Chiefs v Moana Pasifika

[antipodean]

@Nepia said in Chiefs v Moana Pasifika:

@Canes4life said in Chiefs v Moana Pasifika:

Jesus MP are bad.

They started so well this year that I thought they'd go ok under an actual coach. Appears Tana aint any better than Mauger.

Blues fans:

[Jailbreak7]

Sititi, Narawa, DMac, Parker, ST, Malimali all put in huge shifts tonight

[African Monkey]

@Nepia Well Mauger was 3 wins from 28 games, Tana is currently 2 from 7 so......

[Jailbreak7]

Poihipi the glue, mature captaincy, a good head on his shoulders

[ploughboy]

interesting who chiefs pickat 12 next week and at 7 sititi may have forced a change there.
thought tupu vaai had big game to

[cliff]

Next week chiefs should play Luke Jacobson at openside with sititi at eight and perhaps poihipi should start at 12 with tupaea off the bench

[Duluth]

[Bones]

@African-Monkey said in Chiefs v Moana Pasifika:

@Nepia As his dad played about 40 tests for Samoa lol.

His dad was my first prems captain! Big bugger, they look similar as.

[African Monkey]

@Bones They do, Semo was just a bit taller haha.

[ARHS]

Skillset from Narawa and Sititi was very impressive. I want Wallace starting the big games now. And I want Emoni in AB's back three with those kicking and stepping skills.

Ollie Norris was huge too and deserves more starts.

[Old Samurai Jack]

Jeez, it was an overwhelmed Moana team but DMac and Finau should be the first on the AB sheet. Chiefs are a different team without them. It is not the natural speed or ability that Narawa has, it is his rugby IQ that gives him the opportunities. Clear separation of Narawa, Jordan, and Telea from the likes of Clarke and Rayasi despite the obvious natural ability of the later pair.

[Bones]

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Chiefs v Moana Pasifika:

Jordan

Having his best year in black this year I reckon. Error free for a change.

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[pakman]

Many Chiefs stood out, but the standard of the opposition makes things hard to gauge.

Of starters, Sami, Vaa'i, Finau, DMac, Narawa and ENS must be likely for AB squad.

Pohipi works tremendously well with DMac, so would be worth a shot.

Off bench, ALB will be in and Ratima must be a good chance.

Wouldn't be surprised to see Sititi, TTT, and O'Neill in black at some stage...

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[booboo]

Haven't read the thread but need to take time for a whinge about perpetual idiot Justin Marshall.

At just on/just before 60 mins Chiefs get penalty advantage at scrum, go wide and ENS kicks if down to the other 22.

2 or 3 or more of the Chiefs players advance in front of the kicker, immediately negating the advantage so BOK rightfully immediately goes back to the original penalty as there was no advantage.

But Justin, because he has a (justifiable) bee in his bonnet about advantages going on too long decides to have a whinge about BOK having to "answer to his masters".

This was on the back of a similar whinge in the first half where play was called back 40m. IMO this was still the right call as the kick from Malimali had ceded possession, and the subsequent touch from the penalty made the same ground but gave possession back to the Chiefs.

I'm a fan of the concept of a more limited advantage (repeated phases in the attacking 22 gets ridiculous, but as per usual Justin needs to learn to engage brain before opening mouth and removing all doubt.

An unnecessary whinge about the state of the game.

[booboo]

Anyway, another fantastic game of footy.

Rugby is so good at the moment.

[taniwharugby]

@booboo I thought the 1st one (in the game) shouldn't have gone back, 2nd makes sense