Chiefs v Blues

[antipodean]

As soon as the Blues stopped giving away penalties the Chiefs were out of the contest.

[Bones]

Kiwi as captain. Are his lips moving?

[Chris]

@Anonymous said in Chiefs v Blues:

@kiwiinmelb said in Chiefs v Blues:

@Nepia said in Chiefs v Blues:

@kiwiinmelb said in Chiefs v Blues:

@Chris said in Chiefs v Blues:

Is Gatlands Rep as a coach going to suffer in NZ with these Chiefs performances ?

Didn’t work for Fozzie

I can't remember his era too well but they can't have looked this uncoached ... could they?

They attacked from everywhere and badly lacked structure

Everyone knows NZ's secret weapon is playing best when the game is unstructured. It clearly makes sense to never play with structure, right? It facilitates our strength...

That worked well against England is the WC SF not
I think it’s a combination of both of those things

[No Quarter]

Dominant 2nd 40 from the Blues. Ground the Chiefs into the dust which is exactly what is required in these conditions. They'll be very hard to beat.

Loving Pat T and Sotutu's work again. They were huge.

[junior]

@No-Quarter said in Chiefs v Blues:

Dominant 2nd 40 from the Blues. Ground the Chiefs into the dust which is exactly what is required in these conditions. They'll be very hard to beat.

Loving Pat T and Sotutu's work again. They were huge.

Those two boys absolutely terrorised the chiefs just like they did to the canes last week

[Tim]

Sotutu is building his game alright. Stepped up with the change in loose forward combination.

[Tim]

That's six in a row.

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim said in Chiefs v Blues:

That's six in a row.

5 away wins in a row too.

[Mokey]

Chiefs were absolute rubbish. Screwed up opportunities left right and centre, aimless kicking, no space created, backline a shambles, was actually painful to watch. Blues definitely deserved to win, much better with ball in hand.

Cruden did not direct the backline well, the lineouts were bad, and whoever decided to give Adam Thomson a contract gets a hard slap. UGH. What the hell, Gatland. You can't blame that clusterfuck on the weather.

[Tim]

15,000 tickets already sold for the Highlanders game at Eden Park.

[Bones]

@KiwiMurph said in Chiefs v Blues:

@Tim said in Chiefs v Blues:

That's six in a row.

5 away wins in a row too.

A franchise record. Who woulda thought this is the best ever blues team eh?

[Duluth]

Sotutu should be man of the match again. Tuipulotu not far behind

The defence of the loosies was incredible (current ESPN stats):

----	Tackles	Misses
Papali'i	13	0
Sotutu	14	1
Ioane	13	0

@hooroo Solid tight match from Akira. Loads of tackles some carries in tight and an important turnover. Definitely not fat

Promising cameo from Christie too

[Anonymous]

@Tim said in Chiefs v Blues:

15,000 tickets already sold for the Highlanders game at Eden Park.

That's just the people in quarantine, right?

[Bones]

@Duluth a couple of steals and a rip? Papalii missed out on ten minutes of defence too.

[antipodean]

Anyone notice Karl Te Nana has borrowed his Jewish aunt's glasses?

[African Monkey]

@Duluth Brilliant from out loose trio. Akira goes alright for someone with a lack of work rate.....

[antipodean]

@African-Monkey said in Chiefs v Blues:

@Duluth Brilliant from out loose trio. Akira goes alright for someone with a lack of work rate.....

Playing tight in these conditions showed his effectiveness on defence.

[Tim]

Two tightheads and a dominant lineout. Mind you, the Chiefs forgot to put locks in their squad this year. Maybe Gatland should be focussing less on the Lions ...

[Chris]

@African-Monkey said in Chiefs v Blues:

@Duluth Brilliant from out loose trio. Akira goes alright for someone with a lack of work rate.....

Touché

[Duluth]

@Bones said in Chiefs v Blues:

a couple of steals and a rip? Papalii missed out on ten minutes of defence too.

Ioane subbed off late. There's only 4mins between them