Crusaders v Western Force
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Really enjoyed this contest ..how many people honestly thought this would be an eight point spread..?
I thought the Western Force played with a lot of heart, none more emphasised than their loose forward trio who were outstanding..Callon on debut and Koteka who was still carrying late in the game .and their no6 had a great game .
3 well taken tries , but I reckon somewhere inside they will be thinking if we eliminated 2 or 3 errors and taken a couple more opportunities, who knows ..?
Still the Crusaders will be filthy on how this game played out , but your only as good as the opponent lets you .From a NZ piece , this is want we want from the Aussie teams to show some character and heart ..
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Am just up to half time and SHT has just scored.
Have some comments on a couple of recent scoring or non scoring moments.
Mataele's try ruled out for Hall "knock on". Was kicked out of his hands by a Force player on the ground. Try should have stood IMO.
The obstruction immediately prior to the Farce second try was as pretty much an accidental offside. Didn't think it was a penalty.
Also, on first view thought Mataele was on front of Ennor's kick for his actual awarded try. But replay showed it was 50/50.
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@booboo said in Crusaders v Western Force:
Am just up to half time and SHT has just scored.
Have some comments on a couple of recent scoring or non scoring moments.
Mataele's try ruled out for Hall "knock on". Was kicked out of his hands by a Force player on the ground. Try should have stood IMO.
The try can't stand cos it's still a knock on by Hall.
What it could be is penalty Crusaders at that ruck.
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@kiwimurph Accuracy, work rate, and fairly dominant in contact. Light years ahead of most 21-year-olds. He has huge potential but whether he should be in the ABs this year with the competition is another argument.
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@nevorian Good recruiting by the Force thanks to Forrester's
; several of them older players, which shows the importance of experience. Unfortunately to them, they're also going to lose some of their players after this season. For example, IIRC both Cubelli and Miotti have signed in France. But maybe they'll manage to sign some of this year's returnees to take their place.
