Blues v Hurricanes
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@booboo said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@pukunui said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@kiwi_expat said in Blues v Hurricanes:
I'd say the reason for Blackwell being continually selected is because he's a key leader in the group, he's a senior player, he was the Hurricanes player of the season in 2019, was pretty outstanding in Super Rugby Aotearoa last year too. Also isn't he the Wellington Lions captain?
Outstanding last year? You’ve got to be kidding.
The guy has never looked remotely Super rugby level.He is fit, no doubt. But having watched him closely during games i have never seen someone with such an ability to be near the play and actually contribute fuck all in terms of positive impact.
When he carries he makes zero metres consistently . When he takes a lineout he often fires it at the feet of the 9 without looking, causing them to knock it on.
For every one of his no look passes that gets caught by a team mate about 5 go to ground. He makes Brad shields look good when it comes to handling.One thing he is a master at is the whole “simulated” rugby thing like you see on the training pitch and get taught from the under 10s.
Standing with your hands out looking ready to catch the ball near a ruck, even though you are in a shit position and not going to get passed the ball. Getting in the way of your own ball carrier and therefore being first to the breakdown yet having no impact as a cleaner because you were busy getting out of the way.
Arriving late at a defensive ruck and putting your hand up and then pointing at someone in the attacking line as if that is your man, even though none of your team mates are paying any attention to your defensive positioning. And lets not forget the useless little jump in the air with arms up even though the opposition player taking the lineout ball is 2m above you.Im convinced this stuff is why he is getting selected constantly. He looks like he is doing lots of stuff. The GPS data probably looks good too. But in reality he makes very little positive contribution at best. At worst he is a liability.
not sure what your point is here Puku. Do you rate Blackwell or not?
First name on the sheet every week.
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He’s basically the younger, better line out option Cane. He’s started this game very strongly
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Be interesting to see if Pickerall is consistent on the early hits ,because Campbell has delayed on all 3 scrim feeds
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@gt12 said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@gt12 said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Black down there?
Kirifi was it?
He’s in trouble
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So much fucking around with TMOs these days, just boring watching replay after replay to try and figure out if a clean out is OK or not. Just have someone review footage after the game and get on with it.
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Very little consistency with the officiating across matches.......
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@kiwimurph It seems to be lost on you that someone (commentator) compared this with Ofa's one two weeks ago. Blues Ferners said at the time that there was nothing in it. I was just repeating that.
Yellow is about right.
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