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Hurricanes team for pre-season clash against the Crusaders
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Head Coach Jason Holland has named his side for Saturday’s preseason clash against the Crusaders, which will be played behind closed doors at Jack Reid Park, Arrowtown.
Players will be looking to impress ahead of the Hurricanes season opener against the Crusaders on February 19th.
“We’re still not 100% on who our best 23 are to play Round 1, so there is still opportunity for the guys to put their best foot forward this weekend and nab that jersey,” said Hurricanes Head Coach, Jason Holland.
“There is a hell of a lot of competition here and we’re definitely open to seeing who performs. We’re keen to see how the guys go on the weekend.”
Latecomer Reed Prinsep will make an appearance during the last 20 minutes, after completing 5 days in isolation before coming back into the fold. James Blackwell will get the opportunity to captain the team.
Hurricanes team for pre-season match two against the Crusaders, 5pm, Saturday, 12 February, at Jack Reid Park, Arrowtown
1 Pouri Rakete-Stones
2 Jacob Devery
3 Tevita Mafileo
4 James Blackwell [c]
5 Caleb Delany
6 Devan Flanders
7 Du'Plessis Kirifi
8 Brayden Iose
9 Jamie Booth
10 Jackson Garden-Bachop
11 Salesi Rayasi
12 Peter Umaga-Jensen
13 Billy Proctor
14 Josh Moorby
15 Ruben Love
REPLACEMENTS:
16. Siua Maile
17. Xavier Numia
18. Alex Fidow
19. Ben May
20. Ofa Tauatavalu
21. Justin Sangster
22. Te Kamaka (TK) Howden
23. Shamus Hurley-Langton
24. Reed Prinsep
25. Logan Henry
26. Aidan Morgan
27. Leroy Carter
28. Julian Savea
29. Bailyn Sullivan
30. Nehe Milner-Skudder
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There is nothing particularly significant about Ireland in this regard compared to other Tier 1 nations. To look at 'strategy' for illegal play its best to see what teams push boundaries with new laws. SA have milked two tries at ruck block downs. The strategy is to charge the first few before the ball is out at about 4 seconds but pull out and put up hands in reigned apology. The referees usually allow the scum half to clear without awarding a penalty in this scenario. The problem with that being that the scrumhalf is now taking over 5 seconds through no fault of his own. Having achieved a few slow balls > 5s , the SA forward can now pick a scrum to charge dead on 5s. Now if the scrum half waits, he will concede a penalty, as we saw against Scotland. With the new rule in place, any early charge should result in an immediate penalty.
SA also got an offside block against England which was pivotal again after a couple of 'apologetic' offside aborted charges forcing England to clear slowly.
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