Highlanders vs Blues
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Congrats Highlanders, well-deserved win. Great defence held against a dominant Blues' attack in the 1st half; the rest improved in the second half. Coltman and Frizell very good. Josh Ioane, Walden and BFA the best in the backline.
Blues let themselves down; didn't take their opportunities in the 1st half. Rieko and Nanai held under control by the Landers; Akira completely invisible after the first few minutes, but Nonu and Robinson were a threat all game. I think everything has been said about Parsons. Bit of a mixed bag.
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Forwards were flat after the first 30mins. It seemed to be a tactic not to commit numbers and it didn’t work. We never recovered from the glut of possession the Highlanders had either side of half time
We need the bye week
Hopefully MacDonald rotates the pack more in the 2nd half of the season
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And the Parsons project will get rolled out for another 2 years,got absolutely owned by Coltman this evening..Will not get any better,it’s time to go to the market and get a top level halfback ..2 really key positions and we are so off the pace In these areas it’s not funny..Tom Robinson may have have been caught out down the blindside,but he makes up for his other efforts in spades..probably done more in his short career than whole lot more that been fortunate enough to wear a Blues jersey.
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@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Bones said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
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@Kirwan still an egg though. What was that about with Jantjies?
You mean Lentjes who the ref told to shut up earlier?
Haha that one. The one who got shoved by Reiko while just walking back to the scrum.
A nudge whilst both players were mouthing off.
Oh my mistake, Reiko isn't a dick then.
Says the guy with AfterDavid in his team...
What the fuck is this? What does Smith has to do with it?
The point being there are plenty of mouthy pricks in every team.
Wow great point. Thanks Cotton. I will never criticise any player again, as I'm sure there's other players who may have done the same thing. So enlightening.
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@Bones said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Bones said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Bones said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Bones said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Bones said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Kirwan still an egg though. What was that about with Jantjies?
You mean Lentjes who the ref told to shut up earlier?
Haha that one. The one who got shoved by Reiko while just walking back to the scrum.
A nudge whilst both players were mouthing off.
Oh my mistake, Reiko isn't a dick then.
Says the guy with AfterDavid in his team...
What the fuck is this? What does Smith has to do with it?
The point being there are plenty of mouthy pricks in every team.
Wow great point. Thanks Cotton. I will never criticise any player again, as I'm sure there's other players who may have done the same thing. So enlightening.
Enlightening you say. Says the guy who says the same thing about Rieko every week.
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@KiwiMurph Wouldn't say no to that even though he won't. At least he'd bring aggression at breakdown time.
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@Duluth frankly the forwards coach deserves a rocket. Parsons offers nothing at this level. The lineout maul work is shoddy. They only have one guy challenging at the breakdown. They had tired looking players but didn’t sub till late. They didn’t carry.