Blues v Hurricanes
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@gt12 Yeah his box kicking was poor, especially after the break, but when in form, he's a better starter than finisher.
Also, Rieko Ioane is going to be a star at centre. He's not there yet with his distribution (although he did set up Telea in the corner), but the potential is endless there. I hope to see him get a decent crack there for the ABs.
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@stargazer said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@sparky I don't think it has to do with a drop in skill level in NZ. NH rugby is played at snail's pace compared to SRA. If you play at greater speed, you often make more mistakes.
And the defence is brutal. There is a reason the players complain about the derbies.
Also think the mindset is to try things, so again, that can lead to more errors.
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@african-monkey yea I don't think Nock or Christie are bench 9s, both starters and then finish with Ruru.
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@sparky said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@canes4life said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@dan54 yeah NZ Rugby could be in huge trouble. The flow of the game and the way it’s been officiated is putting a lot of people off.
I’ve got plenty of friends that used to watch footy religiously but now most of them don’t even bother.
Compare rugby now to back in the 2000s and it’s actually pretty sad viewing.
There are more handling errors in SRA now than in European Cup or 6 Nations Rugby. The skill levels in NZ Rugby have dropped off significantly in recent times. Worrying.
Wouldn't we always have more handling errors? If you try to spread the ball, you will have more handling errors. People love it when a bit of skill comes off but those things are never going to come off 100% of the time. You can't say that you want tries from crazy skill but no errors. We can make more errors by being more conservative.
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Prop Karl Tu’inukuafe took a bang to his knee, but MacDonald was optimistic he and crocked skipper Patrick Tuipulotu (sore shoulder) would be right after bye week.
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@tim said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@african-monkey Blues have been dumb as shit the last three weeks.
My Eden Park stalwart mate thinks they should raise the IQ entrance bar to 80.
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@pakman said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@bones said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Blues on a winning streak
As are Clan.
Tomkinson will be back next week though.
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@kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
We looked a lot better when Ruru came in. Nock was slow to the ruck and kicked poorly.
Much more urgency when he came on. Started running from the base too.
Coincided with kicking the pill long when in our own 22. Panadol must have written that on the back of the oranges.
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@steven-harris said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@nzzp it was the correct decision,both YCs were on the money ,in fact Pickerall only penalised each team 9 times ..the scrum penalty against the Blues on their own feed was correct,,even though you have the dominant scrum ,you can’t screw it or collapse it
If it’s the one I think Mafilio lost the shoulder and screwed inwards leaving Hodgeman nothing against which to push.
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@bones said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@pakman said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@bones said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Blues on a winning streak
As are Clan.
Tomkinson will be back next week though.
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Blues star reveals reason for recent losses - and why they have new belief
The Blues enter their second bye knowing vast improvements are still required.
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Well, that wasn't the win we wanted, but it was the win we needed.
I'm going against the grain a bit as I think we played well our first three games, and poorly the last two. Against the crusaders we went ok, asked a lot of questions and had a few brain farts. No shame though, they are a very very well drilled side.
The last two weeks, though have been stupid stupid play. One minute of magic from the chiefs aside, we're playing badly and still being in a position to win games. I'll take that as evidence of a step forward, despite the difficult to watch games.
Defence last night was good, very physical and quite relentless. That said, the ongoing brain farts were super frustrating. If the canes had tjp and Beauden, they have a good shot at winning. They didn't, and we shut down the forwards, Ngani and JB. can't ask for much more.
So, ugly but we'll take it thanks. Dalton a beast, forwards excellent generally and the bacjs were ok. Rieko continues to develop. TJ solid and glue like. Roll on the bye
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@kirwan actually Nock was really good. Fast to ruck, crisp passes hitting the runners. Start of the second half put up two poor kicks and got subbed. Ruru came on and then gave away 3 points straight away but played pretty well. No doubt he is a more aggressive runner but for me Nock starts. A lot less errors, and better pass. The team runs a lot better when he is the link man. As TR says his game has really developed.
