Highlanders v Crusaders

[Kiwiwomble]

the first half of this list makes it look like a good matchup....its the big numbers where things get...uneven

[Bovidae]

@Stargazer said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I don't understand why they have named both Gatland and Koroi on the bench. Don't they - more or less - play in the same positions (10/15)?

Koroi is a wing/fullback and looking at the team Punivai and Collins would be midfield cover.

[antipodean]

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

the first half of this list makes it look like a good matchup....its the big numbers where things get...uneven

Agreed. Havili doesn't have a reputation for communicating. So the Highlanders backline will be responsive and fluid to opportunities where the Crusaders will have tunnel vision.

[Kiwiwomble]

@antipodean said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

the first half of this list makes it look like a good matchup....its the big numbers where things get...uneven

Agreed. Havili doesn't have a reputation for communicating. So the Highlanders backline will be responsive and fluid to opportunities where the Crusaders will have tunnel vision.

good thing collins is lining up against him then

[Kirwan]

@Bones Look like rain?

[Bones]

[African Monkey]

@KiwiMurph Good. Faina'anuku is a far better prospect anyway.

[sparky]

Highlanders to cause an upset?

[KiwiMurph]

Oh good... Wheeler again....

[Dice]

It's quite sad that only the minnow teams are playing this week..

[Kiwiwomble]

@sparky I think we’re missing a real superstar in the back line, a smith , naholo or fekitoa

[KiwiMurph]

No Blackadder for the game.

[Anonymous]

WTF was that pass

[taniwharugby]

@Anonymous WTF was that Crusaders move that isolated thier own player

[junior]

Harsh penalty on DLB there

[Bones]

Interesting. Did that offside penalty come from a crusaders player accidentally kicking it into a player in front and then clearing out? Seemed pretty suspect.

[ACT Crusader]

@taniwharugby @Anonymous Drummond is not as quick as Hall with his pass and reaction. Puts us under more pressure.

Pretty good defensive pressure from the Landers.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

Interesting. Did that offside penalty come from a crusaders player accidentally kicking it into a player in front and then clearing out? Seemed pretty suspect.

I think it was Landers 7 standing offside at the ruck and then making a tackle. Was very marginal I thought.

[Bones]

@ACT-Crusader said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

Interesting. Did that offside penalty come from a crusaders player accidentally kicking it into a player in front and then clearing out? Seemed pretty suspect.

I think it was Landers 7 standing offside at the ruck and then making a tackle. Was very marginal I thought.

Yeah that's what I mean - that ruck was caused by a crusaders offside player.

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones I think he was already offside before the “off the boot call”