Crusaders v Chiefs
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@yeetyaah said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Gatland at 10 and Wainui at 13 again is nuts considering how shit they were. We're fucked.
haha this will suck. i ain't watching
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McMillan's selections are all over the place. He's obviously got a hard-on for Wainui at centre.
Looking forward to seeing how Lord goes. There seems to be a "plan" to give most of the squad a game over the first few rounds. With K Boshier on the bench I think Jacobson will move into no.7.
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Crusaders are paying 1.62 for 13+ on tab.com.au
Looks like easy money.
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@stargazer said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Good luck to Josh Lord for his debut against that pack.
He played against a lot of them when Taranaki beat Canterbury to win the Ranfurly Shield last year. Taylor, Whitelock, Christie and Grace were in that pack. And Moody.
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I can understand the TTT selection - going with experience of an AB against the best team instead of a rookie (plus Stuff said TTT was injured last week) but dropping Lowe is just plain weird - he got bugger all chances and showed remarkable speed to nearly run down Nareki - meanwhile Stevenson added nothing off the bench last week.
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@arhs said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Bizarre selection by Chiefs
It compares with the Canes bizarre selections. Gatland is likely an unwillingness to admit a shocking recruitment decision just right now. And maybe an unwillingness to risk upsetting next years head coach. So if he plays like a fool again this week (in a game they will lose barring a miracle) kick him into touch for a game they can win next week
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@winger I didn't think Gatland went well last week by any means, but f*** me fellas, I would be surprised if he was tossed after one game. Geez imagine if all coaches did that, we would need squads of about 60 to last a season. I thought he actually looked ok at start, but went off a bit during game. I do think other thing is really you would be struggling to find a better 10 to put in his place, maybe move DMac there and if that doesn't work? Trask is still injured. I actually think whoever there this week will get hammered with Crusader's pack against them anyway.
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@akan004 said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Don't understand why ALB has been dropped/ rotated. Quinn Tupaea has always seemed so average. Has an incredibly high error rate.
“We didn’t want to compromise our preparation this week after Anton picked up a niggle in the Highlanders game. He will be a valuable injection off the bench,” said McMillan.
