Crusaders v Blues
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@Gunner said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Chris said in Crusaders v Blues:
I am not sure what to make of our depth at the moment.
Blues Developing well
Crusaders. Still winning but weaker than previous years
Highlander performing above their weight
Canes weaker than previous years
Chiefs very poor at the momentAdd all that up we are not that strong overall,
Still we will Put out a strong 23 in the black jersey but injuries will Hurt us.Form of super teams after 4 games is hardly a gauge on All Black depth.
I know but I am looking at overall depth in our SR teams it’s weakening
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Huge, huge, huge last 20 minutes from the Crusaders to secure their 36th win at home in a row. Mo'unga and Drummond were brilliant in the last quarter. Sam Whitelock's workrate is immense. Bridge was excellent in the air. Razor has developed a wonderful team spirit at the franchise. Only a matter of time until he's given the reins of a Test team.
Lots of learnings for the Blues:
Beauden Barrett should be at 10 or the bench. His signing looks stranger and stranger, if Rangi isn't going to trust him to lead the backline as he did at the Canes.
The Blues celebrated Reiko Ioane's try like they'd won the World Cup. I never like that. Put the ball down. Jog back. Same as Pinetree, JK or Jonah did. The postman doesn't celebrate delivering a letter. Save the high fives for being the team with the most points at the final whistle. The Blues' premature jubilation invited a response and boy did it come.
Mark Telea needs to work on his high ball work.
Not convinced by the Blues' half backs.
Title not over, but it's Advantage Crusaders.
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@ARHS said in Crusaders v Blues:
Struggling to understand a lot of the rulings at the breakdown and why moody not carded. Crusaders too clinical in the end.
I have doubts the try by Ioane should have been scored,
You could say Talea knocked it on in the air, then Plummer knocked it over the try line .
Or the Crusaders should have got the penalty from the scrum as they were the dominant scrumSome real doubt in my mind it was a try because of the lead up to it.
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@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Chris knock ons get missed, sure. But you can't quibble with not back off a quick tap 5m out results in a PT and a yellow card.
May not have been an issue if the other things were picked up, so it’s whichever way you look at it .
A counter argument to a yellow card theory that may not have been in play if the officials had done their job better not one knock but 2. -
@Chris said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Chris knock ons get missed, sure. But you can't quibble with not back off a quick tap 5m out results in a PT and a yellow card.
May not have been an issue if the other things were picked up, so it’s whichever way you look at it .
A counter argument to a yellow card theory that may not have been in play if the officials had done their job better not one knock but 2.That's a pretty poor argument for not following regular protocol.
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@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Chris said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Chris knock ons get missed, sure. But you can't quibble with not back off a quick tap 5m out results in a PT and a yellow card.
May not have been an issue if the other things were picked up, so it’s whichever way you look at it .
A counter argument to a yellow card theory that may not have been in play if the officials had done their job better not one knock but 2.That's a pretty poor argument for not following regular protocol.
Exactly do your job officials don’t let 2 knock ons go that lead to a try.
still would not have mattered the Crusaders were too good when it mattered in fact that try sparked the Crusaders to take control and take the game away from the Blues. -
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@Chris said in Crusaders v Blues:
@ARHS said in Crusaders v Blues:
Struggling to understand a lot of the rulings at the breakdown and why moody not carded. Crusaders too clinical in the end.
I have doubts the try by Ioane should have been scored,
You could say Talea knocked it on in the air, then Plummer knocked it over the try line .
Or the Crusaders should have got the penalty from the scrum as they were the dominant scrumI was with you until you said the Crusaders had the dominant scrum.
Some real doubt in my mind it was a try because of the lead up to it.
So it’s all a matter of perspective and who you support.I felt the Blues got the rub on a couple of contentious knock-on calls (or non-calls) and the Crusaders benefitted from sympathetic interpretations of the offside line and ruck calls.
Biggest differences were the Crusaders won the kicking contest and didn't switch off.
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@Bovidae said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Chris To me it looked like Havili knocked the ball on first, and the ball was then propelled forward off Telea's head. So scrum to the Blues on that spot would have been the correct call.
Ok then Plummer knocked it on and over the crusaders line scrum to the Crusaders
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@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
Ok sort of game so fat
Oh here come the Akira haters again 🙄
Que?
Am Akira fanboi
So fat indeed.
Ash.. missed the auto correct.
D'oh
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@Siam said in Crusaders v Blues:
@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
Ok sort of game so fat
Oh here come the Akira haters again 🙄
Que?
Am Akira fanboi
You had too much or you need more red mate?
Bones has captured your penchant for grammatical pedantry perfectly😁Auto
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So apart from a couple of posts where I didn't check auto correct and "far" turned into "fat" and people continue to think they are "bias" like a concept my thoughts before reading the thread are (apologies for any typos
) ..Awesome game of footy.
Went a wee bit quiet after hakf time but burst into life.
Expected winners got up. Fuck it. Was wanting Blusers to win.
Hope Otere learns from the charge down.
Could you argue he hadn't started approaching the ball?
Is Rieko > Jack?
Can Razor get a hair cut?
Thought the refereeing was good. Couldn't complain too much.
More stuff when I think of it after I read the thread In the morning.
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