Crusaders v Blues

[Steven Harris]

@tim Sotutu was like a man possessed

[Tim]

@steven-harris Yeah, best game from him for a couple of seasons.

[chimoaus]

We possibly have the best loose forward depth we have seen in some time. I just wish our locking depth was the same.

[Tim]

Hope Hodgman is OK.

He's been massive this year.

[Dice]

Rieko didn't make any breaks, but he had a lot of tough carries in traffic that got us going.

[Toddy]

@steven-harris said in Crusaders v Blues:

@tim Sotutu was like a man possessed

Hoskins was great. He didn't drift out of the game like he's prone to do. Also made the effort to make sure each his plays counted. Hit hard on D, was a pest at the ruck and did it for 80.

[Steven Harris]

What a great game and from a Blues point of view grateful for the win ,but on the other hand I have got to say what a champion team the Crusaders are ..no other team would have come back like that after looking down and out

[antipodean]

Surely Jordan has to be the All Black fullback? He needs to get his hands on the ball more in Test rugby.

[Dan54]

That is why I love this game! Bloody brilliant1 Loved it as a neutral I was still on edge of my seat.

[Machpants]

@antipodean said in Crusaders v Blues:

Surely Jordan has to be the All Black fullback? He needs to get his hands on the ball more in Test rugby.

Not decent international teams ten are going to kick it to him as much as beaudy did

[antipodean]

@machpants said in Crusaders v Blues:

@antipodean said in Crusaders v Blues:

Surely Jordan has to be the All Black fullback? He needs to get his hands on the ball more in Test rugby.

Not decent international teams ten are going to kick it to him as much as beaudy did

I don't see how that's relevant to my point.

[Tim]

Think that win will be great for this team's collective psyche going forward. Lot of pressure to beat the Crusaders.

Now Barrett, don't kick it back to Jordan so much!

[pakman]

@toddy said in Crusaders v Blues:

@bones said in Crusaders v Blues:

@act-crusader said in Crusaders v Blues:

Win or lose, Sotutu clear MOTM. He’s been everywhere.

Don't you ignore the DP

Barely seen in the 2nd half.

Until he was!

[Steven Harris]

@dan54 great for the comp ,and just the game it needed , can’t wait to see the sky ratings

[pakman]

@bones said in Crusaders v Blues:

Unlucky saders, might have been a different result without Barrett brain spasms.

Congrats blues! Can't help but think Beauds should have gone off and Perofeta stayed on...

Bones, you and I are at one on that. Perofeta would have been much more measured.

[Tim]

Just saw Hodgman up and talking to the fans. Hopefully a good sign!

[Duluth]

Blues loosies got through plenty of tackles

Robinson 10 (2 misses)
Papali'i 21 (0 misses)
Sotutu 15 (0 misses)

Worth mentioning Ioanes defensive game too: 16 tackles, 2 misses. That's an usually high number of tackles for a centre

[Bovidae]

Those talking up Perofeta for the ABs were premature. He showed a lack of big game temperament in this game.

Papali'i - the best player on the field.

I'm going to praise Fraser as well, who didn't get fooled by either team trying to milk penalties.

No idea how the commentary was I didn't listen to it!

[Steven Harris]

@duluth amazing Stats ..special to Luke Romano as well , to play 80 minutes when he got bugger all minutes last year is incredible

[nzzp]

That's s really nice win.

Not much downside if we lost, but damn that feels good. Blues continuing to build nicely.

Remember, the first crusaders title was a burglary... Ya got to start somewhere. This looked like dominance in a lot of key areas.