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Two Hurricanes warned for foul play against Pocock

Hurricanes Julian Savea and Gareth Evans have both been issued warnings following their loss against the Brumbies last night.

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Both incidents took place less than ten minutes from each other, both went unsanctioned during play and both involved Wallaby David Pocock.

Number Eight Evans was ruled to have contravened Law 9.20 and was warned for making contact above the shoulders of his Brumbies opponent Pocock.

Upon further review he appeared to perform a neck roll in clearing Pocock from a ruck.

Winger Julian Savea was also warned for a reckless play – violating law 9.11 – where he lifted Pocock above horizontal when he flipped the Wallaby over clearing him from a ruck.

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A warning may be issued by the SANZAAR Citing Commissioner for foul play incidents that are very close to, but in his opinion do not meet the Red Card threshold for citings.

Upon further review of the match footage the Citing Commissioner deemed a Warning was appropriate.

After a near perfect start, the eventual 24-12 loss was the Hurricanes’ third in a row, while the Brumbies victory was their fourth in succession.

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Despite their recent runs, the Hurricanes still sit fourth in the standings while the Brumbies need a few results to fall their way to have a chance at making the playoffs.

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I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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