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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 520925" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>Horie is 26. Certainly not old, but he would need an outstanding season to push for Super Rugby selection given the Highlanders already have two hookers signed (Mitchell and Hore), and have plenty of other options if they do decide on three hookers (the likes of Coltman and Rutledge). Horie's form could be bad news for Coltman, who may struggle to start for Otago. Probably the only areas that Coltman has it over Horie at the moment is in the scrum, as by all accounts Coltman is the best scrummaging hooker in the country. Horie to me looks like a Kevin Mealamu when he was younger - not a very big hooker, but low to the ground, and tacklers just seem to bounce of him!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It is great to have some Japanese players in the ITM Cup, especially quality ones like Horie and Tanaka. I've always been impressed with Japanese halfbacks, as they seem have worked out that their primary role is to deliver quick ball to the backline - I wish our New Zealand halfbacks would start doing the same!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 520925, member: 24910"] Horie is 26. Certainly not old, but he would need an outstanding season to push for Super Rugby selection given the Highlanders already have two hookers signed (Mitchell and Hore), and have plenty of other options if they do decide on three hookers (the likes of Coltman and Rutledge). Horie's form could be bad news for Coltman, who may struggle to start for Otago. Probably the only areas that Coltman has it over Horie at the moment is in the scrum, as by all accounts Coltman is the best scrummaging hooker in the country. Horie to me looks like a Kevin Mealamu when he was younger - not a very big hooker, but low to the ground, and tacklers just seem to bounce of him! It is great to have some Japanese players in the ITM Cup, especially quality ones like Horie and Tanaka. I've always been impressed with Japanese halfbacks, as they seem have worked out that their primary role is to deliver quick ball to the backline - I wish our New Zealand halfbacks would start doing the same! [/QUOTE]
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