Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final
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@Hooroo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@MiketheSnow said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@Hooroo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@ACT-Crusader said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
Lions hot on attack and score.
Stupid mistakes are costing us big time.
Mistakes due to weariness
15 v 14
So? The Crusaders were knackered at altitude. Lions can cope with that
Should have put the Lions away 40-60 but didn't, then the altitude factor kicked in.
Subbing Marx screwed the Lions.
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Yeah! Hats off to Robertson he subbed early unlike Boyd last week but it still just about came undone.
Crotty take a bow. Never too flash always delivers though.
After the earthquake disappointment in 11 and the Joubert error in 14 it's happy days.
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Kudos to Saders. The red card had even more impact than usual. Travel factor was always going to kick in around 60 and had Lions been within 20 might well have got there.
Not sure Crotty has lost this season. Out for Chch BI lions and Canes matches and AB second test. Decision making makes those around him play a definite notch up. -
Congratulations to the Saders, class team. To the Lions and especially to coach Akkers, thank you for bringing pride back to Johannesburg rugby. Johan Ackerman you are a class gentleman.
Not the end of the world, the sun is rising tomorrow again.
And now the Swys era starts. See you lot next year.
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Another important game marred by controversy, but.
Crotty named Man-of-Match? Fucking outrageous... I had the forethought to be drinking a chilled NZ red wine... ticking all the superstitious boxes (cold like Canterbury, from NZ, and red to match Canterbury colours... although a little concerned when I remembered Lions also wear red).
But, I know that I have the moral man-of-match. And I don't begrudge Crotty his 100,000R. -
@MiketheSnow Agreed. Why sub Marx when he was dominating the game. This guy is going to be better than Birsmark and will cause us a lot of problems over the next few years.
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Congratulations Crusaders. Best team all year. Razor did a magnificent job in his first season - what a coaching record he has!
Crotty deserving man of the match - sensational.
Good season Lions - fought back well. Ackermann turned the franchise around - an amazing effort.
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@Crash said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
For a sell-out there are a lot of empty seats
I've seen shitloads of tweets and FB posts where they were handing them out like candy! Someone ( sponsors?) must have bought a big lot of tickets and haven't been able to get people to use them, I guess.
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Is Mike Alaaaaaaaaaaaaaatoa eligible for NZ?
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@MiketheSnow said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@Hooroo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@MiketheSnow said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@Hooroo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@ACT-Crusader said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
Lions hot on attack and score.
Stupid mistakes are costing us big time.
Mistakes due to weariness
15 v 14
So? The Crusaders were knackered at altitude. Lions can cope with that
Should have put the Lions away 40-60 but didn't, then the altitude factor kicked in.
Subbing Marx screwed the Lions.
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@booboo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@MiketheSnow said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@Hooroo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@MiketheSnow said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@Hooroo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@ACT-Crusader said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
Lions hot on attack and score.
Stupid mistakes are costing us big time.
Mistakes due to weariness
15 v 14
So? The Crusaders were knackered at altitude. Lions can cope with that
Should have put the Lions away 40-60 but didn't, then the altitude factor kicked in.
Subbing Marx screwed the Lions.
Phew - managed to load image after 5 attempts ... that took a bit of doing. IT-idiot.
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@booboo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@booboo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@MiketheSnow said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@Hooroo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@MiketheSnow said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@Hooroo said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@ACT-Crusader said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
Lions hot on attack and score.
Stupid mistakes are costing us big time.
Mistakes due to weariness
15 v 14
So? The Crusaders were knackered at altitude. Lions can cope with that
Should have put the Lions away 40-60 but didn't, then the altitude factor kicked in.
Subbing Marx screwed the Lions.
Phew - managed to load image after 5 attempts ... that took a bit of doing. IT-idiot.
Didn't realise they swam there
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@Crucial said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@ACT-Crusader said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
@rotated said in Lions v Crusaders - Super Rugby Final:
This is where the neutral referee & TMO would be ideal.
Nah. The right process and decision was made.
I hate these ones. Smith wasn't trying to tackle anyone, he was chasing the ball as you should. He looks up and sees Havili has taken to the air and is about to collide with him in. You could argue that Havili put himself in danger by jumping toward other players on the ground that couldn't get out of the way with his knees forward and toward their heads.
Havili was just playing the game and so was Smith. By the way things are ruled Smith was meant to anticipate that someone would take a flying leap at his head though which is silly. Rugby is a game played on your feet according to the Laws.Why would you not anticipate someone jumping for a kick? Been living in the wilderness for the last 15 odd years? That's like letting people off for a high tackle because the other guy is short.
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Red and Yellow cards are absolutely defining rugby right now.
However, well done Crusaders and gutsy fucken effort Lions.
Razor Robinson's matra is a DJ Khaled song. "All I do is win win win no matter what" that guy is a future ABs coach. Both undeniable and scary. Breakdancing and All Blacks coach should ever appear in the same sentence.
2 teams with he highest point tally were in the final. That's usually a good thing. Maybe the Lions got an easy ride. They beat the former champions though so IMO they deserved their final spot just as much as the Crusaders.
But I'll be fucken happy to see the end of this ridiculous format. On another note I think we have also seen the end of rugby as we knew it. The powers that be may have the players welfare at heart but it's obvious that common sense no longer has a place in officiating dangerous collisions. Its by the book no matter what.
