Hurricanes v Crusaders

[canefan]

@Crucial said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

JGB is terrible at reading options. He kicks (badly) when settling with the ball is the go and shovels slow passes when on the front foot.
You aren’t going to beat the saders by kicking the ball aimlessly back to them

He has the ability to give his outsides less time and space

[junior]

@canefan said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Comms said Proctor

Smithy said it was Van Wyk and he was wearing 23

[gt12]

TJP at 10 now.

[canefan]

@gt12 said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

TJP at 10 now.

Seriously, they should try JB at 10. Can't be worse than JGB

[Yeetyaah]

Ah fuck look at the box kick. Half the Crusaders forwards stacked behind each other to give Drummond all that room. Pretty shit.

[KiwiMurph]

@junior said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Has Proctor ever done anything to actually back up his hype/contract?

Thought it was Van Wyk?

My question stands.

[canefan]

How far away is Jordie I wonder?

[No Quarter]

This was exactly the kind of game we needed Beauden to score or set up a try or two against the run of play to steal it.

[canefan]

Management needs to get their best players out there together. A starting backline of TJ, JB, Laumape, Proctor, Lam Aso and Goosen would be better on paper

[Yeetyaah]

Crusaders too clinical. At least the Chiefs aren't at the bottom of the table.

[KiwiMurph]

Enjoyable game.

Jordan was terrific.

Can't say I was impressed by Bridge. Was not threatening at all.

[canefan]

@No-Quarter said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

This was exactly the kind of game we needed Beauden to score or set up a try or two against the run of play to steal it.

BB puts Laumape under the posts. Too conservative, too little offered on attack

[junior]

@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Enjoyable game.

Jordan was terrific.

Can't say I was impressed by Bridge. Was not threatening at all.

Bridge was Bridge. Unless he gets give the ball 20m out with plenty of space to run straight over the line he’s not going to add much #betterwingerthanriekothough

[Chris]

Good away win 5 tries to 1 only the penalties kept the canes in the game
Bonus point win 5 points for first hit out

Havili you have to admire his effort out there his surgery was extremely serious and he was excellent off the Bench

[Chris]

@junior said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Enjoyable game.

Jordan was terrific.

Can't say I was impressed by Bridge. Was not threatening at all.

Bridge was Bridge. Unless he gets give the ball 20m out with plenty of space to run straight over the line he’s not going to add much #betterwingerthanriekothough

Bridge got us out of trouble a bit in this game does the basics well pulled off a great tackle on ASO when we were one man down

[pukunui]

@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Enjoyable game.

Jordan was terrific.

Can't say I was impressed by Bridge. Was not threatening at all.

Jordan would good with the AB 14 jersey on his back.
Could be a very good Ben Smith style winger.

George Bridge is Caleb Ralph mkII. There are so many better options than him.

[mikey07]

@Yeetyaah are you sure I could’ve sworn it was Van Wyk

[mikey07]

Laumape not having a start these last two games maybe not having BB inside him is showing

[canefan]

@mikey07 said in Hurricanes v Crusaders:

Laumape not having a start these last two games maybe not having BB inside him is showing

JGB barely gets him the ball, certainly not in good attacking positions

[African Monkey]

@Yeetyaah Once they sorted their discipline they were always gonna be too good. They always looked like scoring once they got down into the Canes 22.

Crusaders not at their best but have far too much class across the park for the Canes.

Canes attack was far too reliant on Laumape breaking the advantage line. Once he was contained, they didn't have too much to offer with their wonky lineout and undersized pack. Their outside backs showed glimpses of what they could do, but most of the time were either living off scraps or taking poor options (Aso and Tiatia in particular).

Crusaders still the team to beat. Already a gap beginning to emerge between the teams. Is the comp being overhyped a bit or is that a bit harsh?