Blues v Hurricanes
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@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
The Canes desperately need a good 10. Taylor would be good. No one clearly steering the ship.
TJP should be demoted. Not a captain.
Wait, he's the captain?
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@mariner4life the ref didnt know that if he was....
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@mariner4life Co-captain with Coles.
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@mariner4life said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Stargazer can't disagree more about Telea though, he was very dangerous, and popped up all over the place. I can guarantee he's in the highlights package as well
The Telea handoff alone
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@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@mariner4life Co-captain with Coles.
Ah right. 2 interesting choices.
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@mariner4life said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@mariner4life Co-captain with Coles.
Ah right. 2 interesting choices.
Two calm heads under pressure 😂
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@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
The Canes desperately need a good 10. Taylor would be good. No one clearly steering the ship.
TJP should be demoted. Not a captain.
I wouldn't say the limiting factor was Bachop. Not much you can do when your forwards can't secure ball.
Agree strongly with the second point.
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Well done, Blues. Deserved win. Hoskins Sotutu superb, well supported by Gibson and Papali'i. Blues midfield excellent too.
More accuracy, calmness and conposure needed from the Canes. Hard with no sort of 10 and a team that looks under-coached.
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@mariner4life Yeah, Telea was heavily marked but did a lot with the ball he got, often under pressure. Nice work in TJ's try.
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Credit to both teams. I wasn't just pleased to see rugby again - it was a high skill game considering the rule application amendments and time off.
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@antipodean said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Credit to both teams. I wasn't just pleased to see rugby again - it was a high skill game considering the rule application amendments and time off.
Same last night. This comp is going to be close
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@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
The Canes desperately need a good 10. Taylor would be good. No one clearly steering the ship.
TJP should be demoted. Not a captain.
Really weird that once they knew Barrett was off to the Blues, the Canes board didn't move heaven and earth last year to sign a decent First Five. Aidan Morgan (19) could eventually prove a shrewd signing but won't realistically be involved this year.
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Coles being a cock to BB
That was funny. Haha.
Mrs Boo called it "cute"
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@antipodean said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Someone get this clown of a ref off the field. Where's Van Zyl when you need him?
Speaking as a Chief's fan with a leaning towards the Blues because it's better for NZ rugby for the Blues to become popular again I felt he lent towards the Canes.
Thoughts?
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@Stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
What's new? Blues fans already complaining about the ref.
Deservedly
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@booboo said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@antipodean said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Someone get this clown of a ref off the field. Where's Van Zyl when you need him?
Speaking as a Chief's fan with a leaning towards the Blues because it's better for NZ rugby for the Blues to become popular again I felt he lent towards the Canes.
Thoughts?
I thought he was very biased against the Blues in the first half missing obvious infringements by the Canes. Come the second half it evened up somewhat and become apparent he was simply penalising the defending team and largely ignoring the offside. Re; the last point he was either unsupported by or ignored his assistants. A stark contrast to the previous night.
Ultimately he wasn't too bad because I don't feel he influenced the outcome and I guess that's all we can ask for in a game where so much happens at once.
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I think the major difference was how dangerous the Blues looked with the ball in hand. With the new interpretations you are going to struggle to retain the ball for long periods of time. We just weren't good enough to manipulate an overlap. Many times Reiko Ioane created one from a two on two situation and put the winger away.
Lineout must improve for the Crusaders as well.
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@antipodean said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@booboo said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@antipodean said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Someone get this clown of a ref off the field. Where's Van Zyl when you need him?
Speaking as a Chief's fan with a leaning towards the Blues because it's better for NZ rugby for the Blues to become popular again I felt he lent towards the Canes.
Thoughts?
I thought he was very biased against the Blues in the first half missing obvious infringements by the Canes. Come the second half it evened up somewhat and become apparent he was simply penalising the defending team and largely ignoring the offside. Re; the last point he was either unsupported by or ignored his assistants. A stark contrast to the previous night.
Ultimately he wasn't too bad because I don't feel he influenced the outcome and I guess that's all we can ask for in a game where so much happens at once.
It kept the game closer than it deserved to be. Luckily, the Blues team didn’t panic and took the ref out of the game.
I’m not against the new rules, they just need to be applied for both teams.
