Match thread

Shields winding the clock back

Canes4life

Shields is the 6 the ABs need, but is he too old?

Suspect turnover from Fihaki

Canes4life

Lol clear knee on the ground.

Fern fav Havili carving it up .. nice set up

His Bobness

Who’s playing 8 for Canes? Very ordinary defence.

@His-Bobness poliko from Taranaki could be on debut

Bones

Oh man, Newell done now? Let's hope Lomax gets back to form

KiwiMurph

At least it wasnt non-contact. Hopefully just a twist for Newell

Bones

I wouldn't be uncomfortable with Kemara getting the gig in the midweek games in SA.

Hotham having a great game so far!

Bones

Dodgy as fuck try

As expected, the midfield starting their first game together + debut winger having a rough time making their reads.

Bones

Crusaders taking advantage of the 16th man yet again

Filimone has been dreadful. Not sure he's super rugby level. Nice story though.

KiwiMurph

Flanders with a horrendous miss

Crusaders clinic at the moment.....

Awesome pass from JM to CLW

KiwiMurph

So Sullivan sitting on the bench in his 50th....

He's a handy 13 Laidlaw....

frugby

Harkin looking every bit the test footballer out there.

That was an example right there. Filimone just needed to stay on his man on the wing and he jammed in on the centre. Horrific.

canefan

@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders vs Hurricanes:

So Sullivan sitting on the bench in his 50th....

He's a handy 13 Laidlaw....

He seems to love Rova. Not sure why

Bones

@Fale009 said in Crusaders vs Hurricanes:

That was an example right there. Filimone just needed to stay on his man on the wing and he jammed in on the centre. Horrific.

Tuputupu constantly getting caught in no man's land (when he's not hands on knees wheezing)

@Bones Bench hooker could be an achilles heel for this team.

KiwiMurph

So are Blues going to lose to Crusaders next week at Eden Park or under the roof?

Canes4life

Laidlaw should get all of Numia, Lomax, Roigard, Harkin and Moorby off at halftime.

@Canes4life said in Crusaders vs Hurricanes:

Laidlaw should get all of Numia, Lomax, Roigard, Harkin and Moorby off at halftime.

agreed, literally nothing to be gained by keeping them on.

frugby

Hurricanes giving a good impression of the Landers

Canes4life

@frugby said in Crusaders vs Hurricanes:

Hurricanes giving a good impression of the Landers

Timu and Fillmone it feels like it. They are hopeless.

Bones

@frugby imagine hijacking a thread for other teams just to talk about your team. Nicely played

Canes4life

According to Laura it’s the Crusader’s title to lose now

frugby

@Bones Joking aside, the obsession with chip kicking and box kicking is something I haven't really seen from the Canes this year.

Surely against the Crusaders, the plan is to starve them of the ball. I've also found it confusing the lack of long kicks too.

Canes4life

All the Saders have to do is keep attacking Filimone. He’s got no defence.