Chiefs v Crusaders
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@SBW1 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Chester-Draws There is no doubt that more 10s are going to be needed next year. DMAC is still yet to resign his contract. Even if he resigns we will needs backup 10s.
Also depends on how Razor and his team handle RM, given they probably have a very close bond and understanding. Not sure how much the coaching team have had with DMac. I am sure they will try to remove any loyalty to the Crusaders, Blues, Hurricanes etc but hard not to favour players you have intimate knowledge of. We have seen how Fozzie and previous coaches have been very loyal to players when the Fern was calling for changes well beforehand.
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@mariner4life said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
That's fucking harsh
I'm surprised there wasn't a comment about Whitelock pulling Jacobson's leg to destabilise the maul. Right in front of Gardner too. See, those 50/50s went both ways.
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@Jailbreak7 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
What's with with the crazy Chiefs music
It was fuckin' annoying at the game. Does my head in.
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Just watched the game then read the thread. Two different pictures presented! Not sure if any Chiefs fans were posting so direct these observations their way.
Ennor LF and McLeod went very well for Crusaders and had them in the box seat. Their lineout was exceptional at disrupting Chiefs and maul was strong. T Williams impressing me again too. The game plan was aerial challenge and I thought it worked very well.
But the difference from then on was in the 10s. Richie seems to play within himself and behind the pressure points while DMac pushes the boundaries. Sure he made 3 or 4 obvious errors in first half but there were lots of extra good things that nobody seems to notice. His later tackle on Lio Willie was exceptional as was the corner flagger while the one he missed was one where most others would have missed even touching LF. His depth punting was good and goalkicking was too. For me it's no surprise he made the clutch plays in heavy traffic in the second half after testing the limits in the first. Yet the TSF thread suggests the total opposite... Richie started very well with his kicks regained but then went off the boil when he needed to take command.
Where was the praise for Sam Cane and Emoni Narawa? Both were exceptional. Stevenson and Luke Jacobson too. Mystified by his card as he was holding up the ball when Cullen Grace and Strange seemed to deliberately collapse the maul on goal line in front of TJ. ???
That squares off for 50 50 knock on earlier. Angus Gardner was very good outside those two grey area decisions.
And great to see such a good crowd and players staying on so long to mix with them. Really wish I did not have clashing commitments and could have been there.Big work on for Chiefs is their work in the air. Look forward to seeing more of Lord and Lienert Brown soon as they will add lots in the areas Chiefs are losing the contests.
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Looking at the match stats in this game, both teams missed a similar amount of tackles (17 and 16, for the Chiefs and Crusaders, respectively) but the Chiefs attempted twice as many tackles (191 vs 98).
Taukei'aho led the way with 19 (1 miss) followed by Jacobson (17, 2) Dyer (15, 1) and Cane (14, 1). All the starting Chiefs forwards made 10+ tackles.
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@Dan54 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@ARHS Mate you didn't read my post if you missed praise for Sam Cane and Jacobson, and agree how good all players you mentioned were.
And I a neautral, a one eyed Canes man, but can happily watch and appreciate good players from anywhere!All good. It was the balance between criticism and praise for players that seemed weird when reading the thread. Game was high intensity and there were lots of errors caused by pressure. The Cane thing is about the example he sets in doing the hard stuff and his captaincy under the gun. I think he was right in keeping it tight in the corner at the end. Six up with Crusaders superior aerially and kicking off was a risk.
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@Bones We bloody missed all of those up here thanks to sky uk
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@Jailbreak7 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Bones We bloody missed all of those up here thanks to sky uk
My sky UK didn't...
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@Machpants said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@chimoaus said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
Also depends on how Razor and his team handle RM,
RM is gone next year
Yes, but Razor wants to change the eligibility rules.
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@cgrant said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Machpants said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@chimoaus said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
Also depends on how Razor and his team handle RM,
RM is gone next year
Yes, but Razor wants to change the eligibility rules.
No, he said he's not averse to looking at changing it. Doesn't matter, it won't change NZR knows that long term suicide for rugby in NZ
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@Bones said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
So weren't there hakas by all the other kiwi teams this round, except in this game?
The Chiefs have a Māori Kapa Haka group that does a pre-match haka every home game.
Was the half-time laser show shown on the live broadcast?
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@Bovidae Whinging to the refs must be a Barrett thing. I noticed Jordie has been doing quite a lot of this also.
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@Jailbreak7 Scott is his team's captain. Jordie isn't.
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Watched Stevenson try a few times to try and work out how DMAc had such a huge hole to run into.
Havili totally misread the play and bit in on a forward runner well after the pass out the back from Gatland was made.
I still have no idea what Christie and Ennor were doing charging up out wide as if DMac was going to pass before running.
Really poor defence and good taking advantage of it.
