Crusaders v Highlanders

[antipodean]

BOK is the best referee in the SH.

[KiwiMurph]

Gilbert has put his arm in a sling in his jersey he's fucked.

[Crucial]

Burns looks worth sticking with for a run of games. Would like to see him operate with Smith.
That won’t make up for the rest of the shambles but it’s a start.

[Machpants]

Crusaders baby nine is good so far

[Crucial]

The silver lining for the Highlanders is that they aren’t playing the Chiefs (yet) 😜

[KiwiMurph]

Puts Blues win last week in perspective

[Machpants]

I thought you weren't allowed to huddle before line outs?

[Steven Harris]

@Machpants how good would he look behind the Highlanders pack right now ..?

[chimoaus]

@Machpants said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

I thought you weren't allowed to huddle before line outs?

Berry is much more relaxed than BOK for some reason.

[Canes4life]

@Crucial said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

Burns looks worth sticking with for a run of games. Would like to see him operate with Smith.
That won’t make up for the rest of the shambles but it’s a start.

The Landers have little firepower in the backs to do anything even if they do dominate up front. That’s their biggest issue.

[TJ]

@Crucial said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

Burns looks worth sticking with for a run of games. Would like to see him operate with Smith.
That won’t make up for the rest of the shambles but it’s a start.

I don't think he's looked great... but then if you're comparing against Hunt last week, it's a tough call.

[KiwiMurph]

Nicely done Fakatava

[Tim]

It's absurd that Burns is keeping an NZ player out of a starting 10 jersey.

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

It's absurd that Burns is keeping an NZ player out of a starting 10 jersey.

Not when the NZ players are worse.

[Steven Harris]

Fakatava putting in a good shift and that’s behind a beaten pack 🤔

[Grooter]

@Tim start the young fella Millar outside Smith next week

[KiwiMurph]

@Steven-Harris said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

Fakatava putting in a good shift and that’s behind a beaten pack 🤔

Much better than last week

[Crucial]

@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

@Tim said in Crusaders v Highlanders:

It's absurd that Burns is keeping an NZ player out of a starting 10 jersey.

Not when the NZ players are worse.

The other franchises have all the decent 10s. If we want to develop depth and competition at a national level then having good 10s (or potential 10s) not even making the 23 is a waste.
Chiefs even sent one to Japan for a year as he would have been a waste of training kit.

[KiwiMurph]

That was nice by TUJ. Bit hard to rate him in this backline.

[Tim]

@KiwiMurph seems lazy on defense