Blues v Hurricanes
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Canes fans will remember the days of Gopperth v Carter (or Mehrts). That's what it was like for the Blues tonight.
An awesome 10 can make a hell of a lot difference to a team and BB was the man tonight.
I think the Blues are a decent team. They're just the worst of the NZ teams at the moment, in the past the Highlanders and Chiefs held that title for a long time and they've both turned it around to become regular finalists.
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@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Canes fans will remember the days of Gopperth v Carter (or Mehrts). That's what it was like for the Blues tonight.
An awesome 10 can make a hell of a lot difference to a team and BB was the man tonight.
I think the Blues are a decent team. They're just the worst of the NZ teams at the moment, in the past the Highlanders and Chiefs held that title for a long time and they've both turned it around to become regular finalists.
I think this blues team is possibly the best worst team we have had 😎
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@Kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@ACT-Crusader said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@ACT-Crusader What does it matter? He was offside and on the ground.
I'm not disputing the YC call. They were saying it was a deliberate knock down. It wasn't. Even the replay showed he grabbed the arm.
Let's say you are right (you aren't), he was off his feet, part of the ruck and played the halfback to stop out attack in the red zone. A few paths to the YC.
He isn't disputing the YC. I don't think anyone is. But to say he got a 3rd yellow card for a deliberate knock on is fake news. His crime was being offside and he rightly got carded because Blues were hot on attack.
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I said last week that I hoped BB would miss the game, but I'm bloody glad he didn't now! Talk about being the difference between the 2 teams.
I've had a serious man crush on BB for several seasons now, but this is almost getting too hot to handle. Fark me what a player. Bad miss on SBW but he sure lined him up after that. Yellow card thing is becoming a concern though...
I really like the Blues but your kingdom for a decent 9 and 10. A lower error rate would help too. But damn, if this team does sneak into the finals they could cause some serious damage. Duffy has to be an ab this year.
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Made a last minute decision to jump on the train and take the boy to his first Super game.
Was a good crowd in, created a great atmosphere and they got their moneys worth despite the loss.
The first half was awesome, both teams playing great footy. Things tightened up in the 2nd 40 and when the Blues went ahead I was sure they would push on, but they probably lack a bit leadership in the final 20 to put games like that away, which comes back to their 10.
Anyway a few things I noted...
Canes really missed Proctor at 13, it is pretty clear the positive influence he has on Laumape, who while running strongly was a bit lost and lacked vision.
Another player that lacks vision is SBW, who is very much a one-tricky pony, the trick being take the contact and look for an offload, even when an obvious and simple draw and pass would put his outside away. I noticed it when he was playing 7s too, always looking for the contact/offload instead of passing to the man in space. That's really not the attributes you want in a test 12, so if he must be in the ABs I hope he doesn't start.
Beauden is something else. MOTM by a country mile, and if I'm being honest if he's in a Blue jersey tonight they win that game pretty comfortably. As noted by @Nepia after years and years of sub-standard 10s at the Canes I am absolutely savouring having him there. Can feel Blues fans pain in that regard.
Also mentioned by @Nepia is how quick Rieko is. Watching him chase BB live he was gaining on him but dived too early. May not have got him anyway but fuck he's good to watch in full flight, can see why the AB selectors like him.
The ball didn't go J Savea's way tonight but for such an experienced AB I expected him to impose himself a lot more. As @hydro11 mentioned he's actually been very good this year, I think the break last week was bad for him - the more he plays the better he gets.
Anyway I'm probably rambling a bit now but there's really nothing between the NZ teams again this year, while SA and Aus go through their struggles our teams are going from strength to strength. There's a heap of great work going on behind the scenes across all of NZ to make that happen - long may it continue.
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@No-Quarter said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Anyway I'm probably rambling a bit now but there's really nothing between the NZ teams again this year, while SA and Aus go through their struggles our teams are going from strength to strength. There's a heap of great work going on behind the scenes across all of NZ to make that happen - long may it continue.
Forever and ever.
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@No-Quarter watching Aso miss Luatua and a couple of other errors defensively showed how much Proctor was missed on defence too.
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Just finished watching it delayed. It's becoming very clear that if Sanza are really serious about making teams more competitive they will need to implement a strict 1 Barrett quota for all teams. Outside of BB's brilliance that 10 mins with a man down was seemless and critical in the win.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues v Hurricanes:
another vital error by the Blues
Error was they shoukd have taken the 3 ...
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@Rembrandt said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Just finished watching it delayed. It's becoming very clear that if Sanza are really serious about making teams more competitive they will need to implement a strict 1 Barrett quota for all teams. Outside of BB's brilliance that 10 mins with a man down was seemless and critical in the win.
I thought it was clear that Beauden was working in conjunction with the referees to implement this rule?
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Yeesh. Not going to get through this thread tonight... will try and follow through in the a.m. ...
Disappointed Blues couldn't won. Rapt that Canes did ... contradictory I know ...
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@hydro11 said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Tim said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Billy-Tell Goosen is shit, but I'll be ropable if J. Savea is gifted an AB place again this year.
J.Savea has been good this season, just quiet tonight. Goosen was crap but he is still a very good player.
Goosen was very poor. I just hope this was a one off as he was VG last week. So did he just have a one off bad game starting out his super rugby career (just the wrong mind set after a good game last week) or is he inconsistent. Great one week and crap the next
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@booboo said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@taniwharugby said in Blues v Hurricanes:
another vital error by the Blues
Error was they shoukd have taken the 3 ...
Which time? Think Parsons was off the field this time wasn't he, so going for points not in blues gameplan?
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@taniwharugby The only time I can think of was when Barrett got his YC.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@booboo said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@taniwharugby said in Blues v Hurricanes:
another vital error by the Blues
Error was they shoukd have taken the 3 ...
Which time? Think Parsons was off the field this time wasn't he, so going for points not in blues gameplan?
think that was the one where BB was carded.
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@Kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Francis looks pissed to be subbed
Not sure why. Was reasonably average.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues v Hurricanes:
gee that ball into the scrum by TJ was no where near crooked, it was straight under the locks feet
Been a bugbear of mine this season for all teams. Seems worse this year than normal. Some feeds are quite league-esque.
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@Gunner said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Is BB the best ever exponent of the chip n chase?
Surely
He's pretty damn handy at it. As soon as he kicks you know there's trouble as you know he's seen space and has the speed to get there first.
