Sharks v Crusaders

pukunui

Is Macilai injured?

Stargazer

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Is Macilai injured?
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No, and he's with the team in SA.

taniwharugby

When you see Macilai he seems to be doing everything right, but was on the bench last week and now out of the 23, certainly not going to help him well and truly find his feet at this level.
 
Odd rotation?

Wurzel

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Chris, I'd like to see more of a 12. Havili 13. Crotty.
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Bingo. That's future of the Crusaders backline right thurr

ACT Crusader

Richie's had a bit of a shocker in the 1st half. Missed a couple of fairly easy penalties and then threw a very wild cut out pass that was easily intercepted for a Sharks try. 
Sharks are very abrasive in the tackle and there are some really solid collisions out there. But their set piece is being dealt to by the Saders. We aren't playing too bad although we have rushed the play a little which has resulted in errors. 
7-7 HT

ACT Crusader

Richie misses another relatively straight forward kick. 
After the restart we start passing wide and Crotty spills and Sharks runaway to score another try

Billy Tell

F me the Crusaders back line is shit. The only player who would probably make NZ plays for Fiji. Depressing.

ACT Crusader

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Billy Tell" data-cid="567496" data-time="1459009196">F me the Crusaders back line is shit. The only player who would probably make NZ plays for Fiji. Depressing.</blockquote>
 
Haven't been watching Havili? 
Try time. All with backs

ACT Crusader

Try awarded and then the big screen replay shows Fonotia just in touch. Try disallowed.

Crash

Having said that the YC on top of the penalty reversal is farking shit. Peyper can go and join Andrew Lees with his eye-patch, they'll make a perfect pair

Tordah

the Crusaders suck balls

Billy Tell

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Billy Tell

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Haven't been watching Havili? 
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Havili should be in the midfield. He is not a 15. And as you might know I am not a Fonatia fan. The crusaders attack revolves around Nadolo scoring tries out of nothing. And that's about it.

Matt

good try that one, kept hammering away.

Tordah

Crockett single handedly turned the scrum battle around. And not in a good way

Crash

Farkin right. Saders win. Kieran Read was huge in that last scoring play as was Whitelock. Nadolo knocked the conversion over - what has happened to Mounga in a week.

Bones

Wow. Most amazing part of that game was McNicholls try. He scored it in the tackle. Meaning he got tackled and didn't immediately get reversed 10 metres.

Stargazer

Well-deserved win to the Crusaders.
 
Crotty didn't seem right since that early injury in the game; couldn't be subbed off because they only had 2 backs on the bench. 
Mo'unga looked nervous from the start. I guess this being his first overseas tour played a role in his poor kicking?
 
Nadolo played very well, so did Read, Whitelock, Taufua, Barrett, Franks.
 
I can't believe how many high tackles against the Crusaders went unpunished. That yellow card for Havili was harsh. Wacko Jaco was shit, and so were his ARs.

Matt

Yea well done saders in the end. It really would have sucked donkey balls to lose that after making all the play the whole game.
 
Not gonna win many more of those tight ones with crap place kicking like that though.

kiwiinmelb

How weird is it Beauden has a brother 2 metres tall and 112 kgs but they look so similar

The Silver Fern

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