Highlanders vs Blues
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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.
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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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@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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@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 twiceMost 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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The timing of all the byes is a bit of a mystery to me. How do they plan them at SANZAAR? Blues already going into their 2nd bye, and the Crusaders just had their first this weekend. The Jaguares had their first in round 6 and their second this weekend. It's really odd.
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@Stargazer said in Highlanders vs Blues:
The timing of all the byes is a bit of a mystery to me. How do they plan them at SANZAAR? Blues already going into their 2nd bye, and the Crusaders just had their first this weekend. The Jaguares had their first in round 5 and their second this weekend. It's really odd.
Probably because we traveled early in the draw?
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@Kirwan Maybe, but that doesn't explain the timing of the Jaguares' byes. They still have to travel to Oz and NZ. If they make the finals, it's going to be a long and exhausting 2nd part of the season for them.
Edit: it also doesn't explain the Waratahs' byes in weeks 3 and 9. They also still have to travel.
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Nonu and Reiko Ioane were excellent for the Blues. The Blues lost this in the forwards: at scrum time and the breakdown. Big Karl and "King" Akira weren't really there tonight.
Ben Smith as ever, superb for the Landers. Coltman, Lomax and Lietjens all very good.
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@Chris said in Highlanders vs Blues:
@Kirwan shouldnt have been flat They have rotated the props so they haven’t had big minutes Dalton is fresh seems like their belief is wavering after the last 2 weeks they already have had a Bye need to find a spark somewhere
Akiras played pretty much every minute, similar with Parsons (to much annoyance). Robinson has played big minutes, Ofa had to play 70 today due to injury, lock have had some rotation but not hugely so.
So our loosies have the least rotation if you look at it.
It not ideal, but it’s understandable. Like has been mentioned above, it looks like Leon doesn’t trust all of the squad and some players are not being managed as much as they could be.
Buts that’s all looking at the Blues, Highlanders really played well at the breakdown.
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@Kirwan Coaches never get all the players they want. So suck it up and work out a wining game plan with the players you have. But saying that the Blues are better this year. He rightly said they lost the breakdown again. Papalii ( no turnovers ? ) and Robinson were good but quite a gap between those and the others. Plusthey have no genuine fetcher.
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@Kirwan you are right the squad depth will win you the title Crusaders fantastic depth
Hurricanes like the Blues struggle without their 3 or 4 key players
Where the crusaders haven’t had Read, Whitelock, Franks ,Moody’, Taylor ,Bridge for extended periods also lost Perry, Matale and Saunders for the season
