Moana Pasifika v Crusaders
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Fihaki - seems to lack acceleration to go with his supposed top end speed. Not convinced by him yet.
Williams - I have no idea about his scrummaging but the maul, both attack and defence, seems to improve when he is on the park.
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@crazy-horse said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Fihaki - seems to lack acceleration to go with his supposed top end speed. Not convinced by him yet.
Williams - I have no idea about his scrummaging but the maul, both attack and defence, seems to improve when he is on the park.
Yeah Fihaki was disappointing for me.
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@chris said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Dom Gardner has been very good for a 21 year old first game.
Yeah - showed some urgency and had some impact. One of the few that caught my eye.
Naholo was a mixed bag, but showed promise.
Crusaders get home comfortably, but mainly on the back of a dominant scrum.
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@chris-b said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
@chris said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Dom Gardner has been very good for a 21 year old first game.
Yeah - showed some urgency and had some impact. One of the few that caught my eye.
Naholo was a mixed bag, but showed promise.
Crusaders get home comfortably, but mainly on the back of a dominant scrum.
All good bonus point and rested a lot of our 23,Re set next week,
Naholo did look promising he made a few mistakes but he will get better.Gardner hasn't even played a NPC game yet,He will get a lot better with more chances.
Mcleod,Punivai,Finau,Hickey,TTT,I would be happy to drop them off next season.
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@chris said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Bouns point win, ugly with a lot of dirt trackers playing.
I can sit back and watch the other 4 Kiwi teams bash each other up,and hope to get through the Rd with no injuries.Upset somewhere tomorrow. Chiefs or Highlanders to get a win I am picking.
I'm not sure how either of those are upsets, last year canes were bottom and chiefs were equal points to blues in SRA
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@chris-b said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
@chris said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Dom Gardner has been very good for a 21 year old first game.
Yeah - showed some urgency and had some impact. One of the few that caught my eye.
Agree. Promising start. First time I have seen him. Looked bigger than I was expecting. I think someone on here a while ago mentioned he was undersized.
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@crazy-horse said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
@chris-b said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
@chris said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Dom Gardner has been very good for a 21 year old first game.
Yeah - showed some urgency and had some impact. One of the few that caught my eye.
Agree. Promising start. First time I have seen him. Looked bigger than I was expecting. I think someone on here a while ago mentioned he was undersized.
He as put some weight on over summer I think his weight now is around 108 Kg and hes 6ft 4,According to the Crusaders fitness trainer's.
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@machpants said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
@chris said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Bouns point win, ugly with a lot of dirt trackers playing.
I can sit back and watch the other 4 Kiwi teams bash each other up,and hope to get through the Rd with no injuries.Upset somewhere tomorrow. Chiefs or Highlanders to get a win I am picking.
I'm not sure how either of those are upsets, last year canes were bottom and chiefs were equal points to blues in SRA
Blues have been talked up a lot, they are contenders to win the comp according to a lot of people so would be favourites.
Canes after last week will be favourites on the Tab for sure.
so odds on.then its an upset.
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@booboo said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
So Stan Sport being fluffybunnies.
I don't want to watch the highlights, I want to watch the fucking game.
fluffybunnies.
Anyone in Aus able to assist a technofeeble GOM?
Where on God's earth does Stan Sport keep the replay of the fullmatch?
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I can find "highlights and ectras", "mini match", "rapid recap"... but where do you find the full match replay??
FFS!!!
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@booboo said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
@booboo said in Blues vs Hurricanes 02/2022:
So Stan Sport being fluffybunnies.
I don't want to watch the highlights, I want to watch the fucking game.
fluffybunnies.
Anyone in Aus able to assist a technofeeble GOM?
Where on God's earth does Stan Sport keep the replay of the fullmatch?
!!!!
I can find "highlights and ectras", "mini match", "rapid recap"... but where do you find the full match replay??
FFS!!!
Thanks for all your help ... š
Seems you push the middle of the image, not thethe various "play" buttons on the screen.
