Hurricanes vs Chiefs

[broughie]

@crucial agree with everything you said. I realize the AB coaches can not dictate to the franchises. Perhaps that a good thing too because Foster is in charge but PUJ getting pushed out seems a waste to me and frustrating as you suggest. Nonu had to develop his skills but at least he was allowed to in one position. Our players seem to have to play multiple positions and sometime without specializing. Perhaps the modern game but . .

Maybe we can hire Nonu to groom the next 2nd five with certain criteria.

[antipodean]

@broughie said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Maybe we can hire Nonu to groom the next 2nd five with certain criteria.

I hope he gets into coaching. Wayne Smith said he has a very good rugby brain and he also knows what it takes to work on skills to master them. I think he'd be an excellent addition to any team.

[mikey07]

@foobanz said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

J Savea unlucky not to start as he's been very good for us this year.

Sorry have to disagree guy drifts into and out of games too much is a defensively a liability.

[Hooroo]

Gee that Chase Tiatia try towards the end was a piece of beauty.

Just rewatched the game. Canes poke and Chiefs slightly better than poke.

Crusaders/Blues to easily top the NZ chances of winning this title. Prolly geared a bit more heavily towards a Breakdance after the final

[Crucial]

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Gee that Chase Tiatia try towards the end was a piece of beauty.

Just rewatched the game. Canes poke and Chiefs slightly better than poke.

Crusaders/Blues to easily top the NZ chances of winning this title. Prolly geared a bit more heavily towards a Breakdance after the final

Way too early to tell IMO. I don't think all teamsare firing on all cylinders yet. Saders will be there or thereabouts of course but Canes have time to turn a corner, Highlanders could go deeper than you'd think.
Chiefs have been very disrupted so far and if they can hit the back end of the comp at something close to full strength they are contenders.

[Hooroo]

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Gee that Chase Tiatia try towards the end was a piece of beauty.

Just rewatched the game. Canes poke and Chiefs slightly better than poke.

Crusaders/Blues to easily top the NZ chances of winning this title. Prolly geared a bit more heavily towards a Breakdance after the final

Way too early to tell IMO. I don't think all teamsare firing on all cylinders yet. Saders will be there or thereabouts of course but Canes have time to turn a corner, Highlanders could go deeper than you'd think.
Chiefs have been very disrupted so far and if they can hit the back end of the comp at something close to full strength they are contenders.

Based on what I have seen it's pretty easy to call this early.

[Tim]

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

I don't think all teamsare firing on all cylinders yet.

Yeah, teams have been seriously disrupted by covid. We could see some significant form changes by the playoffs.

[Crucial]

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Gee that Chase Tiatia try towards the end was a piece of beauty.

Just rewatched the game. Canes poke and Chiefs slightly better than poke.

Crusaders/Blues to easily top the NZ chances of winning this title. Prolly geared a bit more heavily towards a Breakdance after the final

Way too early to tell IMO. I don't think all teamsare firing on all cylinders yet. Saders will be there or thereabouts of course but Canes have time to turn a corner, Highlanders could go deeper than you'd think.
Chiefs have been very disrupted so far and if they can hit the back end of the comp at something close to full strength they are contenders.

Based on what I have seen it's pretty easy to call this early.

I'm just going by coaches comments before this started and it was clear that they were planning on building toward the back half. Given the format of the comp and the expansion teams they had a lot of wriggle room.
Apart from that it has been very rare to see two teams at close to full strength against each other.

[Hooroo]

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Gee that Chase Tiatia try towards the end was a piece of beauty.

Just rewatched the game. Canes poke and Chiefs slightly better than poke.

Crusaders/Blues to easily top the NZ chances of winning this title. Prolly geared a bit more heavily towards a Breakdance after the final

Way too early to tell IMO. I don't think all teamsare firing on all cylinders yet. Saders will be there or thereabouts of course but Canes have time to turn a corner, Highlanders could go deeper than you'd think.
Chiefs have been very disrupted so far and if they can hit the back end of the comp at something close to full strength they are contenders.

Based on what I have seen it's pretty easy to call this early.

I'm just going by coaches comments before this started and it was clear that they were planning on building toward the back half. Given the format of the comp and the expansion teams they had a lot of wriggle room.
Apart from that it has been very rare to see two teams at close to full strength against each other.

That's all nice and irrelevant to me.

[Crucial]

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Gee that Chase Tiatia try towards the end was a piece of beauty.

Just rewatched the game. Canes poke and Chiefs slightly better than poke.

