Crusaders v Chiefs (SF)
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Irrelevant post:
By golly I dislike the Chiefs as a concept, their bogan/trash one-eyed supporters and especially Hamilton, worst-looking, worst-dressed female supporters in the whole comp. Yes, I said it!
Love Rennie, Brodie, Liam, Sam, etc and the brand of rugby they play. BUT have never, ever forgiven the Chiefs supporting tossers on this website who called for the Clan to be disbanded and another northern team be formed when the southern team was going through a bad patch.
"The South remembers!" -
Saders deserved winners. Had to make a bucketload of tackles and stuck to their task.
Chiefs lost out big time from Jackson not going back to penalty advantages. Once after TNW 'non-try' and the second time when a dropped ball lead to an end to end Saders try. 9-15 a lell of a lot easier than 6-22!
For me, Chiefs ought to have had Ngatai running a hard line much more to keep the Saders backs honest. Too much shovelling becomes easy to defend a la Blues!But in the final analysis Chiefs looked a little off in second, no doubt owing a fair bit to travel factor, and 5% is the difference between winning and losing. Suspect the result would have been reversed had the Saders been the ones travelling. So glad this format has been killed off!!
The end of an era for the Chiefs. Thanks for all the entertainment!
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Starting to think crotty should be a priority signing for 2019. The guy is mostly missed when he's not there.
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Crusaders were simply the better team.
Sadly, we don't have quite as much class as required to get through - especially in the second row and the loosies. Cane and BBBR jump out, but aren't enough. In particular, I think Messam and Leitch were pretty ineffective this year.
I think we'll seriously struggle next year because the players coming up aren't as classy as those we are losing.
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@Wally said in Crusaders v Chiefs (SF):
Jackson's not my favourite ref but he did well to ignore Cane's constant whingeing.
He's a donkey of a ref. You'd be forgiven for thinking his father was Keith Lawrence...
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@Billy-Tell said in Crusaders v Chiefs (SF):
Starting to think crotty should be a priority signing for 2019. The guy is mostly missed when he's not there.
Which is different to other missed players....how? I can only really think of Reuben thorne.
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So I wasn't that fussed when Tamanivalu went to the Crusaders this year, well, that came back to bite me in the ass.
@gt12 Yeah, both Messam and Leitch seemed willing but weren't able to be as effective as they usually are.
@Samurai-Jack What Chiefs fans called for the Clan to be disbanded? I'm sure it was Crusaders fans so they could gobble up Aaron and Ben Smith for their empire.
Anyway, what an annoying weekend of sport - Warriors lost (given), Chiefs, then Canes. At least Hastings Boys stopped this from being a complete dead end.
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@Nepia said in Crusaders v Chiefs (SF):
So I wasn't that fussed when Tamanivalu went to the Crusaders this year, well, that came back to bite me in the ass.
Inspired move by Robertson to convert him into a fulltime winger. He's been superb this year.
The 5 minute passage of play where he first put a massive hit on Mackenzie (right in front of our seats, you could hear the contact). Then the awesome chip and chase to be held up over the line before finally scoring from the scrum move was the turning point of the game I think.
Very happy he's decided to stay next year.
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@SammyC said in Crusaders v Chiefs (SF):
Inspired move by Robertson to convert him into a fulltime winger.
Robertson does seem to be a good coach and gets the best out of the team after some very average years (by Crusaders standards). However if Sam Walker is correct about on field leadership, it might be Sam Whitelock's influence that has turned around their fortunes? Not a great thought as a fan of the Ab's and Kieran.
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@Snowy said in Crusaders v Chiefs (SF):
@SammyC said in Crusaders v Chiefs (SF):
Inspired move by Robertson to convert him into a fulltime winger.
Robertson does seem to be a good coach and gets the best out of the team after some very average years (by Crusaders standards). However if Sam Walker is correct about on field leadership, it might be Sam Whitelock's influence that has turned around their fortunes? Not a great thought as a fan of the Ab's and Kieran.
The cross-eyed surfer outwitting genius future AB coach in waiting Dave Rennie - appearances are deceiving.
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@Frank said in Crusaders v Chiefs (SF):
@Snowy said in Crusaders v Chiefs (SF):
@SammyC said in Crusaders v Chiefs (SF):
Inspired move by Robertson to convert him into a fulltime winger.
Robertson does seem to be a good coach and gets the best out of the team after some very average years (by Crusaders standards). However if Sam Walker is correct about on field leadership, it might be Sam Whitelock's influence that has turned around their fortunes? Not a great thought as a fan of the Ab's and Kieran.
The cross-eyed surfer outwitting genius future AB coach in waiting Dave Rennie - appearances are deceiving.
Mount Maunganui College's finest. Rennie stood no chance
