@BerhamporeNinja said in QF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life yup gna be a goodie! Excited!
They'd go w the same team bar Flanders and Fehi back in their respective positions

Bench. Lauaki back fit so I reckon he'd be backing up with Lomax and Tuputupu in the front Row

Shields,,IWL, Ioese, Enari, Sullivan, Naholo

My predicted team no one asked for

I agree but as @rugbyman has mentioned you’ve got one too many.

Iose was very very good coming off the bench on Friday but Shields brings all that finals experience which would be valuable.

Hard decision to make.

Blues instagram post from a couple off days ago showed Zarn Sullivan in a moon boot. Perofeta to fullback if BB is fit? Forbes or Spencer the other options

@Duluth said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Blues instagram post from a couple off days ago showed Zarn Sullivan in a moon boot. Perofeta to fullback if BB is fit? Forbes or Spencer the other options

Chuck Spencer in. We got nothing to lose. Forbes is the safe option which isn't even that safe at times.

@African-Monkey said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Duluth said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Blues instagram post from a couple off days ago showed Zarn Sullivan in a moon boot. Perofeta to fullback if BB is fit? Forbes or Spencer the other options

Chuck Spencer in. We got nothing to lose. Forbes is the safe option which isn't even that safe at times.

Forbes was really effective at fullback in 24. He's only been playing on the wing.

Spencer is not a very good defender and we have major defensive issues already.

@brodean Spencer does offer speed though - which the backline really lacks

Canes reporting 15k tickets already sold so tracking towards a good crowd

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Canes reporting 15k tickets already sold so tracking towards a good crowd

Yep, already sold the same amount of tickets as last week and tickets have only been on sale for 24 hours.

@African-Monkey agree i would pick Spencer as he looks like he has some x factor and they will need that against the Canes. Don't think Forbes is the man for this game.

@Canes4life You know I genuinely think if the Canes are hot favourites , a number (who travel ) will decide that the Final will be one they will wait for too?

Devan Flanders is still battling with concussion. Will be out this week

Looking like Beauden will play.

@george33 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Looking like Beauden will play.

Looking at social media images Spencer will too. Perofeta on the bench

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Devan Flanders is still battling with concussion. Will be out this week

Oh man, that really sucks. Wonder if that will rule him out of the final then. Kind of a risk playing him in a final if he hasn't played for 4 weeks by then.

Dalton see how he comes through today.
Did target semis.

@george33 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Dalton see how he comes through today.
Did target semis.

We are half an hour until the team namings. Let's just wait until then aye.

@Canes4life team namings can be misleading - a player can be named and then a late change

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life team namings can be misleading - a player can be named and then a late change

Dalton will be named if they are hopeful he can get through the week. We've seen a late scratching in almost every game this year, just part of the game these days.

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life team namings can be misleading - a player can be named and then a late change

Will be the case for both teams. Breaking some big news here…

Ruben Love tweaked his calf at training yesterday. Will be undergoing tests/scans to find out the severity. Nervous wait

Dalton is no chance. Didn’t train Tuesday.

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life team namings can be misleading - a player can be named and then a late change

Will be the case for both teams. Breaking some big news here…

Ruben Love tweaked his calf at training yesterday. Will be undergoing tests/scans to find out the severity. Nervous wait

Downvote!!!!!!

1. Ofa Tu’ungafasi (165)
2. Bradley Slater (10)
3. Marcel Renata (80)
4. Patrick Tuipulotu (c) (130)
5. Sam Darry (48)
6. Torian Barnes (13)
7. Anton Segner (53)
8. Hoskins Sotutu (91)
9. Finlay Christie (83)
10. Stephen Perofeta (81)
11. Caleb Clarke (88)
12. Xavi Taele (20)
13. AJ Lam (73)
14. Cole Forbes (39)
15. Beauden Barrett (54)

