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The backs look a lot weaker than last match. Fletcher Smith needs to either step up. or be pushed aside. As he's been bordering on utter rubbish whenever he's started at first.
Unsure why IWL is not starting (esp as hes plays for HB). But the coaches for reasons that I can't understand rate Blackwell. YeT the team went very well last week without him
But good to see Numia starting. A good performance and Canes are looking well enough served at LH prop.
@Winger 100% agree with Fletcher Smith, he's looked completely out of his league in the games he's played so far. Hopefully he can get some confidence against a weaker opponent.
Yeah it's painful, IWL is obviously our most important lock, he's not too shabby in the air, he provides grunt in the engine room and he provides quality go forward ball. Hope they are just keeping him fresh for the more important games coming up.
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:
It won't escape Hawke’s Bay’s Hurricanes fans that of those four Magpies, only one is starting. And that they give a journeyman like Kobus van Wyk a starting spot, while Danny Toala has to play with the U20s. Why isn't IWL starting? This game would have been good to give Flanders his first start, too. And they could have started Rakete-Stones instead of Numia.
On the plus side, in Ben May, Fletcher Smith, Tyrel Lomax and James Marshall, Hawkes Bay fans will get to watch four of the Mako diaspora! 
@Nepia
Maybe IWL is being rested or maybe he was dropped for his shit defensive performance against the Sharks. He missed a ridiculous amount of tackles.
@Winger said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:
The backs look a lot weaker than last match. Fletcher Smith needs to either step up. or be pushed aside. As he's been bordering on utter rubbish whenever he's started at first.
Unsure why IWL is not starting (esp as hes plays for HB). But the coaches for reasons that I can't understand rate Blackwell. YeT the team went very well last week without him
But good to see Numia starting. A good performance and Canes are looking well enough served at LH prop.
With JGB out for awhile there is not really any options for 1st5
And I am just hoping they are managing IWL workload, as he has played a lot of minutes so far, he provides a lot of grunt, we know Blackwell will try hard and be average.
@Machpants said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:
@Number-10 said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:
South African winger, Kobus Van Wyk, will get to show his raw pace to a kiwi crowd, being named in the starting line-up on the right wing.
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Sadly I can only like your post once instead of the 100 times it deserves.
@Chris-B said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:
@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:
It won't escape Hawke’s Bay’s Hurricanes fans that of those four Magpies, only one is starting. And that they give a journeyman like Kobus van Wyk a starting spot, while Danny Toala has to play with the U20s. Why isn't IWL starting? This game would have been good to give Flanders his first start, too. And they could have started Rakete-Stones instead of Numia.
On the plus side, in Ben May, Fletcher Smith, Tyrel Lomax and James Marshall, Hawkes Bay fans will get to watch four of the Mako diaspora!
Sadly they get to watch that useless hua flop around on a yearly basis. I'm sure they'll enjoy seeing the Wellingtonian-Aussie running around. Not sure Smith would get a great reception in HB.
@Nepia said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:
I'm sure they'll enjoy seeing the Wellingtonian-Aussie running around.
Yeah - in all fairness, Tyrel is the only one still on the books.
The others have been sadly weakened by their absence from the Motherland!
Hurricanes U20 leading Blues U20 15-12 at halftime, 2 tries each.
Ref is Rebecca Mahoney.
Some tall timber in the Canes pack - Hugo Plummet, Liam Mitchell, Ofa Tautevalu.
@Number-10 said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:
Hurricanes U20 leading Blues U20 15-12 at halftime, 2 tries each.
Ref is Rebecca Mahoney.
Some tall timber in the Canes pack - Hugo Plummet, Liam Mitchell, Ofa Tautevalu.
Hurricanes tall or actual tall?
I reckon they are the three tallest on the field.
24-15 to the Blues who have just received a penalty try.
Two big defensive errors from the Canes: first one from Fifita and Riccitelli; second from Scrafton and Blackwell. This one leading to the SW try.
@Stargazer Riccitelli is on the bench.