bit of luck there, but decent finish....this gon' get uglee!

@taniwharugby Better opposition would have punished Aumua for being a ball hog. Should have passed to Lam.

Hope Mr Foster is watching. Mr Aumua putting his hand up.

@KiwiMurph I don't think this game will have much impact on AB selections.

my 40 point margin on super bru looking a tad light

IWL and Taumateine on Blackwell and TJP off.

Come on, I want to see Flanders play!

I would take Laumape and Kirifi off. Both have played big minutes this year.

Aumua, Laumape and Aso all awesome....

Shit, I'm finally going to turn the commentators off. There's only so much Ken Laban I can handle on one day.

@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:

Hope Mr Foster is watching. Mr Aumua putting his hand up.

Spot on. Aumua is beginning to look the business. Tyrell Lomax is another Hurricane who should be part of the ABs squad later in the year.

Hat trick for Van Wyk!

Deion Sanders celebration from Laumape.

“ there is a vacancy on dancing with the stars .....”

Nice work

Sunwolves can make any team look brilliant with their poor set piece and disinterested defence.

not sure too much weight will be added to performances today, some very poor play by the SW...despite that try

Yeah it’s more of a training run. You can only play what’s in front of you I guess.

Which other NZ teams play the SWs? Chiefs a few weeks ago. Crusaders in a few weeks in Brisbane. Who else? Or only these three?

This game has gone to the shit in the last 10 mins. No injuries please.

@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:

Which other NZ teams play the SWs? Chiefs a few weeks ago. Crusaders in a few weeks in Brisbane. Who else? Or only these three?

Highlanders do too.

Blues miss out on the free points.

@KiwiMurph Good games to increase the points differential.

Players of the match, the Laumape/Aso combo.

Gonna miss the Sunwolves, if only for the fact that they make it easy on who to select in fantasy rugby each week.

Picked up Aso and Laumape this week and I'm already way ahead of the guy I'm up against.

@Stargazer said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:

@KiwiMurph Good games to increase the points differential.

Bring on proper round robin next year.

Jarred Adams is bloody quick for a guy who is 130kg+. There were a few times in this game where he is keeping up with the Canes' backs on linebreaks.

@Dice Is he back with Auckland this year? @Nogusta ?

Not the strongest opposition today. But for a team who are without their two best, Superstar players from last season and who lost their coach just before the season, the Hurricanes ain't doing too bad.

@African-Monkey Pretty sure he's back. I remember him signing an extension last year.

@sparky Yup 3 from 4 is a good start especially as they were written off before the start of the year. They have a good culture there and will no doubt be there come playoff time.

Who was that guy that was worried about the Sunwolves I can’t remember his name....glad I was wrong

@African-Monkey were they? They were second favourites at the TAB when the season kicked off.

@sparky also we have Coles and Barrett to come back aswell.

My view on the Canes atm is mostly a positive one. We have a strong set piece (about time), we seem to have game breakers right across the park and the players look to be enjoying their work. My worry is obviously at 10 and if we get any further injuries to key players like Perenara or Lomax then we could be in trouble. I also think because we have so many X factor players, we are tending to push the pass a tad too much, hopefully we can find some patience moving forward.

The next three weeks will be a good gauge of where this side is at. I expect the Canes to get the job done at home next week, but I am obviously weary about our trips away to the Chiefs and Crusaders following that. Winning 2/3 will be a great result IMO.

@Canes4life Sorry I was talking more about people on here tbh.

We lacked a little bit of polish but the main thing is they had fun and we had important players and combinations go well. Big Kobus on the wing doesnt look to bad either.

Aumua needs to pass the ball when his winger is unmarked with the line open.

Oooh they belted the team everyone else belted too. Nailed on competition favourites

@mariner4life said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:

Oooh they belted the team everyone else belted too. Nailed on competition favourites

No one said that.

This Hurricanes squad is nowhere near as good as those of 2015 or 2016. But I don't think that we'll finish last in the NZ Conference any more.

@mariner4life said in Hurricanes v Sunwolves:

Oooh they belted the team everyone else belted too. Nailed on competition favourites

Not the reds in the first round.

Its hard to judge players in a game like this. But

-The new front row combination looked VG
-Kirifi has stepped up this year in the absence of Savea
-Fletcher Smith had a better game. Although that's not saying much as he was awful in his previous 1st5 starts so I will change this to he looked better than OK. The test will be next week but maybe its his head that needs sorting out (don't throw crazy panicky passes when in tough situations) not lack of ability. But I worry he may be a weakness still in tougher matches. and Marshall looks too flaky for 1st
-Aso was very good. Excellent game at center. As long as he can defend and do this consistently he will retain his preferred spot
-Laumape needs to stop the silly mistakes if he wants to retain his AB spot
-Kobus Van Wyk was VG
-Jonathan Taumateine looks promising
-Chase Tiatia will just make up the number unless there are injuries

Time to stop all this nicey nicey giving SA wingers a chance in a Kiwi Franchise shit
Yes Van Wyk did well. But I.m done with giving others a helping hand over NZers.
Fuck that shit.
We.re losing our intellectual property hand over fist - and no-0ne seems to give a rats arse about that. Well, quid pro quo.