Reds v Chiefs

African Monkey

@Tim It feels like Super Rugby is back tbh. Hasn't been this competitive since about 2015.

mariner4life

Great win reds, well deserved congratulations

Good comp we have here

chimoaus

@African-Monkey said in Reds v Chiefs:

@Tim It feels like Super Rugby is back tbh. Hasn't been this competitive since about 2015.

Just need to get rid of the Crusaders and Force 😉

Bovidae

McMillan's selections and sub decisions were poor.

chimoaus

@Bovidae said in Reds v Chiefs:

McMillan's selections and sub decisions were poor.

Probably too many changes from last week. Was Dmac and LCF the only two in same starting position in the backs?

African Monkey

@chimoaus Especially the first one.

Tim

@Bovidae Any chance they will move Jacobson to 7?

Bones

@Bovidae said in Reds v Chiefs:

McMillan's selections and sub decisions were poor.

That can't be all of it - tad perplexing just how flat and disjointed the whole team looked.

Bovidae

@Bones said in Reds v Chiefs:

Was that not a knock on and offside?

That was so obvious in real-time. I bet the TMO was wearing a Qld jersey.

chimoaus

Chiefs set piece was very ordinary tonight and the Reds exemplary. Set piece and D wins games and that showed tonight.

Tordah

Twice in the last 10 minutes Chiefs either bombed a try or Reds scrambling defence was unbelievably good. Sad, but that was an exciting game

Bovidae

@Tim said in Reds v Chiefs:

@Bovidae Any chance they will move Jacobson to 7?

I doubt it. Boshier is probably his no.7. I said that Parker at 7 was a mistake - not his fault. The Chiefs had very little pressure on the Qld breakdown. Just a flat performance. Even the bounce of the ball didn't go their way.

antipodean

@Bovidae said in Reds v Chiefs:

@Bones said in Reds v Chiefs:

Was that not a knock on and offside?

That was so obvious in real-time. I bet the TMO was wearing a Qld jersey.

That and the head knock call into question their professionalism.

Bovidae

And if the Qld player did touch the ball before Stevenson scored that should have been a PT and YC.

cliff

What happened to nanai seturo, chiefs should hope the likes of tupaea lord and narawa are back next week because they looked very flat

booboo

Well curse you jinx gods.

Crazy Horse

Haven't seen the game, but did Jacomb get on? I am guessing he did from the comments about DMac at 15 during the thread.

Bovidae

@Crazy-Horse said in Reds v Chiefs:

Haven't seen the game, but did Jacomb get on?

He replaced Ioane in the 71st min. I can't remember Jacomb being too involved though as the play went through DMac.

Old Samurai Jack

@Bovidae said in Reds v Chiefs:

McMillan's selections and sub decisions were poor.

I'm watching the game and thinking...WHY? Why put DMac at the back and JI in at first receiver? No beef with JI but why put the best first-five in the comp at the back at Ballymore with a strong Reds team?

Bovidae

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Reds v Chiefs:

@Bovidae said in Reds v Chiefs:

McMillan's selections and sub decisions were poor.

I'm watching the game and thinking...WHY? Why put DMac at the back and JI in at first receiver? No beef with JI but why put the best first-five in the comp at the back at Ballymore with a strong Reds team?

Ioane moved to 1st 5 against the Brumbies too, and created a couple of tries. I had no problem with that. But the big problem is that he lacks any distance in his kicks which is exposed at fullback. DMac is dangerous counter-attacking from deep.

Clearly, TTT is a distant third in the halfback ranks and shouldn't feature in the important games. Not having either first-choice winger makes a huge difference as the Chiefs don't have depth in those positions.

The scrum was disappointing and had been solid so far.

The Silver Fern

Reds v Chiefs