I did see this live, but passed on it for Amberlamps. But due to a distinct lack of noteworthy hits, and this entry's ability to conclusively define the term 'hospital pass', it's in.

Two entries over 5 weeks of the S14, both from my Hurricanes. What's going on?

You can see the first nominee here.

If you haven't seen it yet there's a video doing the rounds on the internet at present, the newest video in a long line of videos of fights on American public transport. Put simply a racial disagreement escalates, quickly.

The key moment in this that's attracted a lot of attention on 4chan and the like is the line 'bring da amberlamps'. In honour of this the Dropkicks is starting the Bring Da Amberlamps Hall of Fame [henceforth known as Amberlamps HOF]. Each time I see a big hit in the Super 14, I'll post it up as a nominee. At the end of the season, we get to vote for one inductee.

Without a doubt, the first-ever Amberlamps HOF nomination has to be Aaron Cruden.

In last week's Hurricanes/Blues game Cruden came off the bench in place of Willie Ripia. I've said in the past that I'm a bit wary of putting too much faith in Wellington's new wunderkid first-five, after the amount of times this faith has been unrewarded in the past. His first touch of the ball didn't do a lot to change my mind either:

[Thanks to Rugbydump for the clip]

For the record, Cruden went great against the Force. And I think the Hurricanes have a great idea, handing Weepu the kicking duties. It's clear they want Aaron to focus on his ground game - something the 'Canes have lacked in a 10 - before getting him hunting down Carter's point scoring record.