@Stargazer pretty brave going in without a halfback.
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@cgrant when players lose game time for no apparrant reason sometimes it’s because they have indicated to their franchise they are moving seen it before.Just throwing it out there is that the reason ? because it surprises me both have not had more game time .
I am sure there are some franchises who would be looking for a lock with some height in particular.
@Chris yeah Hunt should move to the Chiefs or even the Saders, he's a frikken AB and is simply a better player than Lentjes. It's bizarre he can't even get on the bench.
Parkinson is a tougher one - he's very young and the locks that have been playing, have been playing bloody well. He got more game time than I thought he would earlier in the season (but played well).
@cgrant said in Highlanders v Jaguares:
Hemopo and Franklin have been great, that's true. But what about Dickson who's got a lot more game time than Parkinson ?
Did I say all the locks except Dickson?
Clearly
I just realised he's been in Japan so his NPC performances were from a couple of years ago
That was classy from Ioane. Good long pass earlier too
He’s so far ahead of Black with ball in hand
fuck lucky the Jaguares let Dixon stand for so long doing nothing with his hands on the ball then rejoined the ruck...
That was some awful assistant ref work.
Camera angle shows ball go out about 10 metres out.
Assistant ref just gives it 5 metres out.
Cripes.
Probably the best game I've seen from Tomkinson with ball in hand. Even at NPC level, I've not seen him really attack like this.
@Duluth said in Highlanders v Jaguares:
Good start by the Jaguares
..and again
I expect they'll fade away again
Some really ugly holes being left 2-3 wide of the breakdown by the highlanders. So frustrating, it's just lazy defence, people not scanning.
With Lentjes going off, who's replacing him there? Mikaele-Tu'u can play 6 and 8, but I've never seen him at 7.
@KiwiMurph one of the big positives for the AB’s at the World Cup is they get to avoid all the NZ referees
@Duluth said in Highlanders v Jaguares:
@Duluth said in Highlanders v Jaguares:
Good start by the Jaguares
..and again
I expect they'll fade away again
They didn't. With a bit more luck, they could have drawn or even won.
Were the Jaguares hard done by the ref or were they being their normal ethnic soccer culture selves?
@KiwiMurph no he seriously is a Joke he always Refs one team not the Game
Josh Ioane is hitting form and lots of potential. I've no problem with him as the ABs Number 3 First Five.
@sparky said in Highlanders v Jaguares:
Josh Ioane is hitting form and lots of potential. I've no problem with him as the ABs Number 3 First Five.
No problem??
It would be a massive heart in mouth moment if he plays for the ABs this year.
He’s coming along nicely and starting to do more things right than not.
@ACT-Crusader I wouldn't be worried if Josh Ioane played in the 22 jersey against Namibia this year. Maybe even against Tonga or Canada.
@Victor-Meldrew said in Highlanders v Jaguares:
@sparky Looks a great prospect but early days for Josh Ioane (and don't forget he's playing outside of arguably the best 9 out there). But, yeah, well worth Hansen and co. getting him into the squad and having a good look at him in black.
He's not exactly going to be playing outside Ruru if he makes the ABs...