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I left the Chiefs alone but had the Blues winning and thought that was the strangle leg!!

@SammyC said in Should the Crusaders change their name?: @Siam said in Should the Crusaders change their name?: @SammyC similar thoughts if ( when) a debate about changing the All Blacks name? Just a musing question mate. Culture often runs on precedents Bit of tangent? But yes my point stands, I’ll support the New Zealand rugby team no matter what they are called. I’d struggle tbh with the NZ Wallabies.

@shark said in Crusaders v Chiefs: I need to qualify what I meant... It's the internet. There really is no need.

@Bones said in Reds v Crusaders: @booboo I'd say yes he is and I wouldn't be surprised if that changes pronunciation. The vowels sounds would likely stay the same but the emphasis on the vowels would change. In Maori we adopted an 'english' pronunciation where we put emphasis on the first vowel, while the PI's still put emphasis on the second (according to my linguist mate). We'd put emphasis on the Petaia whereas the PI's put emphasis on the Petaia.

@Stargazer Looking forward to seeing him sign with Toulon and 3 games in the owner saying this isnt the Dagg I saw in the 2011 RWC highlights I watched....

@KiwiMurph said in Blues vs Crusaders: @rotated I think Faiane stands out as the obvious option from next year onwards if the Patty T/Blake Gibson combo does not work. With SBW and Nonu both likely off he would be favourite to start at 12 and did a terrific job as captain of Auckland. I would be hard pressed to go with Faiane next season, which will be his make or break year in terms of making ABs after the exodus. Tough to saddle him with the captaincy for such an important individual season. Wouldn't surprise me if he captains the Blues at some point shortly after though.

@sammyc any reason to hate on Wellington.

Leon MacDonald was a good #10 in my opinion, except he had a fullback's kick -- too slow, and hence prone to charge downs, and lacking a bit in variety. At the time it made sense to play him though.

Ennor seems to have put on a few kilograms of muscle without losing his speed. He was impressive in his outing against the Sharks.

The Crusaders Knights team to play the curtain raiser on Saturday v Highlanders Bravehearts (5pm, Forsyth Barr Stadium): 1 Isi Tu'ungafasi 2 Ben Funnell 3 Oliver Jager 4 Will Tucker 5 Michael Curry 6 Billy Harmon 7 Tom Christie 8 Ethan Blackadder 9 Mitchell Drummond 10 Tim Bateman 11 Junior Ratuva 12 Inga Finau 13 Tuli Paea 14 Sevu Reece 15 Jamie Spowart RESERVES 16 Brodie McAlister 17 Chris Gawler 18 Sam Matenga 19 Josh Bokser 20 Hugh Renton 21 Connor McManus 22 Alex Harford 23 Zach McKay Oliver Jager finally returning from injury. Surprised not to see Caleb Makene in the squad. Is he injured? A few other players probably missing due to the NZU20s camp this week; there are trial games this weekend in Palmerston North.

Not a bad start from young Pari Pari Parkinson : one lineout steal against Sam Whitelock and a good workrate. Hard to say if he was effective at scrum time though.

@stargazer yeah agree on the hype that was bullshit Also thought Dunshea was strong Poihipi was impressive solid on the tackle and made good decisions for a 19 year old Ex NZ Schoolboy hooker Brodie McAlister also looked promising of the bench another 19 year old Crusaders developing some good depth for the future

@taniwharugby said in Crusaders Team v French Barbarians: @chris-b I stopped watching for a bit, what did Macilai do to himself? Couldn't watch the game properly last night with a room full of people, so watched the first half again and saw Macilai tripping over a French foot/leg. That was all that happened, but he seemed to have injured his ankle.

@gt12 I concur. I've always said DMac is way better at FB than as a 10. I can see why Shag may want him at half back also. But there is a world of difference between BB, Mo'unga and daylight - then DMac. If we could get (and keep) Black fit and somehow get JGB's and Perofeta's confidence levels up we would be humming.

@broughie All elbows and knees.

@act-crusader said in Blues vs Crusaders: @majorrage said in Blues vs Crusaders: Talk about retarded. I'm sorry I smashed you in the face, can I have a lighter sentence now. Apologising was irrelevant to anything in 2005, it still is in 2018. What is relevant is if Franks is a good Christian. Depends on the judiciary's point of view I suppose ... he's either Retarded for believing in a fairy in the sky Retarded for being an infidel Worth of sentence reduction and going into credit. Not the best odds.