Hurricanes vs Crusaders

[gt12]

How on earth was that not-straight not called?

Justice though. Thomson shuts down the maul.

7 left, Saders running out of time.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Damn wtf happened there. Christ BB

Lucky fecker

[mariner4life]

B Barretts kicking hame is keeping his team under pressure

[Rancid Schnitzel]

@mariner4life said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

B Barretts kicking hame is keeping his team under pressure

His kicking game as well.

[Nepia]

I was impressed with Shields holding that ... and then he lost it.

[gt12]

Well played by the Canes to win that. Some bad luck for the Saders, but good effort by the Canes to overcome travel and get the win.

Finish with a big scrum too. Looking for another score?

[Tim]

A couple of decent scrums at the end there for the Hurricanes. Renata getting a pat on the back.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

17 point win would be nice.

[Rancid Schnitzel]

Crowd getting their moneys worth.

[gt12]

Ha ha, Saders win the scrum penalty

[Tim]

Crusaders get one back.

[gt12]

All over. 29-19.

[jegga]

Well done boys never doubted you for a minute (hides betting slips)

[Stockcar86]

Ben May up with the greats with his 100th game

[Paekakboyz]

That was an impressive 1st half. Was impressed they stayed in the match late second half. That was really when the saders missed whitelock and crotty. Good to see savea hunger and working hard

[pukunui]

Pretty good game. Hurricanes started bloody welland the Crusaders did well to come back.
Jordie looked bloody good. That penalty from near halfway and on the angle was a thing of beauty.
Is it just me or has he bulked up a bit?
Both Saveas looked good. Jules looked busy and Ardie put in some big tackles.
Lam showed great gas for that try.
Goodhue was good for Saders. Would also like to see him get lotsof AB time this year. Crotty is glass.

Canes front row (props) are their major weakness also think Fifita is wasted at lock.

Have been noticing a lot this year that the rucks are a mess. Guys off their feet playing the ball, players not releasing tackled players and guys flying off their feet cleaning out. Are the refs ignoring everything because they are concentrating on the new laws at the ruck?

[Chris B.]

Crusaders threw the game away in the first 10 minutes with a succession of penalties gifting possession and territory and eventually points - along with losing Crotty and Whitelock.

Had a chance to come back but too many costly mistakes.

Goodhue was excellent - Havili pretty good, couldn't do much about Lam. Alaalatoa perhaps the best of the forwards along with Taufua.

[Billy Tell]

Is Alaatoa available for NZ, or is more Aussi eligible??

[Nepia]

@billy-tell said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Is Alaatoa available for NZ, or is more Aussi eligible??

Not eligible yet I think. Very Aussie eligible as he's an Aussie.

[Stargazer]

@billy-tell said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Is Alaatoa available for NZ, or is more Aussi eligible??

Alaalatoa will be eligible from August-September as he started playing Mitre 10 Cup for the Turbos in 2015.

@nepia said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@billy-tell said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Is Alaatoa available for NZ, or is more Aussi eligible??

Not eligible yet I think. Very Aussie eligible as he's an Aussie.

He's not eligible for Aussie if he's not playing in Aussie.