Reds v Chiefs
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Well curse you jinx gods.
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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.
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@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.
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@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?
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@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.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Reds v Chiefs:
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.
Dmac defended a lot at 15. From what i watched he had a lot of opportunity to run at the Qld forwards, and I'm thinking "awesome!", who did a great job of shutting him down.
Will try and watch the replay an read the thread and see how different the live experience is v telebision.
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@booboo said in Reds v Chiefs:
Random thoughts.
Did the TMO look at the head clash?
Watching the replay now. That head on Parker just before the penalty at about 38 mins ... fuck me!
What you got to do to be sent off?
Faaark. Didn't see it live ( saw big collision ) but replay on screen... head on head, with force, no mitigation ...
Let's me accept the Finau hit on Lynagh later on.
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@booboo said in Reds v Chiefs:
What you got to do to be sent off?
and that's modern rugby. It's a harsh crackdown in theory, but in practice it's dice rolling. And that brings out the frustration and 'what aboutery' ... seeing similar incidents get treated very very differently.
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Sheesh, the Reds just seem to be the bogey team for the Chiefs, they just seem to have a defensive pattern that the Chiefs find hard to break down.
The Reds did a great job on D and seemed to only give the Chiefs the ball at the wrong end of the field.
As a Chiefs fan i was dissapointed at the lack of go forward on attack, especially out of the forwards, but credit to the Reds they were hitting a rock wall of defense.
I can only but hope no other team pays any attention to the Reds defensive system and doesn't replicate it at all for the rest of the year
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@Windows97 it's funny because the Waratah's seem to have the Crusaders number, and the Brumbies seem to have the Canes number recently. Certain styles of rugby obviously work against certain sides.
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@Canes4life tbf last week the Crusaders were just shit, and hit the Tahs on their up week.
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@NTA the Tahs still have the Saders number. Doesn’t matter what form they are in.
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@Canes4life and given we were shit on Friday night, what's the bet we have the good week on Saturday?
Blues will be stinging from the loss to the Canes. Maybe I'll watch that first over lunch, then decide how much they'll win by?
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Just some random thoughts I forgot to get back to about last week's game:
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I think Ms Boo Jr enjoyed it more than she let on.
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Suncorp is an awesome stadium. Great viewing from everywhere.
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Think our seats may have been member's seats passed in. Meant we had drunk entitled Aussie rugby dickheads behind us who thought it was OK to use whatever language they liked with kids and ladies present. Fluffybunnies. ... and also a complete humour vacuum beside me. But ho-hum.
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Going back to point 2: so so easy to get food and drink. And even have a leak. Maybe NZ Stadiums have improved. Eden Park, Rugby 0ark (Hamilton), Lancaster Park in the 90s and early 00s just don't compare.
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They've toned down the rock concert music!! Thank goodness. Well done Qld Rugby, Stadium Mgmt ... whoever. So much easier on the ear.
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Not happy with my record at Suncorp. 1 decent result from 4. Losses: ABs v Wobs 2020, Broncs v Souths (not that I cared too much but was leaning Broncs) 2021, Chiefs v Reds last week vs my only win ABs v Wobs 2014 (Fekitoa, Slade double act).
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