Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021)
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@hydro11 said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
Mo'unga would be one of the last Crusaders I would criticise tonight. They were beaten up at the breakdown and that was the game. I think Barrett is probably better than Mo'unga when the team is getting dominated. I don't think many first-fives around the world actually do well when the team is getting dominated up front.
I actually think Mounga suffered frm lack of second playmaker. Havili went to 1st receiver to start with but then seemed to stop. He needed someone to alleviate a bit of the pressue.
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Well done Highlanders passion and intensity leading the way. Tony Brown very smart game plan taking a lot of scrums out of the game and really attacking the breakdown.
Crusaders looked like they just had a week off.Jordan was poor tonight and Bridge. The backs really let us down we should have gone up the middle more and turned the Landers around by kicking into space. Our Backs were not smart at all today.I felt sorry for Blackadder,Grace,Whitelock,Barrett and Taylor who played their hearts out to be let down by bad decision making behind them.
I think well will come back next week with a brutal response.
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Well. Who saw that coming?
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@yeetyaah said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
Ridiculous call. Jordan should be in the bin.
No. Gregory created that collision. Fair call IMO.
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@booboo said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
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@yeetyaah said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
Ridiculous call. Jordan should be in the bin.
No. Gregory created that collision. Fair call IMO.
Interesting that the Gregory misdemeanour wrested away all of Will Jordan's decision making faculties so he had no choice ( no free will!) but to, after being blatantly obstructed, tackle a man in the air.
Red card for Gregory for mind control
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@booboo said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
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@yeetyaah said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
Ridiculous call. Jordan should be in the bin.
No. Gregory created that collision. Fair call IMO.
What @Siam said. How Gregory took over Jordan's faculties and made him decide to tackle CGB in the air after having been obstructed and then clearing the obstruction is unknown, but I can't decide if we need to stamp it outta the game or bring Gregory into the ABs.
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@chris said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
I felt sorry for Blackadder,Grace,Whitelock,Barrett and Taylor who played their hearts out to be let down by bad decision making behind them.
Highlanders dominated the breakdown. Most of the Highlanders pack out played their opposites
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Gotta say when the Saders managed to get a penalty for taking someone out in the air I figured it was business as usual. Awesome from the Landers and good to see the likes of Mo'unga and Jordan actually have to play under some pressure for a change. Hope they learn from that, though with Mo'unga he's been a possum in the headlights quite a few times now when things aren't going to plan, so not particular encouraging given his experience now that he didn't take the bull by the horns and get his team back on track.
We really don't have a world class 10 at the moment.
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@no-quarter said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
We really don't have a world class 10 at the moment.
Been pondering this. Are we doing what Aus cricket did after Warnie? Obviously the all time greatest 1st 5 any of us will see in our lifetime is 6 years gone but are we assessing fairly?
Crusaders reminded me of when the ABs shit the bed, it's unconscionable all those guns could play so limply.
Hurricanes could cop it, or, they could see how shit the Crusaders can be and smack them twice in a row.
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@bones said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@sparky said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@dolamite What a twat. That's racism from Joe Wheeler. He adds nothing but cringe.
Oh fuck off. You really get that offended when @nta mocks your kiwi accent? It's not fucken racism, don't be ridiculous.
the fuck happened?
Anyway - well done Clan. Finally the officials had a good look at the Saders' bullshit and decided enough was enough.
The Cantabs were also off colour tonight. Jordan was shit. Havili not much better. Mounga absent. Blackadder had a crack but the rest were fairly meh.
Himeno is worth his weight in gold for the Clan.
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HELL YEAH!
Missed the game live, weâre in Sydney for Easter, phone started buzzing after the game had finished so when I made it to bed I watched the reply
God I loved that, canât add much that hasnât been mentioned, not going to claim weâre world beaters, we forced a lot of mistakes through great pressure but the saders were also just a bit off the pace, what I will take from it is we punished them when they did make mistakes, we learnt from the game in dunners
@Bones willing to start a Kickstarter to fund me travelling for each game?...pretty sure I missed the chiefs one live too
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@nta said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
Finally the officials had a good look at the Saders' bullshit and decided enough was enough.
Genuine question, what is the bullshit you are referring to that the refs decided enough was enough on last night? IIRC the most contentious decision (Jordan) went in favour of the Saders. As for the penalty count, the Saders seem to have been penalised quite a bit this year. Was the penalty count higher than usual?
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@duluth said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@chris said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
I felt sorry for Blackadder,Grace,Whitelock,Barrett and Taylor who played their hearts out to be let down by bad decision making behind them.
Highlanders dominated the breakdown. Most of the Highlanders pack out played their opposites
Yep they dominated the breakdown but the-players I mentioned still put in a good shift for the Crusaders but the the pack as a whole were outplayed.
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This game reminded me of many games we have seen in different sports over the years. One team comes out extremely focused after off field dramas and the other team guilty of not being as primed as they should have been.
Next week will be interesting. Can the Crusaders play better next week or have some cracks emerged that other teams will now exploit? Can the Highlanders back it up an show they are a better team than they have shown so far?
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@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
@nta said in Crusaders v Highlanders (2 April 2021):
Finally the officials had a good look at the Saders' bullshit and decided enough was enough.
Genuine question, what is the bullshit you are referring to that the refs decided enough was enough on last night? IIRC the most contentious decision (Jordan) went in favour of the Saders. As for the penalty count, the Saders seem to have been penalised quite a bit this year. Was the penalty count higher than usual?
I agree that the comment was off the mark. Saders continued their bullshit but it didnât work this time.
I actually wonder at times if they have a âsafe wordâ to call when the defence is out of control and they are at risk of conceding a try.
There certainly seems to be zones where they âdeliberately â get penalised when under the pump. Within the tram lines just outside the 22 seems to be the usual place.
Just far enough out that the ref doesnât get triggered into YCs and the opposition have a tricky kick or have to take them on in a line out mail.
Iâm not saying that itâs cheating but it definitely is bullshit.
As I said during the game it reminds me of the end of a basketball game. Deliberately fouling to force the issue and get the ball back.
