Blues v Chiefs
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Gallagher Chiefs:
- Reuben O’Neill (8)
- Bradley Slater (12)
- Nepo Laulala (38)
- Tupou Vaa’i (4)
- Mitchell Brown (42)
- Lachlan Boshier (54)
- Sam Cane (119) ©
- Pita Gus Sowakula (25)
- Brad Weber (82)
- Kaleb Trask (6)
- Solomon Alaimalo (46)
- Alex Nankivell (29)
- Anton Lienert-Brown (78)
- Sean Wainui (35)
- Damian McKenzie (81)
Reserves:
16. Samisoni Taukei’aho (33)
17. Ollie Norris (1)
18. Ross Geldenhuys (10)
19. Adam Thomson (4) ***
20. Mitchell Karpik (27)
21. Lisati Milo-Harris (3)
22. Aaron Cruden (98)
23. Quinn Tupaea (9)Adam Thomson will play his 100th super game.
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Thomson and Karpik were ineffectual last week. I was hoping Ah Kuoi would be back, but nope.
Unavailable for selection:
Angus Ta’avao (quad), Naitoa Ah Kuoi (concussion), Aidan Ross (calf), Tiaan Falcon (knee).
Season ending: Atu Moli (hips), Laghlan McWhannell (knee), Luke Jacobson (hand), Michael Allardice (shoulder), Nathan Harris (shoulder), Ryan Coxon (thumb), Sam McNicol (ankle). -
Thomson was useless last week. Didn't pay mind to Karpik. That injury list is too long.
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Picking we will likely come second.
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Weird 6 and 7 for the blues. Would've thought they would want to minimise disruption when Lamborn comes on after 5 minutes.
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@Bones said in Blues v Chiefs:
Weird 6 and 7 for the blues.
Huh, I missed that. I guess they rate Dalton’s turnover work?
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Do we know the status of Hoskins' injury?
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@KiwiMurph Hats off to Rangi for finally realising that First Five is Beaudy's best position.
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Cue Beauds having an absolute shitter.
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@Yeetyaah Here's not hoping
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@African-Monkey nah Blues fans need something to gripe about and the Chiefs need a win so would be great.
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I can’t believe I’m writing this, but I want BB to cut us up (at least a little bit) - if he is still a world class 10 he should Be able to make this Chiefs team look a bit silly (at times). NZ rugby will be in a better place if he suddenly turns his form around. Hopefully he’ll drive his team around a bit and show that he should be left at 10.
Best case, he plays really well and we sneak a win based on a late Cruden droppie.
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@Bones said in Blues v Chiefs:
Cue Beauds having an absolute shitter.
He hasn't exactly shone when moving to 10 the last couple of second halves...
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@Bones said in Blues v Chiefs:
Weird 6 and 7 for the blues. Would've thought they would want to minimise disruption when Lamborn comes on after 5 minutes.
I don't have any problem with Papali'i at 7, so nothing weird there.
What is weird is Gibson at 6 ...
It would have been more logic to have Papali'i at 6 and Gibson (or Lamborn) at 7. -
@cgrant said in Blues v Chiefs:
@Bones said in Blues v Chiefs:
Weird 6 and 7 for the blues. Would've thought they would want to minimise disruption when Lamborn comes on after 5 minutes.
I don't have any problem with Papali'i at 7, so nothing weird there.
What is weird is Gibson at 6 ...
It would have been more logic to have Papali'i at 6 and Gibson (or Lamborn) at 7.Righto....
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Blues $1.37
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@Crucial said in Blues v Chiefs:
@Tim said in Blues v Chiefs:
Blues $1.37
Chiefs $2.90That's like a gilt bond paying 37% a day!
Gold plated?
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According to Sky, Papalii had made the most tackles (66) going into this game.
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50th game for Gibson, unless he breaks before kickoff.
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He’s out there, at 7. That’s taken a while...
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Great clearance.
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Great hands, great line
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A rather large gap.
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McKenzie running backwards 🙄
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Who the fuck is in charge of the backline defense?
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Looks like it’ll be a long day. That was a cracking try, but some pretty poor communication from the Chiefs midfield/three quarters.
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Lovely hands by Ioane. Chiefs could feel aggrieved by the obvious offside at the scrum.
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Why did they stop the play after the knock by the Blues? Chiefs were still moving?
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@Yeetyaah said in Blues v Chiefs:
McKenzie running backwards 🙄
The commentary team still wanking on about how great he is.
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Great defence by the Blues
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Beast mode defence.
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Fuck the Chiefs suck.
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The Blues are just better than us. They have better players and are more organised
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