Stormers vs Blues
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Wow, a number of Blues players should take a bow. When Riko dropped it cold, I thought here we go again and I was right but there is a bit of pragmatism in this side that hasn't been seen for a long time. When Black found the opposition's corner, I had to pinch myself...hold on...this is the Blues I am watching, right? Big, heavy hard working forward pack with ample play makers behind. It is early days but Leon, take a bow!
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@Duluth said in Stormers vs Blues:
Marchant got man of the match. He was good, but plenty of people were
Black would’ve been my pick
Game was won in the forwards. Big shift from 1 to 8 for the Blues. Robinson, Papali'i and Sotutu were all excellent. Tuipulotu MoM for me.
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@antipodean said in Stormers vs Blues:
The more I see of Sotutu, the more I say Akira who?
100% agree.
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@sparky said in Stormers vs Blues:
@Duluth said in Stormers vs Blues:
Marchant got man of the match. He was good, but plenty of people were
Black would’ve been my pick
Game was won in the forwards. Big shift from 1 to 8 for the Blues. Robinson, Papali'i and Sotutu were all excellent. Tuipulotu MoM for me.
Papali'i really worked at 7. Most balanced Blues loosie perfromance I can remember for a year or two.
Jaco was everything last week's ref was not.
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@sparky said in Stormers vs Blues:
@Duluth said in Stormers vs Blues:
Marchant got man of the match. He was good, but plenty of people were
Black would’ve been my pick
Game was won in the forwards. Big shift from 1 to 8 for the Blues. Robinson, Papali'i and Sotutu were all excellent. Tuipulotu MoM for me.
Yeah the contest with the massive Stormers pack seemed to bring out the best in Pat T - he just went smash anytime he either got or got near the ball. If he can bring that every week, we’ve got a pretty good cover for Retallick
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Crikey, I'll take that. I'll also admit to being mentally weak - we went up 20-0 and I looked up the score to see if heartbreak was on its way.
Still watching the game now, and really delighted with the performance. Some good stuff - the interplay of the backs on the short side with no space, metres made after contact, big hits from Pat T (and others), urgency and commitment in defence.
The most improtant change for me, though is 9/10. Otere is a good 10, you can see him run into traffic and take great decisions - holding passes, going around defenders with teh ball - it's a massive massive step up. Goalkicking also good. I really like Plummer, but I can now see why they went out for Black from teh Canes.
Very very happy with that result, and enjoying a sunday morning on the couch with a decent coffee. Life ain't so bad, the season't back on track at 4-2. Need to build on this
also - Peyper's a great ref, but he whistled the stormers off the park. They had a night where nothing went their way (well, so far)
Nock having a blinder so far, delighted for him. We need real competition at 9
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Your loosies smoked us. On the back of a motivated and inspired tight 5. Good subbing and ground out an increased margin. Nice to see Blues hitting some “fuk-u” attitude again. Always what I loved about them. Good to see some sparks back
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Impressive by the blues,
To go over there and play that way is a good effort by any side so not just being patronising because it’s the blues ,
Excellent
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@antipodean said in Stormers vs Blues:
The more I see of Sotutu, the more I say Akira who?
Was about to make a comment on this guy myself , interesting prospect, and only 21 , I’m sure there are people in important positions taking note That’s for sure