Crusaders/Blues to easily top the NZ chances of winning this title. Prolly geared a bit more heavily towards a Breakdance after the final

Way too early to tell IMO. I don't think all teamsare firing on all cylinders yet. Saders will be there or thereabouts of course but Canes have time to turn a corner, Highlanders could go deeper than you'd think.
Chiefs have been very disrupted so far and if they can hit the back end of the comp at something close to full strength they are contenders.

Based on what I have seen it's pretty easy to call this early.

I'm just going by coaches comments before this started and it was clear that they were planning on building toward the back half. Given the format of the comp and the expansion teams they had a lot of wriggle room.
Apart from that it has been very rare to see two teams at close to full strength against each other.

That's all nice and irrelevant to me.

Fine. Uninformed comment is what the fern is all about

[Hooroo]

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Gee that Chase Tiatia try towards the end was a piece of beauty.

Just rewatched the game. Canes poke and Chiefs slightly better than poke.

Crusaders/Blues to easily top the NZ chances of winning this title. Prolly geared a bit more heavily towards a Breakdance after the final

Way too early to tell IMO. I don't think all teamsare firing on all cylinders yet. Saders will be there or thereabouts of course but Canes have time to turn a corner, Highlanders could go deeper than you'd think.
Chiefs have been very disrupted so far and if they can hit the back end of the comp at something close to full strength they are contenders.

Based on what I have seen it's pretty easy to call this early.

I'm just going by coaches comments before this started and it was clear that they were planning on building toward the back half. Given the format of the comp and the expansion teams they had a lot of wriggle room.
Apart from that it has been very rare to see two teams at close to full strength against each other.

That's all nice and irrelevant to me.

Fine. Uninformed comment is what the fern is all about

Except for what we actually can see

[Crucial]

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Gee that Chase Tiatia try towards the end was a piece of beauty.

Just rewatched the game. Canes poke and Chiefs slightly better than poke.

Crusaders/Blues to easily top the NZ chances of winning this title. Prolly geared a bit more heavily towards a Breakdance after the final

Way too early to tell IMO. I don't think all teamsare firing on all cylinders yet. Saders will be there or thereabouts of course but Canes have time to turn a corner, Highlanders could go deeper than you'd think.
Chiefs have been very disrupted so far and if they can hit the back end of the comp at something close to full strength they are contenders.

Based on what I have seen it's pretty easy to call this early.

I'm just going by coaches comments before this started and it was clear that they were planning on building toward the back half. Given the format of the comp and the expansion teams they had a lot of wriggle room.
Apart from that it has been very rare to see two teams at close to full strength against each other.

That's all nice and irrelevant to me.

Fine. Uninformed comment is what the fern is all about

Except for what we actually can see

So far I have seen

Squads decimated by Covid
Makeshift games against a sometimes makeshift Moana Pasifika
Unsettled starting teams with widly varying outcomes
Players from club rugby filling gaps.
Managed returns of ABs
7 of 15 rounds
No games between NZ and Oz sides

I'm happy to hold fire on predictions.

[Hooroo]

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

@hooroo said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Gee that Chase Tiatia try towards the end was a piece of beauty.

Just rewatched the game. Canes poke and Chiefs slightly better than poke.

Crusaders/Blues to easily top the NZ chances of winning this title. Prolly geared a bit more heavily towards a Breakdance after the final

Way too early to tell IMO. I don't think all teamsare firing on all cylinders yet. Saders will be there or thereabouts of course but Canes have time to turn a corner, Highlanders could go deeper than you'd think.
Chiefs have been very disrupted so far and if they can hit the back end of the comp at something close to full strength they are contenders.

Based on what I have seen it's pretty easy to call this early.

I'm just going by coaches comments before this started and it was clear that they were planning on building toward the back half. Given the format of the comp and the expansion teams they had a lot of wriggle room.
Apart from that it has been very rare to see two teams at close to full strength against each other.

That's all nice and irrelevant to me.

Fine. Uninformed comment is what the fern is all about

Except for what we actually can see

So far I have seen

Squads decimated by Covid
Makeshift games against a sometimes makeshift Moana Pasifika
Unsettled starting teams with widly varying outcomes
Players from club rugby filling gaps.
Managed returns of ABs
7 of 15 rounds
No games between NZ and Oz sides

I'm happy to hold fire on predictions.

I'm happy not to be a little puss and make a bold prediction based on how the teams have performed despite all that.

As above. Blues and Crusaders, prolly Crusaders with Canes and Highlanders looking to be complete choppers.

[Machpants]

@crucial said in Hurricanes vs Chiefs:

Unsettled starting teams

That’s just Holland’s selections!

[Tim]

@machpants