Final - Crusaders v Chiefs
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@Tim said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
He absolutely dominated the air in the final. Did get nailed behind the line a couple of times, but most players would have succumbed to those Tupaea rush defence efforts.
He might well be ready to match his brilliant attacking lines with the rest of his game.
I'd still like to see him create space from something other than Barrett inherited mabo, as well as link in space. But he looks a gazillion times more reliable than a year ago and is starting to look like Smith sans distribution.
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I still like Norris as a running prop off the bench. I wonder if the Chiefs locks are good at supporting in the scrum. Compared to Crusaders locks anyway.
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Well done, lads!
Well done, Rob.
I think I was calling for your head this time last year, because I couldn't see how you'd be good enough to coach us to a title.
Wasn't very optimistic about this match, but we (well rob and his boys) found the answers at the scrum, the kicking game and in the air. Not quite so much with the kick-off receipts (especially) and the lineout.
Pretty even first half, but largely controlled the second half, without managing to get the try or two they were pressing for.
Commiserations to the Chiefs and supporters.
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I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
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@Chris said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
Probably will put Newell out of the French series.
Which would make playing 80 minutes yesterday a stupid decision. Or, priorities are very different from what mine would be. A shame that he might miss out.
Then again maybe he felt that he had to play to get into the AB team?
WTF do I know, I'm just posting to let people know that I'm still alive.
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@No-Quarter said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
Would rather TJ and Justin than the Aussie rabble we got.
I don't mind Maloney as a commentator but was it 100% necessary to have Aus comms for an all NZ game?
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@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@No-Quarter said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
Would rather TJ and Justin than the Aussie rabble we got.
I don't mind Maloney as a commentator but was it 100% necessary to have Aus comms for an all NZ game?
The Stan / Ch9 contract includes the OZ based team covering final so they had to do it any way regardless of who was playing.
It wasn’t great because it was really hollow plus it came across very early in the game broadcast that they weren’t at the ground.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@No-Quarter said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
Would rather TJ and Justin than the Aussie rabble we got.
I don't mind Maloney as a commentator but was it 100% necessary to have Aus comms for an all NZ game?
The Stan / Ch9 contract includes the OZ based team covering final so they had to do it any way regardless of who was playing.
It wasn’t great because it was really hollow plus it came across very early in the game broadcast that they weren’t at the ground.
We used to be able to opt for NZ commentary. Not sure what happened to that.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@ACT-Crusader said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@No-Quarter said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
Would rather TJ and Justin than the Aussie rabble we got.
I don't mind Maloney as a commentator but was it 100% necessary to have Aus comms for an all NZ game?
The Stan / Ch9 contract includes the OZ based team covering final so they had to do it any way regardless of who was playing.
It wasn’t great because it was really hollow plus it came across very early in the game broadcast that they weren’t at the ground.
We used to be able to opt for NZ commentary. Not sure what happened to that.
You still can I watched the NZ commentary on Stan it was there.
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@Chris said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Crazy-Horse said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@ACT-Crusader said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@No-Quarter said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
Would rather TJ and Justin than the Aussie rabble we got.
I don't mind Maloney as a commentator but was it 100% necessary to have Aus comms for an all NZ game?
The Stan / Ch9 contract includes the OZ based team covering final so they had to do it any way regardless of who was playing.
It wasn’t great because it was really hollow plus it came across very early in the game broadcast that they weren’t at the ground.
We used to be able to opt for NZ commentary. Not sure what happened to that.
You still can I watched the NZ commentary on Stan it was there.
Bugger. I looked but couldn't see it.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Chris said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Crazy-Horse said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@ACT-Crusader said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@No-Quarter said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
Would rather TJ and Justin than the Aussie rabble we got.
I don't mind Maloney as a commentator but was it 100% necessary to have Aus comms for an all NZ game?
The Stan / Ch9 contract includes the OZ based team covering final so they had to do it any way regardless of who was playing.
It wasn’t great because it was really hollow plus it came across very early in the game broadcast that they weren’t at the ground.
We used to be able to opt for NZ commentary. Not sure what happened to that.
You still can I watched the NZ commentary on Stan it was there.
Bugger. I looked but couldn't see it.
Yeah it’s still there mate
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@Chris said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Crazy-Horse said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@ACT-Crusader said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@No-Quarter said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
Would rather TJ and Justin than the Aussie rabble we got.
I don't mind Maloney as a commentator but was it 100% necessary to have Aus comms for an all NZ game?
The Stan / Ch9 contract includes the OZ based team covering final so they had to do it any way regardless of who was playing.
It wasn’t great because it was really hollow plus it came across very early in the game broadcast that they weren’t at the ground.
We used to be able to opt for NZ commentary. Not sure what happened to that.
You still can I watched the NZ commentary on Stan it was there.
Out of interest, and anticipating upcoming Bledisloes, how?
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@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Chris said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@Crazy-Horse said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@ACT-Crusader said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@No-Quarter said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
Would rather TJ and Justin than the Aussie rabble we got.
I don't mind Maloney as a commentator but was it 100% necessary to have Aus comms for an all NZ game?
The Stan / Ch9 contract includes the OZ based team covering final so they had to do it any way regardless of who was playing.
It wasn’t great because it was really hollow plus it came across very early in the game broadcast that they weren’t at the ground.
We used to be able to opt for NZ commentary. Not sure what happened to that.
You still can I watched the NZ commentary on Stan it was there.
Out of interest, and anticipating upcoming Bledisloes, how?
If you click on the rugby tag it normally comes up in up coming live rugby or replays it just reads NZ coverage.
I have premier Stan costs me $38 I am not sure if there are cheaper packages with less options. -
@ACT-Crusader said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@booboo said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
@No-Quarter said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I missed the game due to family commitments, just caught the highlights, and want to offer Chiefs fans my commiserations for having to endure both TJ and Justin Marshall in the commentary box for that one.
Would rather TJ and Justin than the Aussie rabble we got.
I don't mind Maloney as a commentator but was it 100% necessary to have Aus comms for an all NZ game?
The Stan / Ch9 contract includes the OZ based team covering final so they had to do it any way regardless of who was playing.
It wasn’t great because it was really hollow plus it came across very early in the game broadcast that they weren’t at the ground.
I didn't care, NZ or Oz commentary is generally as shit as each other.
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@Chris said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
Even more of a Hugh performance by Fletcher Newell going the whole 80 minutes considering he played the whole game with a grade-two MCL injury.
He injured his knee in the Blues SF.
Probably will put Newell out of the French series. Bugger! -
@nostrildamus said in Final - Crusaders v Chiefs:
I still like Norris as a running prop off the bench. I wonder if the Chiefs locks are good at supporting in the scrum. Compared to Crusaders locks anyway.
I think the starters were fine. Norris is a tall LH, and once Angus made it clear he'd penalise the scrum dropping I suspect Newell drove down with his right shoulder and bought penalties. Sami tried to explain to Angus but he wasn't listening.
Fusitua has totally secure before Scooter's flying head butt took him out.
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Well I'm bloody gutted to say the least. I thought the first half was pretty well fought and grand final worthy. The second half was played a little too safe especially from the Chiefs. They all went inside their shells. Maybe we need to have a few years where we don't make it past the QFs to take the pressure off and have a full reset? I dunno man but 3 grand final losses in 3 years stings. Deserved Crusaders victory nonetheless. I thought Gardner was great on the whistle bar the one high shot called on Dmac which was shoulder on shoulder.
Always my team of course but man I'm gutted. Up the Chiefs. Well done to the Crusaders.
