Match thread

Landers92

@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.

Frank

@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!!!!!!

Duluth

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)

Canes4life

@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. 🙄

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

Canes4life

@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.

Duluth

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

Canes4life

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.

KiwiMurph

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Ruben just loves a leg injury.

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

African Monkey

@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.

Canes4life

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

@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

Frank

@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?

Landers92

@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?

Canes4life

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.

Landers92

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

Ben OKeefe referee

Canes4life

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

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

Yeah, I'm pretty confident come Saturday we will be in that range. I'd say we will be pushing to get over 30K though.

Meant to be a good day as well which will help.

The Canes have the best marketing and social media team, it's up to the Wellington public to get behind them now. This is marketing genius for those that haven't seen it.

Dan54

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

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

You would , but do you think some will be waiting for final next week if they make it? Not saying they are, just I was talking to fella who is planning on going down next week.

Dan54

@george33 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

Ben OKeefe referee

Well so 2 of top 3 ranked refs are doing the semis so good! Actually BOK couldn't of done it couple of years back as he wasn't allowed to do Canes games.

Canes4life

@Dan54 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

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

You would , but do you think some will be waiting for final next week if they make it? Not saying they are, just I was talking to fella who is planning on going down next week.

Not real fans if they can't turn up this week.

Yeetyaah

@Canes4life not real fans unless you turn up for the shitters tbh

Dan54

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Dan54 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

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

You would , but do you think some will be waiting for final next week if they make it? Not saying they are, just I was talking to fella who is planning on going down next week.

Not real fans if they can't turn up this week.

Mate, it's a 3.5 hour drive each way, I think they can pick one.

Canes4life

@Dan54 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Dan54 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

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

You would , but do you think some will be waiting for final next week if they make it? Not saying they are, just I was talking to fella who is planning on going down next week.

Not real fans if they can't turn up this week.

Mate, it's a 3.5 hour drive each way, I think they can pick one.

Oh fair enough, thought your mate was based in Welly.

Dan54

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Dan54 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Canes4life said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Dan54 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

@Landers92 said in SF: Hurricanes v Blues:

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

You would , but do you think some will be waiting for final next week if they make it? Not saying they are, just I was talking to fella who is planning on going down next week.

Not real fans if they can't turn up this week.

Mate, it's a 3.5 hour drive each way, I think they can pick one.

Oh fair enough, thought your mate was based in Welly.

Naa mate, and like you I would expect him there this week, if he lived there, I would certainly have been at all

Any updates on Ruben Love’s calf tweak?

Canes4life

You can see in this video Harkin is kicking off so obviously didn’t train.

Sullivan also in 23 squad kit so looks like he’ll come onto the bench.

Love looks like he’ll be out for this week.

canefan

Bloody fuck bloody

Canes4life

Or they are putting Love in cotton wool.

Dan54

Didn't I just see love training on TV1 news?