Highlanders v Rebels
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@KiwiInLondon agreed. It’s a mess. It all looks panicked and messy. No pattern or structure, just throwing it away and then either kicking it aimlessly or bombing it. It’s genuinely concerning to be half way through the competition and putting out a performance like this against arguably a weaker team. Especially coming off a bye.
Huge second half needed here so I can happily eat my words.
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Just a few too many players who are borderline at this level. Plus not enough who are elite. Our scrum is being smoked at the moment and while we also have de Groot to come, we also have Wingham who got swallowed up two weeks ago. We need some go forward. I think Stoddart can add some heft up front
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@SouthernMann Stoddart add some heft? That might be slightly ambitious
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@KiwiInLondon said in Highlanders v Rebels:
@SouthernMann Stoddart add some heft? That might be slightly ambitious
In the loose he would have at least 10kg and probably 10cm on Broughton.
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Too many silly mistakes by the Highlanders - handing initiative to the Rebels
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@SouthernMann consider me corrected. Didn’t realise how small Broughton was
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@Landers92 dermondy needs to go
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Some smart work by Fakatava there.
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Harmon's been pretty good too.
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Fakatava is putting his game together nicely. Still pretty rough around the edges. Showing good improvement. It is clear the players around Faleafaga don't quite know what his plan is with the ball yet. Often he has been having to take the tackle, when players should have been running off him.
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11 phases...going backard
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Really enjoy enterprising play like rolling mauls
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What the heck was that re-start?!? That sequence of play is a great snapshot of this game
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@SouthernMann Geez that must be frustrating.
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At least we are ahead of the Crusaders on the ladder. Every cloud eh.
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@SouthernMann haha can’t exit after a try. You learn that in under 16s.
Garden Bachop not in position and drops it then camera cuts to him and you see him laughing. Sums it up really. Pathetic.
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...well...that was a fun evening at the rugby.....
thinking over the weekend....we just looked soft, ive been joking over the last week our season was over already....but i think the players believe that too based on that game...just soft arms in tackles, receivers getting the ball flat footed...then doing a two step on the spot before ducking the head into the tackle...no speed, no direction, no urgency