Reserves: 16. Eli Oudenryn (2), 17. Mason Tupaea (23), 18. Flyn Yates (5), 19. Josh Beehre (39), 20. Che Clark (9), 21. Taufa Funaki (41), 22. Pita Ahki (27), 23. Payton Spencer (4)

Players unavailable due to injury: Ben Ake (ankle), James Cameron (legs, season), Cameron Christie (knee, season), Hemopo Cunningham (foot, season), Kurt Eklund (back), Joshua Fusitu’a (hamstring), Jordan Lay (concussion), Sam Matenga (neck), Sam Nock (hand), Dalton Papali’i (jaw), Zarn Sullivan (foot), Malachi Wrampling (concussion)

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life team namings can be misleading - a player can be named and then a late change

Will be the case for both teams. Breaking some big news here…

Ruben Love tweaked his calf at training yesterday. Will be undergoing tests/scans to find out the severity. Nervous wait

Oh ffs. You have to be kidding me. Can’t we just get through the week without any bloody niggles.

Ruben just loves a leg injury.

@zedsdeadbaby correct.

@zedsdeadbaby still expect him to be in 23 . Thursday

I didnt realise Lauaki played Loosehead as well? Thought he had been used pretty much exclusively at TH

@DurryMexted said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

I didnt realise Lauaki played Loosehead as well? Thought he had been used pretty much exclusively at TH

He’s played loose head almost all season mate.

Joshua Fusitu’a (hamstring)

This is dragging out. He was named in the last regular season game and they pulled him out as a precaution

No Flanders, might not see him again in a Canes jersey. Hopefully back for the final if we make it through. Shields might be cooked by then.

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Ruben just loves a leg injury.

Meanwhile Laidlaw had him out there for 80 minutes on Friday......

@Duluth said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Joshua Fusitu’a (hamstring)

This is dragging out. He was named in the last regular season game and they pulled him out as a precaution

Our props sure love a spell on the sidelines, Ofa last year, now Fusitua to go with Ben Ake and Jordan Lay. Mason Tupaea has become a seasoned veteran as a reuslt of all these injuries.

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Ruben just loves a leg injury.

Meanwhile Laidlaw had him out there for 80 minutes on Friday......

So risky aye.

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Ruben just loves a leg injury.

Meanwhile Laidlaw had him out there for 80 minutes on Friday......

Happened at training yesterday

Interesting to note that Harry Godfrey is off the injured list. Maybe he'll be called upon if Ruben is ruled out.

Crazy to also think that Lakai is playing his 50th game at the raw age of 23.

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Ruben just loves a leg injury.

Meanwhile Laidlaw had him out there for 80 minutes on Friday......

Happened at training yesterday

Which could possibly have been avoided if he had been dragged early to rest his legs...

@Bones said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Ruben just loves a leg injury.

Meanwhile Laidlaw had him out there for 80 minutes on Friday......

Happened at training yesterday

Which could possibly have been avoided if he had been dragged early to rest his legs...

Aware that’s what he was getting at. I just forgot I had already stated that in my initial post haha. Long day

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Bones said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Ruben just loves a leg injury.

Meanwhile Laidlaw had him out there for 80 minutes on Friday......

Happened at training yesterday

Which could possibly have been avoided if he had been dragged early to rest his legs...

Aware that’s what he was getting at. I just forgot I had already stated that in my initial post haha. Long day

So how long have you been mates with Jordie Barrett?

@Frank said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Bones said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Ruben just loves a leg injury.

Meanwhile Laidlaw had him out there for 80 minutes on Friday......

Happened at training yesterday

Which could possibly have been avoided if he had been dragged early to rest his legs...

Aware that’s what he was getting at. I just forgot I had already stated that in my initial post haha. Long day

So how long have you been mates with Jordie Barrett?

Sorry? Am I missing something?

Approx 20K tickets sold so far for this game, hopefully as we get closer to kick-off there will be another big surge in ticket sales.

34500 capacity stadium. You would like to think they will hit at least 25-30k range for a semi final against the Blues. Surely