Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva)
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This, and Coles' issue could well be over cautiousness and playing safely.
FFS I can get a headache after doing something but it doesn't mean I have a head injury.
Combine a headache with a known previous concussion and you play it carefully just in case they are related.
They had to make a call on taking him and decided is was less disruptive to preparation if they didn't have the possibility of a late withdrawal. Fair call and I don't think it warrants people without the inside knowledge of the situation making judgement calls on his playing future -
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@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@Crucial Who is making judgement calls in this thread?
Openly wondering if he should be playing rugby at all?
Certainly heading down that path.
Apologies if that wasn't your intention but that's how it reads to me.
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@Bovidae Home game for the Chiefs and the Crusaders still ravaged by injuries? ...The only thing that gives me a slight amount of hope is that Hometown Jacko isn't reffing.
Mind you, Mike Fraser, born in New Plymouth...that's nearly as good as getting Jacko!
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@Chris-B. said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@Bovidae Home game for the Chiefs and the Crusaders still ravaged by injuries? ...The only thing that gives me a slight amount of hope is that Hometown Jacko isn't reffing.
Mind you, Mike Fraser, born in New Plymouth...that's nearly as good as getting Jacko!
Saders missing Read, S Barrett, Dagg, Ioane, not to mention McCaw, Carter, Ellis and Flynn.....
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@ACT-Crusader At full strength, we'd thrash them.
Mind you - at full strength we'd have half of their players!
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@ACT-Crusader said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@Chris-B. said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@Bovidae Home game for the Chiefs and the Crusaders still ravaged by injuries? ...The only thing that gives me a slight amount of hope is that Hometown Jacko isn't reffing.
Mind you, Mike Fraser, born in New Plymouth...that's nearly as good as getting Jacko!
Saders missing Read, S Barrett, Dagg, Ioane, not to mention McCaw, Carter, Ellis and Flynn.....
Aaron Flynn, no less
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@Stargazer game/training I forgot they even had the bye
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@Chris-B. said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@ACT-Crusader At full strength, we'd thrash them.
Mind you - at full strength we'd have half of their players!
That's a slippery road for you to head down ....
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@Nepia said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@Chris-B. said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@ACT-Crusader At full strength, we'd thrash them.
Mind you - at full strength we'd have half of their players!
That's a slippery road for you to head down ....
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Saders are favourites all day long. Chiefs and the Canes are playing from the same book this year - messy, dumb, lots of mistakes, individual brilliance getting them through.
Should be a fun game though. Hoping Cruds comes through OK as he may be important in the Lions series.
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@No-Quarter I don't know. The Chiefs have a tight five that can hold their own against the Crusaders imo, unlike the Canes' front five.
The Chiefs also have had the wood over the Crusaders in recent times so it will be interesting to see if the Crusaders can overcome any doubts that may exist.
It will be tight.
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@akan004 the Chiefs almost lost to the Sunwolves, at home. That's beyond embarrassing, I'm not convinced their tight 5 is that much better TBH - will be interesting to see how they go.
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If the Saders can back up the forward performance from last week* then they should win pretty comfortably. But Cane and BBBT alone make that a much tougher ask.
Still, the Crusaders look to be going from strength to strength. Bastards.
*Still smarting over the reaming in the forwards last week. Was rather traumatizing.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
If the Saders can back up the forward performance from last week* then they should win pretty comfortably. But Cane and BBBT alone make that a much tougher ask.
Still, the Crusaders look to be going from strength to strength. Bastards.
*Still smarting over the reaming in the forwards last week. Was rather traumatizing.
It was pretty tough watching us lose lineout after lineout and scrum after scrum. Razor has them humming as a pack, they're really feeding off each other. Canes and Chiefs often look very disjointed by comparison.
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@No-Quarter said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@akan004 the Chiefs almost lost to the Sunwolves, at home. That's beyond embarrassing, I'm not convinced their tight 5 is that much better TBH - will be interesting to see how they go.
Granted they have been poor recently. On paper though, they are strong. Bird, BBBR, Hames, Harris and Laulala are not bad.
