Good to get Gibson out of that Auckland enviroment and into a proper one.

Keep safe Blues, these Crusaders are dodgy and have a horrible culture.

@tim Haha so we have an opposition coach basically saying that our selections are horrendous.

Imagine if Umaga was still coach. Michael Collins would be starting and Nanai would be playing for Manukau Rovers

Looks like this was the thread to get Waikato rugby back on track.

Lol good one Devlin you irrelevent clown

@sammyc Larry the lamb decided to come over and sign my hat haha. But great win, great to finally go to a game down here where we've won, it's usually miserable going to an Auckland/Blues game down here.

Thought Lemalu was huge again stopping their rolling maul. He really has made a huge difference for us there and the Cantabs barely tried to take us on there after that. We outmuscled them for once across the field and didn't get dominated at set piece which also goes a long way. Tumua Manu surely has to be signed by the Blues next year. He shut down their outside backs brilliantly and was a constant threat on attack along with TJ Faiane. Ruru was also fantastic behind the scrum I thought. Annoying to concede 2 late tries but can't be to fussy as we never win down here to begin with so we'll take that.

Hats off to Luke Romano for Canterbury as he was virtually a one man band today.

Strange feeling going into this game. I'm still shocked with Michael Tamoaieta's passing tbh to the point where I don't really seem to care about tomorrow's result.

@MN5 said in Black Caps v Pakistan:

Shot Black Caps and great work Rossco. Again, what a record for a NZ batsman.

All over tomorrow. Just like their predecessors this Pakistan team can't play too well overseas.

They play all their tests overseas

@Kirwan Why have that when we can have Michael Collins chipping the ball out on the full for no reason to enjoy.

@Bones Good things take time

@Siam said in Blues v Crusaders:

So Blues off a bye and at home should win and then their fans will have 9 months of talking up a team that yet again have won fuck all

Excuse me we won the Gordon Hunter memorial trophy off your mob thank you very much

Went along today. Must say daytime footy is great! Great effort from the Highlanders. Their back row, Smith, Ioane and Nareki were outstanding I thought and they never stopped going right to the end.'

Well done Crusaders (again). They always find a way like the true champions they are. Something I'd suggest the Blues do next week is kick high instead of long. Jordan and Reece running it back at will began to suck the energy out of the Highlanders forwards in particular as they began to struggle kick chase wise leaving holes in their defense. Havili made a difference when he came on too I thought as did Romano and although I don't think he's the answer at test level, Mo'unga continues to shine at this level.

@Dice Yup don't want him. Hate signing guys when we can give younger guys a crack instead.

Geez the Auckland 1A comp is tight. No finals comp either so a real arm wrestle.

@South-Africa-Man The way he had David Higgins' back after he went and called out Peter Fury was also inspiring. A truly inspiring man is ol' Frans!

This is the best the Waratahs have looked in a few years.

Waratahs look sharp so far.

@Yeetyaah Easily their best.

@Crucial Hmmm Milo-Harris got bullied around badly when he came on last week so yeah, not much to choose from there.