Blues v Force

Tim

News on Perofeta: bruised shoulder, so four to six weeks out.

Maybe back for the Reds?

Kirwan

Defence has been super organised

KiwiMurph

Vikena with some sloppiness discipline wise. needs to cut that out

Machpants

Great maul defence. That's the game, nil tries, nice work

Kirwan

@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Force:

Vikena with some sloppiness discipline wise. needs to cut that out

I spotted him doing that a few times off the ball, not subtle

Kirwan

Where’s the penalty for that language?

Duluth

Blues player of the match voting:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/6607/blues-motm-v-force

Mattasaurus

Good victory to the Blues.
Defence solid and well structured - Force didn't test it very severely, and they ran out of ideas in about the 7th min.

Attack had some very nice interplay particularly amount the loosies.

African Monkey

Glad we didn't concede a try.

We've conceded 27 points in the last 4 games.

KiwiMurph

Coventry is a good forwards coach but it's been impressive watching Cotter shape this Blues pack.

Tim

@KiwiMurph Huge improvement from Renata. Prior to this season I'd have thought he'd be struggling to get a contract.

African Monkey

@Tim He's been around for ages and only just been given a regular look in this year.

Persistence pays off.

taniwharugby

Schmidt and Cron are there to fix shit from the top down...

Duluth

Christie will still start but at least we have a clear backup now. Funaki has shown he can be trusted.

One criticism I have of Cotter is he hasn’t trusted the sub halfback in tight games. It’ll help Christie too if he gets subbed the same time most halfbacks do

Tim

@Duluth said in Blues v Force:

Christie will still start but at least we have a clear backup now. Funaki has shown he can be trusted.

Probably the big thing for him to work on is box kick exits. If he can develop a good kicking game then he will be a valuable player.

Duluth

Gunner

Pretty clinical performance from the Blues.

Completely dominated the contact areas.

Only concern is they spent a long time down their own end in the 2nd 40, they had opportunities to get out but they just couldn’t.
Good sides will make them pay for that.

Tim

@Gunner Exits are still a work-on, especially without Sullivan there.

KiwiMurph

@Tim said in Blues v Force:

@Gunner Exits are still a work-on, especially without Sullivan there.

Perofeta's punting has really developed too

Tim

Sullivan was said to be out for six to eight weeks, so maybe back for Rebels or Hurricanes.

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Blues v Force