@nepia said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:

@jegga said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:

@nepia said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:

@jegga said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:

@nepia said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:

@dingo said in Hurricanes v Chiefs:

Nice that canes won but can't seeing them beat saders with or without a mere at stack.
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Having said that. If I hadn't known Sam Cane and BBBR were playing I'd say WTF? They were invisible.

I think you're (and others in this thread) over playing it - Cane was making a lot of tackles and BBBR carted the ball up lots - they didn't have their best games in the 2nd 40 but they're not as bad as is being made out. They're both a bit under done due to injury - I expect them to be firing for the RC.

Anyway, congrats to the Canes, I'll be rediscovering my old franchise roots for next weekend so make some space on the wagon.

Fuck off . If you didn’t stick around for the full horror of the Hammetuer era you don’t even get a cheap seat on the bandwagon.

My 2011 of going to every single match in the pouring rain (yes, every Canes home game that year was in rain, what was worse was that it was sunny each day too) at the Caketin and then having to listen to the Hammetuer blame everyone but himself on Radioive the next day should earn me a lifetime seat on the bandwagon.

No , you left us while we stuck by and watched the Hammetuer either waste talent or drive it away .
The door to the bandwagon is closed to you forever .

Plus you’re from Hastings so you’ll probably try and flog the stereo anyway .

Hey, don't hold it against me because I got out of an abusive relationship and you stayed a further three years.

Plus, I'm from Flaxmere, the bandwagon will be up on blocks in no time!

It’s ok, I’m from Manurewa, we can just “find” another one.

Seriously though? Now we are out of the running, I don’t give a rats who wins (as long as it isn’t the Tahs)

Pretty dumb comp when the second and third best teams play a one point game in the quarter finals though.

Chiefs have firm claim to being underdogs..
Don’t forget that the Canes ditched the Chiefs coach years ago.

I may be relying on some TSF game commentary for this one. Have just checked into a decent hotel in Switzerland with strong wifi but Sky UK are pretty good at the whack-a-mole game of blocking VPN IP addresses. Have a few lined up and hopefully one works but if not I may be calling on here.

@act-crusader said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:

@milk said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:

Apart from his goal kicking, MMac just isn't up to this level. Personally, I think the Chiefs would have got the home quarter final with pretty much any other Super Rugby first five. He seemed to be at the heart of every time Chiefs lost momentum, and not particularly involved in the times they scored (could be wrong about the second point though).

His form collapse appears to coincide with him adding yellow to his jersey....

Or red?
He plays alright in black and yellow for the Naki.

Unforgotten on ITV. Third series starting tonight. First two were very good with a nice change to the police procedural format and good writing/characters.
Worth watching and a well written female lead makes it a show the other half will enjoy so you can fill the shared watching quota without suffering.

@milk said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:

Apart from his goal kicking, MMac just isn't up to this level. Personally, I think the Chiefs would have got the home quarter final with pretty much any other Super Rugby first five. He seemed to be at the heart of every time Chiefs lost momentum, and not particularly involved in the times they scored (could be wrong about the second point though).

I’d like to think that the coaches instructions were...”I have no option except to play him but that doesn’t mean you have to pass him the ball”

In fairness though he is a very good ITM level player, his goal kicking is good and apparently he has been doing a lot of the attack planning at training. Maybe another almost player that goes on to be a good coach because they have to work hard thinking about things that don’t just happen for them?

@yeahtheboys said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:

geez the hurricanes were lucky that Jordie Barrett was so in-form. It would have been a blowout otherwise. He showed again that he is the number 1 fullback in the country. Although Weber had a fine game with some good plays, it was quite noticeable that when Tahuriorangi came on the Chiefs were more comfortable. Hope to see Tahuriorangi start in front of Weber next week!

We must have watched entirely different games.
JB my as well have had a Chiefs jersey on in the first half. He was aiding and abetting them every chance he had. He did regather himself at halftime and played well in the second half though.
Weber took the responsibility of being the spark that was missing without DMac. Best game from him this year. Not only the breaks, but he was really looking to clear the ball as rapidly as possible.
Chiefs play to a fast rhythm and Weber does that better then TTT, hence the reason he is starting.

@machpants said in Crusaders v Blues:

Jeez NZ tens can't kick for shit

I don’t know how many times I have to point out the damage that Super competitive college rugby does. In Auckland especially there has been years of the 10s job being to shuffle the ball to the biggest kid stationed at 12

Bit of fun, no damage done

I let ALB know my tipping margin before the game