whole balance of the pack
changes and we can start to play ball which will
provide more space for our outsides. I'd also like
to see IWL start, not only does he bring size,
but he also has alot of x factor about him.

@Bones Haha, you can easily post that in every thread.

@Stargazer in reply to myself most of the time!

Can I make it my sig?

That was really my first time seeing Fletcher Smith, thought he looked pretty good.
Was a very frustrating game to watch, way too many silly mistakes.