Highlanders v Reds
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@kruse said in Highlanders v Reds:
@bones said in Highlanders v Reds:
@machpants said in Highlanders v Reds:
There's a lot of talk about how hard it is for the reds to come back from their winning final, so obviously the ponies are going to smash the crusaders
Yeah it's seemed a bit weird how the chiefs and saders have been ignored in that regard.
I've thought that as well... but then remembered that they're both famous for their tee-total celebrations/commiserations.
Really? I didn’t know that
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Reds:
@kruse said in Highlanders v Reds:
@bones said in Highlanders v Reds:
@machpants said in Highlanders v Reds:
There's a lot of talk about how hard it is for the reds to come back from their winning final, so obviously the ponies are going to smash the crusaders
Yeah it's seemed a bit weird how the chiefs and saders have been ignored in that regard.
I've thought that as well... but then remembered that they're both famous for their tee-total celebrations/commiserations.
Really? I didn’t know that
Weber keeps everyone in line.
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Reds:
@bovidae said in Highlanders v Reds:
This may have been mentioned but I don't think the Highlanders managed a try from their lineout drive in all of SRA, but tonight they get three.
For most of the season yeah, think we got a couple late in the season
I was meaning the traditional mauling try to the hooker not the set moves from the lineout drives. I just remember the commentators always saying the Highlanders were getting nothing from kicking into the corners. Either way, it was very different from SRA.
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Sam Gilbert given man of the match, thought Gregory hunt and smith probably better just in the backs
Solid, don’t get me wrong
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@nta said in Highlanders v Reds:
Just watching on delay - just up to the last quarter.
I liked the bit where the Clan had 4 forward passes in the first half that weren't called but the Reds had one because it was a try decision.
Well the reds shouldn't forward pass it then, they're not allowed.
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@kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Reds:
Sam Gilbert given man of the match, thought Gregory hunt and smith probably better just in the backs
Solid, don’t get me wrong
Yeah, comparing Harmon and Himeno to Gilbert, it's a no brainer!
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@nta yeah, but, you inevitably cop those calls against Kiwi teams. Gotta be good enough to overcome them.
Reds were fucking horrid. Looking back it was pretty clearly a second string side, if they turn in a similar performance next week ill be genuinely bummed. They seemed better than that (against lesser op).
Thomas, Hegarty etc need to go back to club rugby.
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Wow. Beating the Aussie champs is wwaayyy easier than beating the kiwi champs! 😉
It might not be possible to underestimate what a fucken hard task that was for the Reds. The euphoria of that extra time win, last week, after a smashing season, and then head to dunners on a 6 day turn around? Fuck that. The stress regarding the decision not to scrum was so big and felt by us let alone them. That decision pays off and that's an extra day of recovery for any human right there!
Against a rested and research laden home town team. That's tough. Those Reds will be a handful from here.
The Brand is as vital to the Reds as toilet boy is to us.
Aussie teams always get the nuts and bolts of rugby, particularly defence and turnovers, but lack a little skill execution when going flat out. They always seem smarter than kiwi teams but lack something when the script isn't perfected. I've watched them towel us up when the script is perfected though. It always involves Dan Herbert in my wounded mind.
Ash Dixon's a top bloke.
Could've sealed it at half time.
Liam Wright is awesome. Did he fuck off for a bit? I seem to remember a gun "Liam" up there a while ago. Mighty player then and now.
That boy O'Keeffe really tries his heart out to do his job to the best of his ability. I can't agree with all of his decisions or how he's governed to adjudicate but his communication reflects he's having a crack. Can't knock that.
Fuck, win the thing spectacularly, one night party, have to leave Queensland heat and travel to fucking Dunedin cold. Fuck that. The lack of party option for rugby blokes is cruel.
Actually got a bit shitty with highlanders play. Thought they could be better - probably the kicks and penalties. But the kicks proved to be a well constructed strategy, and the dumb penalties are as a part of nz rugby as length of the field tries - haven't you noticed?
Aaron smith's pass should be cherished and never taken for granted
Collins is a handy football brain.
To think we played Tompkinson over Walden for a whole season. That decision had to be personal.
I know it worked, but at 26-12, take the three. You'll never be wrong if you take second half points when you're ahead on the scoreboard. I guess it felt different on the pitch.
I once sentenced Nareki to 2 hattricks and 3 MoM prizes, or some such, as penance for being a fluffybunny. He made me apoplectic by savagely butchering a 3 on 1 overlap to bury the blues last season. It was as disgusting as flopping it out and pissing on a wedding cake, mid ceremony. He's served his sentence and his past is forgotten. I know he'll transgress again but he warmed my heart today. Fuck how slippery is he? I've always said he's a good lad.
Can't attribute Brown to this one. Dermody's got his name to this one and I hope he's not satisfied with it. Good win coach.
Really? Can you be tackled short of the line, be completely stationary and just roll the ball over for a try? Once upon a time the act of properly dotting down was a skill.
Good counter rucking and smart breakdown play from the reds, fluffybunnies were offside a lot from rucks though.
The jap fulla is learry giving his best.
Where's young Josh? That backline, Nareki apart, doesn't have any spontaneity. I'm at peace with him being another wasted talent, because he likes to get... umm .. wasted, but he's got some game. As a Lee Grant, have you ever thought that the tale of the wasted talent is a shared experience for all rugby people everywhere? Every rugby head can regale the feats and attributes of a wasted gun, and the beauty is that we knew the "Josh Ioane's" of our stories up close. It's the same at grassroots level, even if nobody knows who you're talking about - everyone can picture a wasted talent.
He's injured isn't he?Excellent win. Well done fellas. Decent set pieces, pretty good actually. Attacking play off rucks seemed a bit rudimentary, mostly blokes running into contact but tactically the job got done, I guess.
Renton was good.
Our turn to have a travelling mental head fuck in Perth next week. Good test.
Rugby Game of the Year at Suncorp next week.
Aaron Smith's pass.
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@derpus Hegarty was very pedestrian at 1st 5. Stifled momentum by just receiving the ball flat footed.
I thought Scott-Young toiled hard. Both halfbacks had their moments. I like the young kid that started at halfback, he’s got some talent, just needs to calm it down a bit.
Aaron Smith’s speed to the ruck and then clearance is still world class for an old fella....
