Highlanders vs Hurricanes

@jimmyb said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

@Canes4life said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

Well played Lakai, very good performance. Such an athlete.

Lakai and Flanders are the two form loosies at the moment

Hard to disagree. Lio-Willie and Papali’i up there as well.

@jimmyb said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

@Canes4life said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

Well played Lakai, very good performance. Such an athlete.

Lakai and Flanders are the two form loosies at the moment

With Kirifi at openside that should def be our starting loose trio. Hopefully Flanderesess stays injury free he's been unlucky in that sense.

Canes a pleasure to watch.

Some ok individual performances for the Landers but just completely outclassed.

@Boourns said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

@jimmyb said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

@Canes4life said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

Well played Lakai, very good performance. Such an athlete.

Lakai and Flanders are the two form loosies at the moment

With Kirifi at openside that should def be our starting loose trio. Hopefully Flanderesess stays injury free he's been unlucky in that sense.

Might need to take a seat next week after going off with concussion but probably also needs a break. I’d start Shields, Kirifi and Lakai.

Well played canes, Landers were bloody awful!

Nice to see Love go well.

Hard to see any positives for the Lanaders

@Mattasaurus said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

Hard to see any positives for the Lanaders

Taavao had a really good (long) shift. JRK showed glimpses of his former self. Lennox showed urgency (just not the rest of the play to back it up).

Oh and Taylor if you ignore the ropey lineouts.

Really rated how love played his hand in that game. First 60 he barely carried and distributed well. Then once fatigue set in he brought his running game. Also rated how he went out to the touch line to redeem a few earlier kicks on that last con

Jack Taylor still looked bloody good in that game. Having a hell of a season so far

Hugh Renton blaming the referee… FMD.

@frugby Lost by 43 points. The last thing I'd be blaming. Sounds like something Trent Robinson would say.

@frugby said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

Hugh Renton blaming the referee… FMD.

What made you say that? Post match interview?

IYKYK

@Jet you can't even describe that as a mixed metaphor

That'll do.

@jimmyb said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

@frugby said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

Hugh Renton blaming the referee… FMD.

What made you say that? Post match interview?

Yep. JRK call it embarrassing which I thought was a better description.

@frugby said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

@jimmyb said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

@frugby said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

Hugh Renton blaming the referee… FMD.

What made you say that? Post match interview?

Yep. JRK call it embarrassing which I thought was a better description.

FR does make for some interesting thinking when you look and see his opposite got 2 points and JRK is embarrassed.

Despite my anger, it did look like Ruben Love ran a bloody good ship last night. Played like an All Black First Five I thought.

He isn't a test fullback but he could well be the answer at 10.

@frugby said in Highlanders vs Hurricanes:

Despite my anger, it did look like Ruben Love ran a bloody good ship last night. Played like an All Black First Five I thought.

He isn't a test fullback but he could well be the answer at 10.

Looked bloody good I thought, but also don't think we should under estimate how good it would be between Roigard and Barrett.

Love was solid in the first half but didn't really do a great deal. His line kicking is reasonable, but not particularly long.
The cross kick was a beauty - we are so used to seeing shit lobby ones from BB, that it is a treat to see one with a genuinely AFL-style flat trajectory giving the defence no time to scramble.
After the landers fell apart he ran a bit and threw some nice passes - which is good to see, but it is relatively easy to look good in that situation. Very promising performance nonetheless.