{"id":2159,"date":"2019-04-18T17:38:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T05:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubrugby.nz\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2019-04-18T17:38:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T05:38:29","slug":"aisle-be-back-hurricanes-v-sunwolves-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/2019\/04\/18\/aisle-be-back-hurricanes-v-sunwolves-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Aisle be Back: Hurricanes v Sunwolves in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2161\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Japan-supporters-1-1000x391.jpg?resize=640%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"250\" \/>\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box,\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1 .wpls-fix-box img.wp-post-image{max-height:250px; }\n\t\t<\/style>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wpls-wrap wpls-logo-showcase-slider-wrp wpls-logo-clearfix wpls-design-1 \" data-conf=\"{&quot;slides_column&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;slides_scroll&quot;:1,&quot;dots&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;arrows&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;autoplay_interval&quot;:&quot;\\u201d200\\u2033&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;rtl&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:&quot;3000&quot;,&quot;center_mode&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-showcase logo_showcase wpls-logo-slider  sliderimage_hide_border wpls-dots-false\" id=\"wpls-logo-showcase-slider-1\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roblawmax.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/rmax24.jpg?fit=220%2C120&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geeksonwheels.co.nz\/locations\/wellington-computer-repair\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/images.jpg?fit=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/RugbyHeartland.co.nz\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/rhld2020_new_220x265abc.jpg?fit=170%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thecallcentre.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TCC-Logo-400x260-1.jpg?fit=400%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partnersfinance.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Partrners-Finance-Logo-Jpeg-.jpg?fit=732%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><div class=\"wpls-logo-cnt\">\n\t<div class=\"wpls-fix-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.partnersfinance.co.nz\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/part2.jpg?fit=300%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s only on the bench but the most pleasing news for me this week was the return of James Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>You may recall he suffered a nasty (is there a nice?) dislocated shoulder against the Waratahs in what seems ages ago. I and a lot of people probably assumed it was season ending.<\/p>\n<p>Now utility backs coming back from injury shouldn\u2019t grab headlines normally. But hey let\u2019s hear it for the safe pair of hands. Given the frequent permutations\u00a0 the current Canes backline has undergone \u2013 most of which involve Jordie playing where he doesn\u2019t want to play \u2013 then let\u2019s hear it for the utility.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall also feels like the closer in baseball. Bring him on with 15 to go and settle things down. But he\u2019s also a creative player, just in case you\u2019re thinking he\u2019s deadly dull. In short he won\u2019t give you downside, and will probably deliver on the upside.<\/p>\n<p>He can of course play first-five. So you know, amid all the flashy but unproven young pretenders to go to the RWC as backup, who knows what could happen.<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t mention it last week but the loss overseas of Sam Louisi is a shock. No wonder the Canes can\u2019t build a forward pack long-term when such a young player \u2013 in locking terms \u2013 is upping sticks for overseas. The player drain has got to be a worry.<\/p>\n<p>+++++++<\/p>\n<p>Still about six months out, and who didn\u2019t feel the panic when Damian McKenzie went down and out for the season. And I mean, no-one seriously rates him as a frontline first-five.<\/p>\n<p>It does go to show that for all the supposed depth, we are hurting from the player drain. Aaron Cruden and Lima Sopoaga would be easy slot-ins and experienced.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not that there aren\u2019t capable enough backups, although none with the X-factor, but the lack of experience that will apply to the next cab off the rank. When or how are the All Blacks going to blood that third first-five, because basically there aren\u2019t that many international matches to come.<\/p>\n<p>So, I\u2019ll jinx it by saying this isn\u2019t 2011 and there is no way injury will strike again in the same position. No way.<\/p>\n<p>+++++++<\/p>\n<p>Sunwolves in Tokyo. The Canes announced what they said was an experienced outfit, when clearly it isn\u2019t really.<\/p>\n<p>Fair enough to take the opportunity to get some of the fringe players on the park for the full 80. Just hope this doesn\u2019t turn into a banana skin of the sort felt by say the Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>It should actually be pretty close. Perhaps we should have snuck Ardie on in the carry on baggage.<\/p>\n<p>++++++<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve said it before but the Israel Folau saga to me is a done deal. He can hold his religious views and say what he likes on social media \u2013 provided he doesn\u2019t contravene the contract he has with Rugby Australia.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s some contention over what that contract says regarding social media, but the code of conduct he appears to be bound by doesn\u2019t seem to leave much doubt that he cannot embarrass his employer with statements that run contrary to that organisation\u2019s ethos.<\/p>\n<p>So I would expect he won\u2019t get a second chance, and will have only himself to blame.<\/p>\n<p>++++++<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Hurricanes team to play the Sunwolves \u2013 kick-off 10.00pm Friday night \u2013 is:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15 Chase Tiatia<br \/>\n14 Wes Goosen<br \/>\n13 Matt Proctor<br \/>\n12 Ngani Laumape<br \/>\n11 Ben Lam<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2164\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2164\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clubrugby.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Chichibunomiya-Rugby-Stadium.jpg?resize=535%2C356\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"356\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo,<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>10 Fletcher Smith<br \/>\n9 TJ Perenara (c)<br \/>\n8 Reed Prinsep<br \/>\n7 Du&#8217;Plessis Kirifi<br \/>\n6 Vaea Fifita<br \/>\n5 Liam Mitchell<br \/>\n4 James Blackwell<br \/>\n3 Ben May<br \/>\n2 Ricky Riccitelli<br \/>\n1 Fraser Armstrong<\/p>\n<p>Reserves<\/p>\n<p>16\u00a0Asafo Aumua<br \/>\n17 Xavier Numia<br \/>\n18 Jeff To&#8217;omaga-Allen<br \/>\n19 Isaia Walker-Leawere<br \/>\n20 Sam Henwood<br \/>\n21 Richard Judd<br \/>\n22 James Marshall<br \/>\n23 Billy Proctor<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-2 .wpls-fix-box,\n\t\t\t#wpls-logo-showcase-slider-2 .wpls-fix-box img.wp-post-image{max-height:250px; 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