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  • ChrisC Offline
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    replied to Bones on last edited by
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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.

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    replied to Chris on last edited by
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    @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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    replied to Bones on last edited by
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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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    replied to Chris on last edited by
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    @Chris yeah true being an extra two points and a man down has never effected a team before eh.

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    replied to Chris on last edited by
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    @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.

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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 scrum

    I 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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  • ChrisC Offline
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    replied to Bones on last edited by
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    @Bones said in Crusaders v Blues:

    @Chris yeah true being an extra two points and a man down has never effected a team before eh.

    Not us mate you are correct there

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    replied to Bovidae on last edited by
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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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  • SiamS Offline
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    wrote on last edited by Siam
    #396

    The camera view from between the posts clearly showed Plummer knocking on, his second touch in that movement.

    That the refs got distracted by Telea's falcon was pretty piss poor. The camera footage was clear

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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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    replied to Siam on last edited by
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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
    Correct

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  • boobooB Offline
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    wrote on last edited by
    #399

    @Bones @Chris @Siam
    I've not mentioned versing or apostrophes for months

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  • boobooB Offline
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    #400

    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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  • HoorooH Offline
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    wrote on last edited by Hooroo
    #401

    Someone on this board picked Will Jordan at huge odds to be top try scorer and was only worried about amount of game time he would get.

    That is looking to be a nice tip

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    #402

    The width of the old “Taranaki” gate a lot wider for Beauden it seemed than the less narrow Auckland garden gate!
    Two crazy events in that game you don’t often see.A handy conversion charge down ,and the quick restart kick off by Mohunga.Both against the Blue’s composure and very telling.
    Another hard fought game ,with the Crusaders as is their want finishing strongly.With the gap now six points they are sitting pretty.Commend the Blues performance,parts of which were very structured and compelling..They now have to keep up to the standard they have reached and keep winning the rematches.

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    Sorry bad spelling
    Mo’unga,

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    @Duluth said in Crusaders v Blues:

    @Frank said in Crusaders v Blues:

    Finlay Christie has a very good quick game but I think he'll be targeted.

    I think they would've targeted any of the Blues halfbacks..

    Christie's been good off the bench. I would've preferred him to get a start before this match though.

    Doing my morning after catch up on the thread.

    Was really impressed with Christie.

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  • boobooB Offline
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    replied to antipodean on last edited by
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    @antipodean said in Crusaders v Blues:

    This Blues defence is relentless.

    This.

    Took a huge effort by the Sith to break it down

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    wrote on last edited by Stargazer
    #406

    Not sure whether this link works, but - in addition to the charged down conversion - this was the spark that ignited the Crusaders into a higher gear:

    Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
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  • boobooB Offline
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    replied to Mokey on last edited by
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    @Mokey said in Crusaders v Blues:

    This game is surprisingly dull from a neutral perspective.

    Really?

    As a neutral (that admittedly had a preferred outcome) I thought it was great (except for period early in the second half).

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