Crusaders v Sunwolves

[ShadowTrooper]

Fuck Drommond's kicking in general play is all shades of shit

[Chris B.]

@shadowtrooper He's covered himself in shit in the first few minutes of the second half.

[Tordah]

@shadowtrooper said in Crusaders v Sunwolves:

Fuck Drommond's kicking in general play is all shades of shit

passing not too great either, haha. Crusaders absolute shite

[Donsteppa]

Razor needs to get some of the big names on the bench on...

[Donsteppa]

Ah, no Crockett on the bench.

[ShadowTrooper]

How is that penalty justified?

[Machpants]

Shades of the blues last year... And yesterday. Razor will be raging

[Donsteppa]

Did the Crusaders hit the beers at halftime?

[ShadowTrooper]

Crotty does something sensible - goes forward

[Donsteppa]

Excellent, normal service has resumed.

[Machpants]

Normal service resumes but I reckon they just thought the game was theirs after those two quick tries, expected the wolves to roll over. Disassociation of expectations -

Took them fifty minutes to get over it

[Bones]

Stratton is a bloody big looking unit.

[Machpants]

Rucks are a free for all - new rules have been forgotten. These boys will have a shock under Pro 14 refs, just like England did

[ShadowTrooper]

Like what I see from Stratton

[ACT Crusader]

Argh, my 9-16 margin stuffed in the final seconds.

Scrappy game but good to get a win against a pretty tough forward pack.

[ShadowTrooper]

Thought Romano shored things up when he came on, carried well and got stuck into the collisions

[Duluth]

@bones said in Crusaders v Sunwolves:

he probably got an offer (I imagine a decent one) and thought hey I get to live in Japan and get to start every week. Why sit around holding tackle bags?

Little didn’t even get offered a squad position in NZ, then he went to Japan. It was a big surprise given his NPC form that year

[Tim]

@duluth Yep, Blues dev squad was the only offer he got, apparently.

[Stargazer]

Not a great game from the Crusaders, but that's what you get when you (have to) pick a lot of 2nd and 3rd stringers. Razor took a risk when resting several of his ABs and other players, and he still got the 5 points.

Pity Dagg didn't get the ball. Drummond had a mare. In the end it doesn't matter. The bonus point win is in the bag.

[Chris B.]

Made hard work of that - weather didn't help, but job done - bonus point win with the additional huge bonus of having been able to give a lot of important players a three week rest - and get rid of some compulsory stand downs, while giving lots of the lesser lights some decent responsibility.

Thought Delany came through with flying colours - had a bit of Midas Touch about him. Owen Franks had an impressive hitout in the scrums. Romano had good impact. Most of the others were a bit mixed - good and bad.