From that article posted by @Duluth:

Jordie Barrett (...) has been rested for the Hurricanes' match against the Sunwolves on Saturday at McLean Park in Napier.

It is one of his two New Zealand Rugby-prescribed rest weeks.

Barrett wasn't the only high-profile name missing from the Hurricanes' 23-man squad when it was named on Thursday, with co-captain Dane Coles also out, but that was due to a little niggle in his injury-plagued calf muscle picked up during training.

Hurricanes coach Jason Holland didn't expect Coles' injury to be serious and said he should be back for their round six match against the Blues ...

First-five Jackson Garden-Bachop sustained a fracture in his hand during his side's win over the Sharks in round three.

He will be out for at least a few weeks ...

@Stargazer I will just be blunt then. Rakete-Stones probably sits last in the pecking order so Numia starting doesn’t surprise me one bit. Numia showed last year when he turned a pretty decent Highlanders pack into mince meat that he is going to be a very strong scrummager going forward. At only 20/21 (whatever he is) he has X factor and speed with ball in hand aswell, whereas Rakete-Stones looks a little awkward when he isn’t packing down.

@Canes4life but remember we support the Hurricanes on fire one week cold the next

@mikey07 you spelt Blues wrong.

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.

:face_vomiting:

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! @Nepia

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?

@antipodean

I reckon they are the three tallest on the field.

24-15 to the Blues who have just received a penalty try.

Converted try to Canes, Blues 24-22, nine minutes left.

Fulltime after 32 minutes secondhalf, Blues win 24-22.

First half was 43 minutes.

Hurricanes defence exposed with a simple inside pass. Lack of concentration/effort

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.

How bad how our locking department been one bad defensive lapse and the other one can’t carry the ball.

@Stargazer Riccitelli is on the bench.

@Canes4life My bad. Shouldn't listen to the commentators. Fifita and someone else then.

We can’t have Scrafton and Blackwell together. They are useless on the carry, exactly why IWL should be our first choice lock.

Easy finish from van Wyk. Aso and Laumape are looking great.

@Stargazer both brilliant on attack.

@antipodean said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:

@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?

some of your best work.

I'd insert an Ardie joke here, but it'd be a tall tale of some form

Van Wyk looks sharp.

Is anyone at the game. Looks fairly hot.

@KiwiMurph been quality so far.

@Canes4life I heard someone say 29 degrees, but that was earlier in the afternoon, I think.

Great scrum from the young front row.

TJP, Laumape and Aso have been awesome. Don't agree with the signing of van Wyk, but he has scored two nice tries. Although it's only the SW, still credit where credit is due.

Fletcher Smith in the mean time kicking his conversions, too.

@Stargazer yeah he has been very good. Creates competition within the squad which can only be a good thing.

Geezzzz, Aso!!! So good! Those offloads!

Or not?

Aso is so fun to watch.

Laumape's pass was forward; still, Aso's offload was awesome.

No surprise on Aso, him and Laumape were doing this in 2017. You have to wonder why it’s taken so long for them to get back together.