Final - Crusaders v Chiefs
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Well I give the Chiefs a shot with their 9 10 combo's. If they can drive the Chiefs into the right parts of the field and keep eyes open to gaps out wide, they will create enough opportunities to win. They will not want to repeat the ultra conservative tactics used against Blues.
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Reckon the Chiefs are going to do it this year unfortunately. Crusaders too green in the pivot positions and it is the Chiefs strong point. There are going to be some insufferable, unfashionable fans with cowbells this year.
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@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
There are going to be some insufferable, unfashionable fans with cowbells this year.
you make it sound like it would be a new thing!
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@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@frugby said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I would expect O'Keffee as he didn't do a semi-final.
My reading of that is the two top rated refs are Berry and Doleman.
In the last decade, generally the ref who has reffed the final did not do a semi-final.= Exceptions for this are 2022 and 2017.
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@frugby said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@frugby said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I would expect O'Keffee as he didn't do a semi-final.
My reading of that is the two top rated refs are Berry and Doleman.
In the last decade, generally the ref who has reffed the final did not do a semi-final.= Exceptions for this are 2022 and 2017.
Fair enough. Am not a fan of that though.
That's how you get 28yo Wayne Barnes reffing a QF while the best refs run touch.
Have the best refs running the biggest matches.
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@Ghost678 said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Yeetyaah yeah, I checked right at full time and again this morning, Air NZ fully milking it - prices went up couple hundred for return last night! Luckily flying out from Wellington so was about 550 return.
that is still highway robbery!
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@nostrildamus flights always go up over long weekend’s too - Matariki on Friday.
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I dunno, Syrup McKenzie gets pretty flaky under pressure.
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Well, the TAB doesn't know.
Crusaders $1.90
Chiefs $1.90Have to say, that we've played them twice this year and been beaten comfortably both times is a statistic that does not fill me with confidence. If I recall correctly, we started well both times and got run over as the game progressed - so the manner of the losses isn't good either.
Still, it's the Chiefs - a notoriously card-happy team, so they may gift wrap it for us again. But, that's not something they should focus on - you wouldn't want to be too careful and go into your shells...
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@Chris-B said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
Well, the TAB doesn't know.
Crusaders $1.90
Chiefs $1.90Have to say, that we've played them twice this year and been beaten comfortably both times is a statistic that does not fill me with confidence. If I recall correctly, we started well both times and got run over as the game progressed - so the manner of the losses isn't good either.
Still, it's the Chiefs - a notoriously card-happy team, so they may gift wrap it for us again. But, that's not something they should focus on - you wouldn't want to be too careful and go into your shells...
I feel like the Saders are a superior version of the Brumbies. Solid in all aspects, setpiece, breakdown, and they have a 10 with a solid kick game. The Chiefs must play a cohesive, disciplined game, take the points when on offer, and look to break them open as the game goes on. Just like last night. But if they make mistakes, as the Blues and Canes did, the Saders will squeeze them
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