Jaguares vs Blues
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@KiwiMurph They lost to the Rebels in round 1 though.
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@Stargazer That doesn't make them a rubbish side.
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@KiwiMurph said in Jaguares vs Blues:
@Hooroo I wouldn't call the Brumbies rubbish. They almost made the playoffs last year and they look a better side this year.
Almost made the playoffs? 6 of 15 teams ban make the play offs and all you have to do is win the weak Aussie conference. That makes them rubbish to me.
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@KiwiMurph yeah on paper, the Rebels look handy this year. (which is why I tipped them in week 1
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And the Chiefs in week 1 lost to the Highlanders who in week 2 scraped by, at home, to the Reds, who will easily be the worst Aussie side.
For most kiwi teams this year, the trans-tasman games are going to be a shitfight.
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^ That's a Marc Hinton article. You've been warned.
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Also, for those in Auckland a bit of a plug for the Jaguares Blues watching party at Waitakere on Sunday morning.
Should be a good morning out - get out with some fellow die hard supporters. @DrivingMaul @Steven-Harris will be there, and interviewing an AB.
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@antipodean and?
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@KiwiMurph said in Jaguares vs Blues:
@antipodean and?
It's a civil service notifying people that an article is written by that moron. I don't require thanks.
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@KiwiMurph said in Jaguares vs Blues:
Hinton's article in Stuff indicated they would fly over a replacement for Clarke. However, I think most likely Blues are stuck with Collins at 15 one more week.
They said it was Matt Duffie on one of the sky shows. Throw him straight in the starting side
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No Collins which is a positive, even if it means Nanai moving to fullback.
Poor selecting from MacDonald in the centres thus far. All three guys have an established body of work and Rangi should have a strong opinion on how the centre combination fits together.
Playing Faiane-Nonu round one, the switching it up to Nonu-Faiane round three is just sloppy selecting and an indication he has no fundamental game plan he is working off.
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I would prefer TJ and Nonu the other way around. It went ok in week one and TJ did not defend well at 13 last week
No specialist outside back reserve. I guess Black moves to fullback if anyone gets injured. That's surprising because they are meant to sub Rieko after 47mins.
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@Duluth said in Jaguares vs Blues:
I would prefer TJ and Nonu the other way around. It went ok in week one and TJ did not defend well at 13 last week
No specialist outside back reserve. I guess Black moves to fullback if anyone gets injured. That's surprising because they are meant to sub Rieko after 47mins.
Black to fullback and Nanai back to his preferred wing position.
TJ can probably cover wing in an emergency also.
Nonu looked a little out at sea at 13 also. He could probably use TJ better when he’s at 12 than the other way round.
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@KiwiMurph said in Jaguares vs Blues:
@Duluth I wonder if the Blues have been given a bit of leeway on Rieko given that they are on tour + Clarke's injury + theyve got the Sunwolves next week.
I hope so
The bye after the Sunwolves helps that argument too
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@ACT-Crusader said in Jaguares vs Blues:
Nonu looked a little out at sea at 13 also. He could probably use TJ better when he’s at 12 than the other way round.
TJ has struggled with defence at this level and he gets beaten easily when there's a bit of room. I prefer him defending in narrower channels
Last week he made 3 tackles and missed 5
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@KiwiMurph I'd say the 180 mins in 3 rounds is a 'guide' so Rieko likely to come off after 55/60 mins.
Similarly with BBBR supposedly needing to come off before the half, I would say he'll do a full half, maybe even a few on the other side.
190 mins aint gonna be a big deal (unless they are unlucky enough to get injured in the last couple of mins...)
