Blues v Hurricanes
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@Chris said in Blues v Hurricanes:
If the Chiefs beat the Brumbies in the next game the Crusaders could do the same and rest a few players as they can’t be caught for 2nd if the Chiefs win.
It could be the battle of the second stringers.Couldn't agree more, coaches probably won't or shouldn't risk more players than they need to if they get into that position!
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Telea is such a solid player. May not be as spectacular as a Will Jordan but utterly dependable.
Def. the sort of player you need in a RWC.
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@Kirwan said in Blues v Hurricanes:
What a game.
Surely Mark Telea is the AB 14. Imagine those trys in a World Cup!
He was due, there were beginning to be rumblings that he'd been quiet recently after the strong start to the season, so excellent to see.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Telea is such a solid player. May not be as spectacular as a Will Jordan but utterly dependable.
Def. the sort of player you need in a RWC.
On tonight's evidence I'm not even sure that's true ...
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@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Telea is such a solid player. May not be as spectacular as a Will Jordan but utterly dependable.
Def. the sort of player you need in a RWC.
On tonight's evidence I'm not even sure that's true ...
Yeah I've got him above Jordan. Just makes every decision on the money. But I don't seem to rate Jordan as high as most people anyway.
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@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
I'm going to be honest, I didn't know Telea was slow. I mean he's half black South African so I just assumed he was fast.
Anyway, I think it's rule for the ABs to have a slow winger in a RWC - it worked out with NMS, not so much with Bridge though.
I think he's just got a strange, stiff running style which makes him look like he's struggling. A bit like Ardie's old man run, he's going faster than it looks.
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@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Telea is such a solid player. May not be as spectacular as a Will Jordan but utterly dependable.
Def. the sort of player you need in a RWC.
On tonight's evidence I'm not even sure that's true ...
Yeah, but overall he reminds me of those great soccer strikers (think Lineker) who score loads of goals - virtually all of which you'd regard as workmanlike rather than spectacular. Which is a skill in itself
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Telea is such a solid player. May not be as spectacular as a Will Jordan but utterly dependable.
Def. the sort of player you need in a RWC.
On tonight's evidence I'm not even sure that's true ...
Yeah, but overall he reminds me of those great soccer strikers (think Lineker) who score loads of goals - virtually all of which you'd regard as workmanlike rather than spectacular. Which is a skill in itself
The soccer reference is wasted on me, but his tries tonight leaned more towards the spectacular than the workmanlike (IMHO obviously
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They certainly looked like good tries and he is a wonderfully balanced runner for sure.
But it was one of those games wasn’t it….
Pissing out of the heavens, wet track, ball bouncing everywhere. Players unable to adjust to quick changes of direction in the wet.
Can he do it in Ellis park on sunkissed grass.
I jest. I jest.
Hopefully he can keep it up. Whether it’s him Narawa , Stevenson or Jordan we need a couple of guns out wide.
2019 was insipid with Bridge, Beauden , Goodhue, ALB in the back line. Yuck
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@Bones said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Nepia said in Blues v Hurricanes:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Blues v Hurricanes:
Telea is such a solid player. May not be as spectacular as a Will Jordan but utterly dependable.
Def. the sort of player you need in a RWC.
On tonight's evidence I'm not even sure that's true ...
Yeah I've got him above Jordan. Just makes every decision on the money. But I don't seem to rate Jordan as high as most people anyway.
Will Jordan is a freak. You can’t coach pace.
No one else in the squad scores the try he scored against Ireland in the Cake Tin.
