Crusaders v Highlanders

[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

[KiwiMurph]

Great hands Luke Whitelock....

[Crucial]

@kiwimurph said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

Great hands Luke Whitelock....

Good enough for an England call up if he wasn't already taken.

[kev]

@crucial the line was straight no slide from inside so gap would have opened up. The guys outside didn’t mark up.

[Frank]

@hydro11 said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@tim said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@hydro11 What are those?

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

Don't forget while Todd is pretty short, Ardie Savea is at least 6 foot 5 - a real lineout option at international level.