Highlanders v Crusaders
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@pakman said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
Taylor try was forward pass from Whitelock.
Maybe. Those short passes that might be marginally forward get missed all the time. It deserved a try because of the Tu'u poor effort
Incidentally Tu'u only made 3 tackles in the match. He finished last year with a string of low effort games on defence too. Good attacker, but need to add more to his game.
I thought they subbed the wrong loosie first. Frizell was going well and got subbed at 49mins. He's comfortable at SR level
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@kiwiwomble said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
@machpants said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
@kiwimurph "“If you look at tonight's game that's what sad about rugby at the minute,” he said. “We had 60 per cent possession, 60 per cent territory...we only concede eight penalties and they're conceding 19 penalties and numerous penalty advantages against them and then two yellow cards and they still win."
Replace rugby with Highlanders or any other team trust is obviously inferior to the opposition. The fact the saders had all those punishments and still won showed the class difference. It Also showed the Highlanders were fucking stupid for not taking the 3, seven times the arrogant cocks, if the captain had used those penalties game to Landers.
In fairness, he not stupid, he’s aware we should have made better advantage, the point was the saders just kept giving away penalties in their own half/22, he’s saying it’s sad that seems to be legit strategy
It's only a legit strategy if the opposition play into their hands. By going for the line out 7 times, failing every time, rather than after a couple of failures starting to take the penalty points on offer. That was stupid, Highlanders leadership should take an uppercut
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@machpants no ones arguing the highlanders didn’t make the wrong choices...he’s saying that even after that..continuing to commit fouls is cynical
One doesn’t justify the other
How did sio play? Do anything, never showed up i the highlights
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@kiwiwomble my point is that if they were cynical (and not from being inaccurate as Robinson says) taking 3 and putting them behind on the scoreboard would have stopped it.
Sio was a bit like Goodhue, mostly anonymous
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@machpants and everyone agrees with your point, but it’s not unreasonable, if it was cynical rather than what Robinson describes, to call out what it was and that approach would have dictated how the game was played
The emphasis isn’t/should t just be on team B to stop team A playing in that fashion
Great, earning his pay...
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@kiwiwomble said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
@machpants and everyone agrees with your point, but it’s not unreasonable, if it was cynical rather than what Robinson describes, to call out what it was and that approach would have dictated how the game was played
The emphasis isn’t/should t just be on team B to stop team A playing in that fashion
Great, earning his pay...
He didn't get carded!
The ABs have been doing it for years, knowing that is very rare for a team to beat them in multiples of 3. I just think it's nothing new, cest la vie
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@machpants said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
@kiwiwomble said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
@machpants and everyone agrees with your point, but it’s not unreasonable, if it was cynical rather than what Robinson describes, to call out what it was and that approach would have dictated how the game was played
The emphasis isn’t/should t just be on team B to stop team A playing in that fashion
Great, earning his pay...
He didn't get carded!
The ABs have been doing it for years, knowing that is very rare for a team to beat them in multiples of 3. I just think it's nothing new, cest la vie
Easy to say when it’s not your team...for both points
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@dice jeez, talk about a punch after the bell, we lost, we get it, and even highlanders fans don’t get why sio gets so much game time
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Apparently garden-bashop got the highlanders man of the match, only really saw his try which although he should some wheels was really set up by nareki, good otherwise?
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@kiwiwomble I don't rate Sio, but I don't rate Punivai even more.
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@dice good to know I guess
although I’m not sure who’s arguing, punavai has been passable on the wing and played very little in the midfield and no one rates sio -
@kiwiwomble and I don't rate any of the other Highlander midfielders...
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@kiwiwomble said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
Apparently garden-bashop got the highlanders man of the match, only really saw his try which although he should some wheels was really set up by nareki, good otherwise?
I reckon he played well. Tried to get involved a bit more than Nareki and I saw a couple of good brave defensive efforts. Can't really think who else deserved it more. Certainly not the tight five, maybe one of the loosies or Smith?
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@kiwiwomble I thought the Highlanders would go with Collins at centre. It worked last year.
And Ioane at 10 and Hunt at 15 worked last year too. I'm not sure why Brown has changed things up.
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@dice said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:
@kiwiwomble and I don't rate any of the other Highlander midfielders...
Once again...guess we can sleep at night knowing these mysteries have been solved...maybe the highlanders just forfeit the rest of the season?