Thank you
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Havent6read the thread, but thoughts closing in on half time.
- T-cube goes ok. Not sure why the Chiefs ditched him. Any rumours of tude? Makes the breakdown quickly, and makes good passes. To me it's not beyond the realms of seeing him back in black.
- Saders struggling to dominate. i do expect them to bring it home, but never give a mug an even break ie. never take your opposition lightly.
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@booboo said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Havent6read the thread, but thoughts closing in on half time.
- T-cube goes ok. Not sure why the Chiefs ditched him. Any rumours of tude? Makes the breakdown quickly, and makes good passes. To me it's not beyond the realms of seeing him back in black.
- Saders struggling to dominate. i do expect them to bring it home, but never give a mug an even break ie. never take your opposition lightly.
Really? To me he had no urgency to the breakdown and his pass looked extremely laboured. Very frustrating to watch, especially when our 1st 5 (Hickey) was standing so deep.
That first half was basically an NPC game. A few good highlights, but some mediocre play.
Happy for all the debutantes from both sides and hopefully we are buildingā¦
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Predicted that'd be a hard watch and sure enough it was. Crikey. A brand new franchise's first competition run, against a Crusaders 23 resembling more a pre season side than serious competition side, in an empty stadium. Plus Dolmans' shit reffing and the main commentator to regularly confusing players.
I understand the commentators wanting to talk up MP but not once, not once, did they mention this was a Crusaders team missing Moody, Barrett, Whitelock, Grace, Havili'i, Ennor/Goodhue, Reece and Jordan, whilst featuring or debuting the likes of Gardiner, Kellow, Hickey, Finau, Punivai and Naholo. Don't get me wrong, still a decent team featuring a number of internationals, but way below full strength and seriously lacking in proven combinations in the loose trio, inside backs and outside backs. Only McLeod and Punivai in the midfield are likely to have played together before of the backs, and possibly the front row and locks had played together before.
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@act-crusader said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
@booboo said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Havent6read the thread, but thoughts closing in on half time.
- T-cube goes ok. Not sure why the Chiefs ditched him. Any rumours of tude? Makes the breakdown quickly, and makes good passes. To me it's not beyond the realms of seeing him back in black.
- Saders struggling to dominate. i do expect them to bring it home, but never give a mug an even break ie. never take your opposition lightly.
Really? To me he had no urgency to the breakdown and his pass looked extremely laboured. Very frustrating to watch, especially when our 1st 5 (Hickey) was standing so deep.
That first half was basically an NPC game. A few good highlights, but some mediocre play.
Happy for all the debutantes from both sides and hopefully we are buildingā¦
Maybe I'm a fanboi and looking for the positives.
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@act-crusader said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
@booboo said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Havent6read the thread, but thoughts closing in on half time.
- T-cube goes ok. Not sure why the Chiefs ditched him. Any rumours of tude? Makes the breakdown quickly, and makes good passes. To me it's not beyond the realms of seeing him back in black.
- Saders struggling to dominate. i do expect them to bring it home, but never give a mug an even break ie. never take your opposition lightly.
Really? To me he had no urgency to the breakdown and his pass looked extremely laboured. Very frustrating to watch, especially when our 1st 5 (Hickey) was standing so deep.
That first half was basically an NPC game. A few good highlights, but some mediocre play.
Happy for all the debutantes from both sides and hopefully we are buildingā¦
An NPC game is well put. Both sides were at about that strength.
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@booboo said in Moana Pasifika v Crusaders:
Havent6read the thread, but thoughts closing in on half time.
- T-cube goes ok. Not sure why the Chiefs ditched him. Any rumours of tude? Makes the breakdown quickly, and makes good passes. To me it's not beyond the realms of seeing him back in black.
- Saders struggling to dominate. i do expect them to bring it home, but never give a mug an even break ie. never take your opposition lightly.
Thought TTT look laboured. Add Hickey at 10 andā¦
