Super 15: Western Force vs Hurricanes. nib Stadium (9/3/2012 11:05 GMT)

[Draggs]

nib Stadium, Perth (9/3/2012, 11:05 GMT)

Referee: Jaco Peyper
AR1: Andrew Lees
AR2: Ed Martin
TMO: Matt Goddard
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[Mary7]

After all the travelling Hurricanes are looking damn good!!! go Hurricanes!

 

[nickdnz]

Greatest the Hurricanes have played in a long time. If the Hurricanes can play like this through out the season, I think everyone in Wellington needs to give Mark Hammett a massive apology, myself included. Amazingly good. If the Hurricanes could score two good props in the off season and play like that, they could well be ***le contenders.

Magic skill levels. Every try was so well taken.

 

[Icemn]

Greatest the Hurricanes have played in a long time. If the Hurricanes can play like this through out the season, I think everyone in Wellington needs to give Mark Hammett a massive apology, myself included. Amazingly good. If the Hurricanes could score two good props in the off season and play like that, they could well be ***le contenders.

Magic skill levels. Every try was so well taken.

Hear Hear

but the canes are like that, 1 week BRILLIANT, next week, no-existent hopefully they can be more consistent and I think they have been the last few weeks...

brilliant performance though!!! well deserved!

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Well in the Stormers game they managed to stay in it somehow for most of the match, pipped the Lions and put in a virtuoso performance against the Force if one takes the travel factor into consideration. Granted both Lions and Force and the greatest of teams and the Stormers had themselves to blame for a number of the 'Canes' points but if this team can continue playing as a unit and get some more ball.. well, I certainly had them pegged for the wooden spoon but they could push for a top-middle table finish which would be a great result for a team in a building phase.

 

[Gena_ZA]

good win but terrible opposition - want to see what they will do against the other teams in the NZ conference.
Still think they will end bottom, but they are not as disgraceful as the worst in SA and Aus

 

[William18]

good win but terrible opposition - want to see what they will do against the other teams in the NZ conference.
Still think they will end bottom, but they are not as disgraceful as the worst in SA and Aus

Bottom overall or bottom of our conference? I can't see us finishing last overall with the Rebels, Brumbies and Cheetahs at home all to come.

It was a decent performance last night. We were very clinical but certainly did not dominate the game as the scoreboard suggested. It was good to see Perenara and Savea play so well as I have been critical of both of them in the past.

 

[sonnench]

The Hurricanes have done much better than I thought the would of, despite only beating the Force and the Lions. I would of predicted they would of at least lost one or the other before the season started, so well done to them. I agree with William18, can't see them finishing bottom overall, but they have every chance of finishing bottom of the N.Z conference, which to be fair, seems to be the toughest this year.

 

[TNT88]

Hurricanes were solid yesterday, good win. The scoreline doesn't reflect the game, the only big difference IMO was Barrett's kicking compared to ours. He made the kicks that count and that got the Hurricanes on the front foot to eventually topple us over. His tactical kicking/passing was brilliant all game.

Great game from the halfback as well. He got Man of the Match.

 

[donmcdazzle]

Highlights how easy the Aus teams have it in their conference. Reds and Waratahs get to play this lot of rubbish, the Rebels and the Brumbies twice each, whereas some NZ teams don't even get to play them once. Free points for the Reds and Waratahs.

 

[nickdnz]

Did anyone else feel Nathan Sharpe was actually pretty average? Didn't seem to contribute much other than one off runs and even then he knocks it on.

 

[Larksea]

well before season start I was tipping the canes to do well and they seem to have started early. I get the feeling that with Perinara and Barrett they have a brilliant young 9-10 combo to build a winning team around much like the reds did with Genia and Cooper and really they have enough talent and experience on paper around the rest of the park in the right places to be a real threat.

I dont like what Hammentt did with Nonu & Hore and it prob cost him Gear and Weepu but med - long term they will be a strong squad and the problems they have gone through will just drive them harder. And importantly he managed to secure the signature of Barrett who in my opinion is the hottest talent of this type to pop up in the NZ game since Dan Carter.

 

[TNT88]

Did anyone else feel Nathan Sharpe was actually pretty average? Didn't seem to contribute much other than one off runs and even then he knocks it on.

He was doing plenty of hitups and getting over the advantage line. Working hard by a locks' standard anyway. On TV the knock ons might stand out more I suppose though.