Highlanders v Crusaders

[Landers92]

Nice pass JRK

[Darth Sader]

Nice try. Straight forward pressure and score.

[Bones]

Crusaders leave acres of space out wide and exposed by the skip pass. Go figure.

[Landers92]

@KiwiInLondon said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I feel sorry for these young highlanders players. Some of them have a lot of potential and their formative years are being wasted by shit coaching and getting thrashed. Going to be a waste of talent

I wouldn’t go that far juuuust yet. Another year or 2 and they’ll be in a much better place than they are right now but yes as it stands we are getting thrashed. Better days do in fact lie ahead

[KiwiInLondon]

@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

Crusaders leave acres of space out wide and exposed by the skip pass. Go figure.

The game plan should be “do the opposite of what our defence and attack coach tells us to do”

[KiwiInLondon]

@Landers92 said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@KiwiInLondon said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I feel sorry for these young highlanders players. Some of them have a lot of potential and their formative years are being wasted by shit coaching and getting thrashed. Going to be a waste of talent

I wouldn’t go that far juuuust yet. Another year or 2 and they’ll be in a much better place than they are right now but yes as it stands we are getting thrashed. Better days do in fact lie ahead

The other members of that u20 2022 team are improving at a faster rate that Holland, Haig, and Millar. Imagine what would happen for some of those players if they were in any other set up. I feel sorry for them

[Bones]

@Landers92 said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@KiwiInLondon said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I feel sorry for these young highlanders players. Some of them have a lot of potential and their formative years are being wasted by shit coaching and getting thrashed. Going to be a waste of talent

I wouldn’t go that far juuuust yet. Another year or 2 and they’ll be in a much better place than they are right now but yes as it stands we are getting thrashed. Better days do in fact lie ahead

We're just always going to get thrashed by a decently organised side that communicates and sticks to the basics. Saders playing very similar this game to 2024 blues.

[frugby]

@Landers92 said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@KiwiInLondon said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I feel sorry for these young highlanders players. Some of them have a lot of potential and their formative years are being wasted by shit coaching and getting thrashed. Going to be a waste of talent

I wouldn’t go that far juuuust yet. Another year or 2 and they’ll be in a much better place than they are right now but yes as it stands we are getting thrashed. Better days do in fact lie ahead

I hoped that too. But it is undeniable, we have gone backwards as the season has gone on..: JJ has panicked on the selection front.

This team is not that bad… as a fan I feel there is no hope

[Bones]

I will say though, if aaB coaches insist on having a centre just to smack into defenders and do fuck all else, TUJ > Ioane.

[Landers92]

How have we fluffed that 😂 that try at the end sums the game up.

[Darth Sader]

Well that was a hard watch

[Mattasaurus]

absolute arse reaming

[Steven Harris]

That’s a thumping and I suspect the Saders were in 2nd gear

[Tim]

@Bones TUJ is a shithouse defender

[Darth Sader]

Great defensive effort by the Crusaders and some classy tries, but disappointed for the Highlanders, they fluffed that a bit

[Bones]

@Tim said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@Bones TUJ is a shithouse defender

Well at least he'll stand out in one regard.

[Victor Meldrew]

JRK has had a good game. Dangerous on attack and some excellent touches on defence.

[Donsteppa]

That final play summed up a lot for both teams. Saders relentless, Highlanders... less so.

[Victor Meldrew]

Can we have Rikki doing more SR games?

[Steven Harris]

Would have liked to have seen Reece feed Fihaki would have made for a good contest against JRK ..