Hurricanes vs Crusaders

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@Chris said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@sparky said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Shame to lose Aumua. I hope it's not as bad first feared

Scoreline flattered the Crusaders. Not the best Hurricanes performance by any stretch, but the win was all that mattered.

Flattered I would say the score flattered the Hurricanes with 2 tries from forward passes.

Nice to see the rub of the green go our way for once.

I never felt like the Canes were going to lose that game though, the Saders did well to make it a dog fight but I’m sure the Canes will be happy to get through the block of four big games. They are now in a good position to control their own destiny.

Also, that Gardiner try was bullshit and shouldn’t have been allowed if we are being picky. The ref ran in between Gardiner and Flanders and prevented Flanders from getting up quicker.

Yeah I mentioned the Gardiner try further up, my reaction was to the score flattered the Crusaders which is BS.
Imagine if that was a Final and we had that performance by a referee that is just not good enough.
We are trying to promote SR and the Referee delivers that tripe, this for both sides I am talking about.

Canes got the rub of the green by the ref as most hometown teams do for some reason. Canes were really off their game but somehow managed to win, though. Good sign.
As dynamic as the Canes loosies are, I feel last night's trio were a bit lightweight. Their front row on the other hand came through with flying colours against quality opposition. That tall Japanese lad at lock would walk straight into an AB squad, wouldn't he? Impossible to keep Fehi in NZ? The guy is a freak.
Crusaders missing Jordan. McNicol did a few BB-esk aimless kicks that really put their team under pressure, Havilli struggled.. Lio-Willie best loosie on the field. Gardiner/Blackadder/Lio-Willie is the best combo for the Crusaders I think. Hotham is AB No.2 halfback for sure. Good debut from that massive unit at 11.

How did LF go in his second go at 7? Improved?

@Chris said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@Canes4life said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@Chris said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@sparky said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Shame to lose Aumua. I hope it's not as bad first feared

Scoreline flattered the Crusaders. Not the best Hurricanes performance by any stretch, but the win was all that mattered.

Flattered I would say the score flattered the Hurricanes with 2 tries from forward passes.

Nice to see the rub of the green go our way for once.

I never felt like the Canes were going to lose that game though, the Saders did well to make it a dog fight but I’m sure the Canes will be happy to get through the block of four big games. They are now in a good position to control their own destiny.

Also, that Gardiner try was bullshit and shouldn’t have been allowed if we are being picky. The ref ran in between Gardiner and Flanders and prevented Flanders from getting up quicker.

Yeah I mentioned the Gardiner try further up, my reaction was to the score flattered the Crusaders which is BS.
Imagine if that was a Final and we had that performance by a referee that is just not good enough.
We are trying to promote SR and the Referee delivers that tripe, this for both sides I am talking about.

Oh yeah I agree, officiating definitely needs to be better.

@Frank said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

How did LF go in his second go at 7? Improved?

Probably about the same. Had a couple more good moments in the midfield on attack, but can't say the rest was anything to write home about.

@Bones really? I thought he was vastly better. A looong way from perfect, but a lot better.

@reprobate let's wipe the ridiculous turnovers he got, that leaves us with a couple of barnstorming runs, which isn't surprising.... and.... what else? Some clinical ruck supervision? Excellent display of skincare not getting grass burns when dragged along the ground trying to tackle someone? Beautiful gifting of the ball to the opposition with loose carrying?

The rest was a bit meh.

@Bones not saying he was great or anything, just thought positioning and tackling were a shitload improved from the previous week.

@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@Frank said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

How did LF go in his second go at 7? Improved?

Probably about the same. Had a couple more good moments in the midfield on attack, but can't say the rest was anything to write home about.

To be fair to him, he got a line out take which i was surprised about. But i definitely think they should be giving that jersey to Kellow or Johnny Lee and putting him back in the midfield. Even with the late injury on the wing they still persisted with him in the loosies, its very odd.

@DurryMexted would've been extremely surprised to see him win a lineout last week with no strapping. Then again, seems Vaihu won as many lineouts as LF this weekend.

@DurryMexted said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@Frank said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

How did LF go in his second go at 7? Improved?

Probably about the same. Had a couple more good moments in the midfield on attack, but can't say the rest was anything to write home about.

To be fair to him, he got a line out take which i was surprised about. But i definitely think they should be giving that jersey to Kellow or Johnny Lee and putting him back in the midfield. Even with the late injury on the wing they still persisted with him in the loosies, its very odd.

Kellow has had a couple of opportunities this year (before Lecester got his chance at 7) and was fucking average

Lee is not a strong ball runner, and we are not flush with them in the forwards.... so if we play him we kinda need to start George Bell who's awful lineout throwing consistently costs us.

Lecester obviously isn't a starting all black 7, but he's solved a problem for us this year which has been a lack of ball running forwards.