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    Blues MOTM SR Final

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    • Duluth
      Duluth last edited by

      3 votes

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      • Duluth
        Duluth last edited by

        Current standings

        11 Barrett
        11 Sotutu
        10 Papali’i
        7 Perofeta
        6 R Ioane
        6 Romano
        6 Christie
        5 Robinbson
        4 A Ioane
        4 Sullivan
        4 Goodhue
        4 Tucker
        4 Tu'ungafasi
        4 Hodgman
        3 AJ Lam
        3 RTS
        3 Eklund
        3 Plumtree
        2 Clarke
        2 Choat
        2 Laulala
        1 Heem
        1 M Telea

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        • Duluth
          Duluth last edited by Duluth

          Sotutu and a couple of others?

          The criticism of Sotutu used to be his work on defence. 26 tackles one miss. At AB level competing with Ardie and so much better than Jacobson

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          • Victor Meldrew
            Victor Meldrew last edited by

            Hoskins, Paps & Akira.

            Thought Perofeta did OK and RTS did some pretty good stuff on defence when he was on - despite being owned by DH.

            Reiko was anonymous and I thought Beauden stank tonight.

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            • Machpants
              Machpants last edited by

              Sotutu. End of

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              • Duluth
                Duluth @Victor Meldrew last edited by

                @Victor-Meldrew said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                Hoskins, Paps & Akira.

                Good call. The lineout meltdown asked them to do a lot of work. Choat got through a crazy amount of work in his 47mins too

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                • Victor Meldrew
                  Victor Meldrew @Duluth last edited by

                  @Duluth said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                  @Victor-Meldrew said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                  Hoskins, Paps & Akira.

                  Good call. The lineout meltdown asked them to do a lot of work. Choat got through a crazy amount of work in his 47mins too

                  Went for Paps as he had a huge impact, but I thought the Blues 6/7/8 were really good on defence the whole game.

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                  • KiwiMurph
                    KiwiMurph last edited by

                    Sotutu, Papalii for his guts (literally) and Perofeta.

                    Whilst Akira got through a lot of work he just wasn't impactful enough for me.

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                    • ACT Crusader
                      ACT Crusader last edited by

                      Sotutu a clear standout.

                      Had Choat for his first half and Perofeta for his second half.

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                      • M
                        mikey07 last edited by

                        Where’s the Ben O’Keefe option?

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                        • broughie
                          broughie @KiwiMurph last edited by

                          @KiwiMurph If you noticed some of his tackles at the goal line he blunted a lot of the crusaders momentum. I think we want him run like a gazelle but his work was in the tight last night and especially since the Blues were starved of possession. I still think he needs to run strata lines and use his big body to get over the game line instead of doing his fend thing.

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                          • Nepia
                            Nepia @broughie last edited by

                            @broughie said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                            @KiwiMurph If you noticed some of his tackles at the goal line he blunted a lot of the crusaders momentum. I think we want him run like a gazelle but his work was in the tight last night and especially since the Blues were starved of possession. I still think he needs to run strata lines and use his big body to get over the game line instead of doing his fend thing.

                            I think he runs where Rangi tells him to, which is out wide (which is what the Big Ginga did the season he had at 6 too), although I did notice in the second half he'd effectively moved in field by necessity.

                            @ACT-Crusader It's funny how we view a game, I remember Choat exactly once in the first half, and that was a close up of him in a stoppage. Not saying he didn't play well but I guess I was just watching different areas of the match.

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                            • Kirwan
                              Kirwan @ACT Crusader last edited by

                              @ACT-Crusader said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                              Sotutu a clear standout.

                              Had Choat for his first half and Perofeta for his second half.

                              24- tackles for Sotutu, 15-1 for Akira and Dalton and Choat got through a lot as well. Loosies kept us in it for as long as they could.

                              Can’t win games losing 9 or 10 lineouts in the wet. Add in a few wobbly scrums and you are in for a long night.

                              Annoying thing was when we had the ball there was points to be had. Crusaders stopped us at the source, and we never reacted to try and counter. Throwing over the top to Heem is such a low percentage play in the wet.

                              As others have mentioned, Dalton as captain was hugely missed in the first half.

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                              • KiwiMurph
                                KiwiMurph @broughie last edited by

                                @broughie said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                                I still think he needs to run strata lines and use his big body to get over the game line instead of doing his fend thing.

                                At this point I don't think it's ever going to change. It's like expecting Beauden to start becoming an excellent punter.

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                                • Duluth
                                  Duluth @KiwiMurph last edited by

                                  @KiwiMurph said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                                  @broughie said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                                  I still think he needs to run strata lines and use his big body to get over the game line instead of doing his fend thing.

                                  At this point I don't think it's ever going to change. It's like expecting Beauden to start becoming an excellent punter.

                                  One of the work ons that PGS was given was to use foot work going into contact. I'm sure the coaches have metrics about the best ways to get post contact metres or keep the hands free for an offload etc etc

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                                  • broughie
                                    broughie @KiwiMurph last edited by

                                    @KiwiMurph lol possibly although running straight requires less skill.

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                                    • Nepia
                                      Nepia @Duluth last edited by

                                      @Duluth said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                                      @KiwiMurph said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                                      @broughie said in Blues MOTM SR Final:

                                      I still think he needs to run strata lines and use his big body to get over the game line instead of doing his fend thing.

                                      At this point I don't think it's ever going to change. It's like expecting Beauden to start becoming an excellent punter.

                                      One of the work ons that PGS was given was to use foot work going into contact. I'm sure the coaches have metrics about the best ways to get post contact metres or keep the hands free for an offload etc etc

                                      I hope his other work on is falling over the tryline.

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