Crusaders v Chiefs
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@arhs said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
well taken. Sowakula has moved up a notch but his ball control and pace into oncoming defence
Geez man, you sure you're not hung up on 2years ago Sowakula?
Only one instance of poor ball control I remember from this game and it was from an excellent, desperate attempt to stop a try. His speed and positioning of ball placement when tackled is excellent, so much quick ball from him. And then you've got his offloads and pops into space.
Also can't really think of a player at the moment that hits as hard and actually dents opposition.
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@dice Yeah, he steadily improved for when he started but we'll agree to disagree, Braid was a solid without being spectacular 7 for me, difference was, was that he played in poor Blues teams where we needed more from him, Christie can get away with it at the Crusaders (most of the time) due to them winning the majority of the time.
I always maintained that Bill Harmon was the better 7 than Christie both at breakdown and with ball in hand, sadly Harmon could never stay on the paddock for any length of time due to being injured a lot and ended up being let go.
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@bones said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@frank said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Is Sowakula eligible for the ABs?
He's 27 and been in NZ rather a long time so guess so, don't recall him playing for any Fiji teams. I was actually surprised he's not a kiwi.
I wish Akira Ioane ran like he does at the opposition defence, many of our forwards for that matter.
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@bones said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@frank said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Is Sowakula eligible for the ABs?
He's 27 and been in NZ rather a long time so guess so, don't recall him playing for any Fiji teams.
Only their basketball team. Arrived in 2016 so would be eligible.
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@frank said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@bones said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@frank said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Is Sowakula eligible for the ABs?
He's 27 and been in NZ rather a long time so guess so, don't recall him playing for any Fiji teams. I was actually surprised he's not a kiwi.
I wish Akira Ioane ran like he does at the opposition defence, many of our forwards for that matter.
It's a shame Aoane is injured, I was looking forward to seeing how he goes after a season in black. I think we're all forgetting how good he was at similarly denting the opposition (although far too often gets the ball standing still, but that could be a team tactics thing)
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@african-monkey I would think Braid was well down the list of guys who we needed more from. There were a couple of years where he was our best forward.
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@tim said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Imagine being stupid enough to base an AB forward pack on the Crusaders rub of the green all stars.
Absolutely baffling.
Shit for four years counting.
Thoughts on Mo'unga and his defensive effort for the Chiefs' first try...?
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@victor-meldrew said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@tim said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Imagine being stupid enough to base an AB forward pack on the Crusaders rub of the green all stars.
Absolutely baffling.
Shit for four years counting.
I blame the Coach.
You forgot to mention that he's fat
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@junior said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@victor-meldrew said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@tim said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Imagine being stupid enough to base an AB forward pack on the Crusaders rub of the green all stars.
Absolutely baffling.
Shit for four years counting.
I blame the Coach.
You forgot to mention that he's fat
He's been on a diet - that and all the break-dancing has worked miracles.
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@gt12 And this is part of the reason why nothing changes in this country. Our media just grease up to anybody and refuse to criticise anyone or anything about our game.
Its just one big boys club.
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@african-monkey said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@gt12 And this is part of the reason why nothing changes in this country. Our media just grease up to anybody and refuse to criticise anyone or anything about our game.
Its just one big boys club.
the analysis is just absolute pants. It's frankly embarrassing - I have read match reports and thought 'were they at the same game I was?'
It's a circular argument of non-criticism; someone picks someone, therefore they are good.
Edit: I would pay to see people like Sir Graham and out-of-contract coaches (Schmidt before Blues/ABs) talking sensible tactics. Pay professionals to actually analyse for the rugby nerds. It wouldn't rate, so instead we get the 'colour' commentators gossiping and throwing out their deep analysis like 'they'll want to win this game'
Frankly, the biggest surprise was someone watched the Breakdown! I gave up ages ago, it was just fluff
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@gt12 said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Jesus Christ, now they are on Tupaea
Wilson's comments about Tupaea and ALB were related to just taking the ball into contact like extra loose forwards. Nothing fancy, just playing their part to recycle the ball. I usually don't bother with this show, but ended up watching most of it on Sunday night. The fact that O'Keeffe was a guest and they didn't question him about his big mistakes in the Blues-Highlanders game was disappointing, but not surprising.
I watched the last 20 mins of this game again, and Ah Kuoi not passing to an unmarked Nankivell was a shocker. Nankivell had a really strong game in the unfamiliar wing position.
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@duluth said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@gt12 said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Jesus Christ, now they are on Tupaea who had 4 - yes that’s the same number of tackles he made - missed tackles in the game.
Made 5 and missed 4 vs the Blues the week before
One 'miss' on RTS would have troubled God!
