Chiefs vs Rebels

Smudge

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convenient that their versatility was exposed 4 weeks ago and they have worked hard with a player to ensure it doesn't happen again?
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Ah yes, that tighthead novice Siegfried Fisiihoi
 
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Nepia

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Ah yes, that tighthead novice Siegfried Fisiihoi
 
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<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/uncontested-scrums-something-you-should-take-seriously/'>http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/uncontested-scrums-something-you-should-take-seriously/</a>
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Did Rennie ever say he hadn't played tighthead? He just said he wasn't good enough as a tighthead didn't he? I'm assuming the Highlanders were following the same storyline when they pulled the same trick on their home ground but weren't forced to drop a player out of the team. ;)
 
Edit: Ploughboy beat me to it.

taniwharugby

well we get told that ITM Cup is so far from the quality of Super rugby that playing TH in that comp probably means little?
 
At any rate, they obviously felt he wasn't up to it, which is why they have been working to make him better

No Quarter

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Did Rennie ever say he hadn't played tighthead? He just said he wasn't good enough as a tighthead didn't he? I'm assuming the Highlanders were following the same storyline when they pulled the same trick on their home ground but weren't forced to drop a player out of the team. ;)
 
Edit: Ploughboy beat me to it.
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What is your point?

Smudge

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Did Rennie ever say he hadn't played tighthead? He just said he wasn't good enough as a tighthead didn't he? I'm assuming the Highlanders were following the same storyline when they pulled the same trick on their home ground but weren't forced to drop a player out of the team. ;)
 
Edit: Ploughboy beat me to it.
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Just checking - are you supporting the Chiefs this week? I can never remember which Super Rugby team you pin your colours to. :fishing:

Nepia

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What is your point?
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Smudge is throwing stones in glass houses.
 
Fisi'ihoi is a shit tightead.
 
Magpies beat BoP 33-26.
 
Take your pick.
 
 
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Just checking - are you supporting the Chiefs this week? I can never remember which Super Rugby team you pin your colours to. :fishing:
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I think I'm going Crusaders this week for the shits and giggles.

No Quarter

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Smudge is throwing stones in glass houses.
 
Fisi'ihoi is a shit tightead.
 
Magpies beat BoP 33-26.
 
Take your pick.
 
 
I think I'm going Crusaders this week for the shits and giggles.
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So you're saying that because they knew Fisi'ihoi is a shit TH that they'd be better off going to golden oldies?

taniwharugby

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So you're saying that because they knew Fisi'ihoi is a shit TH that they'd be better off going to golden oldies?
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or they knew he wasn't able to safely hold up a scrum at TH in Super rugby they thought it was safer to go to Golden Oldies.

No Quarter

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="580872" data-time="1463699502">or they knew he wasn't able to safely hold up a scrum at TH in Super rugby they thought it was safer to go to Golden Oldies.</blockquote>
Yeah... sorry not buying it.

mariner4life

haha we gamed the system! eat a dick fluffybunnies! 4 points in the bag! Professional sport is a bitch. 
 
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taniwharugby

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Yeah... sorry not buying it.
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you don't have to, SANZAR are the ones the Chiefs had to convince, and they obviously did.

No Quarter

As long as we can all accept that it was gamesmanship then I'm happy to move on... :)

Bovidae

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or they knew he wasn't able to safely hold up a scrum at TH in Super rugby they thought it was safer to go to Golden Oldies.
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And risk conceding a penalty for each collapsed scrum. Fisi'ihoi was struggling in practice against the Chiefs LHs, and most people know the Chiefs' scrum hasn't been that good this season.
 
Perhaps they don't rate the Rebels scrum/reserve props as highly.

Crazy Horse

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you don't have to, SANZAR are the ones the Chiefs had to convince, and they obviously did.</blockquote>
 
Probably more a case of not wanting to look too deeply in case they opened a Pandora's box!

Bovidae

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just like josh honeck with the highlanders earlier in the season. went to golden oldie scrums because he was not a loosehead but he has started last two games there
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Exactly! If you want to point the finger at Rennie and the Chiefs, the same applies to Joseph and the Highlanders.

Smudge

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haha we gamed the system! eat a dick fluffybunnys! 4 points in the bag! Professional sport is a bitch. 
 
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I've got no great problem with that. I just wish Rennie wouldn't keep making baby Jesus cry with his lies.

taniwharugby

Chris B.

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Exactly! If you want to point the finger at Rennie and the Chiefs, the same applies to Joseph and the Highlanders.
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I've got no problem with both teams being docked five points.

Unco

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And risk conceding a penalty for each collapsed scrum. Fisi'ihoi was struggling in practice against the Chiefs LHs, and most people know the Chiefs' scrum hasn't been that good this season.
 
Perhaps they don't rate the Rebels scrum/reserve props as highly.
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Has Fisi'ihoi even played this season? My impression of him was that he was a professional bench warmer, so they might not even plan on giving him any minutes.

taniwharugby

strung some good phases together and Taimanivalu steps through the defence for the 1st try

The Silver Fern

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