Moana Pasifika v Crusaders

[Machpants]

@steven-harris said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:

@machpants can only play as well as your opposition lets you

Yes, but the saders have been poor in and of themselves

[gt12]

Were his knees on the ground then?

[Machpants]

@nepia said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:

Wait, you can't do that right? Even though Justin says you can? He was on the ground, he needs to release the ball.

He didn't go to ground tho, so Marshall wrong about the rules and what happened

[Toddy]

@nepia Yeah, my thinking too. You can place the ball but you can't push your way forward. WTF. Has there been a rule change?

[Machpants]

@gt12 said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:

Were his knees on the ground then?

No

[Toddy]

@machpants True, thought they were.

[Steven Harris]

@machpants they are playing a team that had one preseason game 5 x weeks ago and then isolated at a hotel for 2 x weeks

[Chris]

Dom Gardner has been very good for a 21 year old first game.

[gt12]

Do the Saders have any attack structure?

[Machpants]

@steven-harris said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:

@machpants they are playing a team that had one preseason game 5 x weeks ago and then isolated at a hotel for 2 x weeks

Yup so the fact they aren't 50 points up is pathetic

Last plsy there bridge at least didn't knock on in contact, he passed it to opposition instead

[Machpants]

@machpants said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:

@steven-harris said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:

@machpants they are playing a team that had one preseason game 5 x weeks ago and then isolated at a hotel for 2 x weeks

Yup so the fact they aren't 50 points up is pathetic

Last plsy there bridge at least didn't knock on in contact, he passed it to opposition instead

Oh knocked on there tho, 5 at least now

[Machpants]

An undeserved bonus point for the saders, surprised Marshall didn't mention bridges positioning in that maul try

[gt12]

Dammit, Saders get the bonus.

[Bovidae]

MP should have just kicked the ball long rather than run it from inside their half.

[KiwiMurph]

@gt12 said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:

Dammit, Saders get the bonus.

Can thank Tima F for not passing the ball to the unmarked man and then turning it over

[gt12]

@kiwimurph said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:

@gt12 said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:

Dammit, Saders get the bonus.

Can thank Tima F for not passing the ball to the unmarked man and then turning it over

I was yelling.

[Nepia]

I thought that was a decent first match for a new side after a terrible preseason and having to sit out two rounds.

[antipodean]

Crusaders might rue this when points difference comes into effect at the end of the comp.

Moana Pacifica are New Zealand's Western Force.

[Chris]

Good effort by MP.
Bonus point for the Crusaders playing some guys that will not play again this season.

Put the top team together for next week after a break ready to tack the Chiefs.
Good enough.

[Bovidae]

Getting Isi Tu'ungafasi back should help the MP scrum. Lindenmuth has his struggles in the NPC.