Hurricanes v Blues : MATCH THREAD : Sat 18th Jul

[stemoc]

15-all might be a cracker 2nd half

[Ymx]

Loving watching this, despite being a neutral

[ScarfaceClaw]

Akira back to shit without Hoskins

He’s put in his effort for the year. He can slack off and get back to his first love of eating for the rest of the season.

[FujiKiwi]

The Canes with more composure and more intensity. Blues will need to lift just to stay in this.

[Gumboot]

Great first half.

[Not_Couch]

This is very exciting even game so far, but I fear Ben O'Keefe will find a way to screw the Canes in the second half.

[FujiKiwi]

Good on Laumape carving up, but annoying that the Blues haven’t made any progress in shutting this midfield threat down.

[Biffer]

Laumape Has been immense tonight

[FujiKiwi]

Too feckin late bringing Faiane on now, Leon.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Blues backs are standing so deep and static. They’re taking the ball virtually standing still. They lost a heap of ground there.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Laumape Has been immense tonight

Has he bulked up a bit this season? He always was a unit but looks a bit bigger still.

[FujiKiwi]

It’s not just Laumape playing well. Umaga-Jensen complimenting him well.

[FujiKiwi]

Akira try.

[stemoc]

easy for a fatty to move just 5 metres forward..

[stemoc]

all teh BOOs made the ball fal over lol

[Akkerman]

booooooooooooooo

[Biffer]

Canes lineout letting them down again.

[FujiKiwi]

And conversion from B Barrett. 22-all.

The Blues forwards still going pretty well. Blues backline, as Scarface says, has been ponderous.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Flappy is a dick.

[FujiKiwi]

Oh yeah baby. Another Blues try from a lineout drive. So sexy.

[ScarfaceClaw]

And conversion from B Barrett. 22-all.

The Blues forwards still going pretty well. Blues backline, as Scarface says, has been ponderous.

They’re massively deep but with very little momentum. Taking the ball flat footed and making it too easy for the Canes.

Now they’re sticking to tried and trusted rolling maul from a 5m line out. Try.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Flappy’s distribution hasn’t been that great this half.

[stemoc]

whats with a whole empty stadium section?

[Sandstorm]

Mark T is a dumb penalty machine

[stemoc]

flappy now 10, u iz fucked canes.

[Sandstorm]

whats with a whole empty stadium section?

Broken toilets probably

[Biffer]

whats with a whole empty stadium section?

Cost. Why pay for additional stewarding, cleaning, etc. if it’s not needed.

[Sandstorm]

Oh dear Blackwell. Ends a great passage of play

[Sandstorm]

Bloos look knackered, falling off tackles

[ScarfaceClaw]

I can’t even see a ball in there.

[Sandstorm]

Unsighted try, but Bin is sure
27-29 Canes

[Sandstorm]

BB nightmare game tonight

[ScarfaceClaw]

What odds for a cheeky blues scrum penalty.

[ScarfaceClaw]

BB nightmare game tonight

Not his best game by a long way.

[Sandstorm]

Canes win, Laumape MOM

[Ymx]

What odds for a cheeky blues scrum penalty.

That did look like one. Canes lucky there.

[Sandstorm]

What odds for a cheeky blues scrum penalty.

That did look like one. Canes lucky there.

BB would have missed the penalty

[Auckman]

Barrett out.

[Not_Couch]

Wow what a match.

I'm exhausted after that.

Jordy and Laumape were amazing tonight.

[FujiKiwi]

Canes very much deserved winners tonight. The Blues forwards didn't take a backward step but the Blues backs were pedestrian, bumbling idiots.

The Canes have X factor in spades and it was well-harnessed tonight.