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  • DuluthD Offline
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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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    @kev Dunno why Cowley-Tuioti is starting ahead of Goodhue. I'd have Scrafton off the bench too, if he's fit.

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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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    @Duluth Atleast sub or rest Akira Ioane occasionally.

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    @Tim said in Highlanders vs Blues:

    @kev Dunno why Cowley-Tuioti is starting ahead of Goodhue. I'd have Scrafton off the bench too, if he's fit.

    Scrafton is better than both of them. GCT should drop out of the 23

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    @Tim we don’t seem to trust players. Thought guys looked tired. Other teams rotate players in and out. Keeping momentum.

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    @kev I thought Macca had done the right thing by rolling out an unchanged team. But shit yeah the guys looked out on their feet. Didn't have the hunger tonight.

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    @Tim said in Highlanders vs Blues:

    @Duluth Atleast sub or rest Akira Ioane occasionally.

    Give Sotutu a run.

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    @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.

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    @kev said in Highlanders vs Blues:

    we don’t seem to trust players

    Which isn’t a surprise when the coach didn’t pick the squad

    If he doesn’t rate guys like Moulds/Apisai then pick someone else next year

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    We were pretty bad and seemed real slow to the breakdown. Our pack looked lethargic, so the bye has come at the right time for us. A lot of players on high minutes.

    Papali'i was our best player. He's starting to string the good games together.

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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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    @Dice said in Highlanders vs Blues:

    Papali'i was our best player. He's starting to string the good games together.

    Easily. Considerably better than any of our other forwards.

    He should put a ladies red haired wig on and people might notice him

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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.

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  • ChrisC Offline
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    #254

    Akira was missing badly tonight the tougher it got the more he disappeared and Rieko needs a rest he looks worn out
    Blues have a tough run home Crusaders away and Hurricanes twice

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    @Duluth said in Highlanders vs Blues:

    @Dice said in Highlanders vs Blues:

    Papali'i was our best player. He's starting to string the good games together.

    Easily. Considerably better than any of our other forwards.

    He should put a ladies red haired wig on and people might notice him

    17 tackles, no misses.

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    replied to Duluth on last edited by
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    @Duluth good coaches use all their players well. Bullshit excuse.

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    @kev said in Highlanders vs Blues:

    @Duluth good coaches use all their players well. Bullshit excuse.

    Well they aren’t all his players, still has Tana’s shit selections to phase out.

    If they don’t rate the backups, then they need to recruit replacements. If this is happening next year then you have a point.

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    replied to Chris on last edited by
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    @Chris said in Highlanders vs Blues:

    Akira was missing badly tonight the tougher it got the more he disappeared and Rieko needs a rest he looks worn out
    Blues have a tough run home Crusaders away and Hurricanes twice

    Most of our forward pack looked flat after the first 30. Akira wasn’t alone there.

    Plus the tactics to stand off the rucks just played into their hands.

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