Crusaders v Highlanders

[Donsteppa]

Crusaders forwards go straight down fat man's alley to score

[ACT Crusader]

Bit of emotion from both coaches boxes tonight.

[Bones]

How is Savea rated over Todd in any facet of the game?

Beautiful try. Reckon Makalio would be a good call to bring into the ABs.

No idea why it wasn't a penalty for Buckman being held back on the kick chase.

[hydro11]

@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

How is Savea rated over Todd in any facet of the game?

Beautiful try. Reckon Makalio would be a good call to bring into the ABs.

No idea why it wasn't a penalty for Buckman being held back on the kick chase.

Savea is obviously better than Todd at several facets of the game.

[Tim]

@hydro11 What are those?

[taniwharugby]

@hydro11 ones not readily obvious and meaningful to us watching at home I guess.

[hydro11]

@tim said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@hydro11 What are those?

Metres gained in contact is an obvious one. Pure speed as well.

[Gunner]

Horrible defence from the scrum.

Lenjties was far too slow to cover his ground there.

Great finish Mounga

[KiwiMurph]

@gunner not the first time tonight from Lentjes.

[taniwharugby]

@gunner Lentjes seemed to give up really soon too

[Gunner]

We’re seeing some great tries tonight.

Defence not so great.

[KiwiMurph]

Bridge caught out there.

[Donsteppa]

Great speed from Moanga, but the Highlanders hit straight back.

Crusaders backs have looked pedestrian on defence a couple of times tonight.

[Crucial]

Don't rush up for a spot tackle when the next man in the line is Naholo. He only needs half a gap to make ground. A full gap = a try.

[Wreck Diver]

@taniwharugby ones obvious to Steve H so I bow to the knowledge of a back to back WC winning coach. I rate Todd highly, I think he may have the Marty Holah syndrome.

[taniwharugby]

@crucial if he had slid out to cover Naholo the space woulda been opened on the inside.

[Bones]

Going on this years form, teams with Todd in seem to function a lot better than teams with Savea...

Edited to add: The canes even looked much better early season when Henwood was playing.

[Crucial]

@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@crucial if he had slid out to cover Naholo the space woulda been opened on the inside.

Didn't need to slide. Rushing up created the hole. That's where sometimes you need to hold ground on defence and make them come to you.

[Bones]

L Whitelock is awesome.

[taniwharugby]

@crucial the whole line was broken there, if he is covering Naholo, carrier he goes inside and then Naholo still has space outside him as he cant tackle Naholo without the ball