Crusaders v Chiefs
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@Nepia said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Bovidae said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Finau getting a rest.
Sheesh, it's like they're trying to lose.
It is a strange 23. With Ah Kuoi at 6, why not have another loose forward in the reserves?
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@Bovidae said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Nepia said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Bovidae said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Finau getting a rest.
Sheesh, it's like they're trying to lose.
It is a strange 23. With Ah Kuoi at 6, why not have another loose forward in the reserves?
I guess Tupou is a bit of a half and half?
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@Bovidae said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Nepia said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
I guess Tupou is a bit of a half and half?
I'm thinking either Sititi or Florence to play 7. The Crusaders have gone for two 7s with Kellow starting.
And a 3rd 7 on the bench Fletcher Anderson
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@Bovidae said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Nepia said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
I guess Tupou is a bit of a half and half?
I'm thinking either Sititi or Florence to play 7. The Crusaders have gone for two 7s with Kellow starting.
I think it's better the Chiefs avoid copying the Crusaders - for this season at least.
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I thought Franks was banned?
Article I just looked at said 2 weeks, Blues & Chiefs games, which seems the min for a RC (unless a technical RC for 2 Yellows)
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Referee: Angus Gardner
Assistant Referees: Dan Waenga, Mike Winter
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@Chris What's James Mullan like? I don't know anything about him.
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@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
I thought Franks was banned?
Article I just looked at said 2 weeks, Blues & Chiefs games, which seems the min for a RC (unless a technical RC for 2 Yellows)
The player is eligible to apply for the "Head Contact Process - Coaching Intervention" process.
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@Machpants man the system is a joke.
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@African-Monkey I remember watching him in the NZ Schools trials. Google says 2020. Out of Rangiora HS. No idea since then.
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@African-Monkey said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Chris What's James Mullan like? I don't know anything about him.
Young player goes Ok was around the Canterbury NPC team last year,
21 year old out of Rangoria boys high.
188.m 107 kgs
Full on in to everything type, really inexperienced at this level of course has been in the Crusaders academy for a while. -
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@ruggabee said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Did Poihipi have a bad outing against the Landers last week? Surely he's better than Rona or Ioane off the bench?
Rona is covering wing and centre. Ioane is covering 1st 5 and fullback. Poihipi would be 12, 13 and 10 in an emergency.
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@Bovidae from the games I remember last year Poihipi was playing better than ALB.
I thought Rona and Poihipi were the two form midfielders of 2023 Chiefs season.
It's quite the logjam because Tupaea is back this year and it will be interesting to see if Wrampling can get a look in, McMillan might end up playing him on the left wing when Stevenson is rested with Nanai-Seturo at fullback.
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Chiefs have won 3 of the last 4 against the Crusaders. Chiefs have also won 2 of the last 3 in Christchurch
Very even contest in recent times:
In the 2020's it's 6 Chiefs wins v 7 Crusaders
In the last decade it's 11 wins Chiefs v 12 wins Crusaders -
Having Kellow out there is a good move imo. Get him competing for the ball at breakdown time as the Crusaders are currently making way too many tackles in games.
