@Chris Yep, it cost the Crusaders 3 points.

@shark said in Bulls v Crusaders: @Machpants said in Bulls v Crusaders: @shark yeah don't need him and Franks broken. Not with a lot of the ABs backups looking average. Mo'unga tho, man as long as him and Beaudy stay fit, paired with Smith and TJ - that's a good axis. Read coming back, Ardie a better explosive option off attacking scrums, bender in 15 & Taylor still great at hooker. Spine is looking fine Spine? Aaargh. Can you not?? Come on shark, the Warriors had a win on the weekend, league references are ok - until next week when we revert

@Chris-B said in Crusaders vs Sharks: I have a sneaking thought in the back of my mind that we should perhaps be pretty desperate to win this Cup, because who knows whether we'll have teams capable of winning in the future. If you use Nonu as being the yardstick of a "Golden Generation", this is the last hurrah. But, more particularly, four more years of Whitelock and Retallick looks some distance off and I don't see many obvious replacements coming through - other than size-wise Triple-P. Yeah - but if you threw Piutau and Luatua into this team, they'd probably go to that next level. We have thrown up the talent, we just struggle to keep it.

@Nepia Well there's a challenge maybe he might become a superstar or stay shit

Okeefe HaHaha

@sparky Yeah Jordan reminds me a little of how good Bridge was last season. Don't think Bridge has been quite as good in 2019 for whatever reason (play not going his way perhaps) - butJordam has been impressive , I like his attitude - we are lucky to have both.

@taniwharugby said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders: @Stargazer maybe Jordie took the last piece of pavlova when they were last home? Brilliant eh, Jordie looked pissed like Scott really sticks it to him after a win.

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

@booboo said in Should the Crusaders change their name?: @sparky said in Should the Crusaders change their name?: Anyone able to name any NZ-born Hindus, Jains or Buddhists ? FIFY I have family who are Buddhist and have worked with a few Hindu. My sisters middle name is Jayne.

I need to qualify what I meant by my comment about NPC form meaning nothing. It can certainly play you into a Super Rugby squad, but doesn’t neccessarily mean you can translate that form into SR, and some find that step up much harder than expected. It’s relatively easy to dominate at the lower level but then the next step is becoming harder by the year as our depth is eroded. Problem being, how often in the NPC is a freshie coming up against an established Super Rugby player, or veteran, in ten rounds?

@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.

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