SF - Blues v Brumbies

[nzzp]

Argh.
Suits the Brumbies surely - wet is a leveller. Eden Park has great drainage though... but will hit the walkup crowd

[pakman]

@Bovidae said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

Referee: James Doleman

Wish he was on it.

[NTA]

@Bovidae said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

Referee: James Doleman

Now there's a contradiction in terms.

[Duluth]

Super Rugby, Rugby, Sport

Akira Ioane's Blues farewell in doubt, under injury cloud for semifinal

An injury cloud hovers over a former All Black as he prepares to farewell the Blues.

So if Akira doesn't play Suafoa will probably come into the 23

[george33]

Akira good to go

[Kirwan]

@george33 said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

Akira good to go

Awesome, he deserves an Eden Park send off

[mariner4life]

@Kirwan said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

@george33 said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

Akira good to go

Awesome, he deserves an Eden Park send off

next week?

[Kirwan]

One week at a time in knock out rugby, I'm not a Canes fan counting my chickens.

[Canes4life]

@Kirwan we aren't counting our chickens either. We've been knocked out in semis plenty of times before. I'm kind of expecting the worst and hoping for the best as to not get too disappointed if we lose.

[Bones]

@Kirwan said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

One week at a time in knock out rugby, I'm not a Canes fan counting my chickens.

Ok I took a different meaning out of m4l's comment...

[pakman]

@Bones In fact m4L classic double meaning. Four candles?

[Duluth]

From the SF a couple of years ago:

[African Monkey]

@Duluth The rain changed that game. We were cruising until it came bucketing down towards the end of the first half, and then Brumbies ball took over by playing to the air, and the rolling maul.

[gt12]

@African-Monkey said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

@Duluth The rain changed that game. We were cruising until it came bucketing down towards the end of the first half, and then Brumbies ball took over by playing to the air, and the rolling maul.

What's the weather looking like for the weekend?

[African Monkey]

@gt12 The same as that game, terrible apparently.

[Bones]

@African-Monkey said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

@gt12 The same as that game, terrible apparently.

Suits south Africa the blues

[Machpants]

Yeah Brumbies ain't the maul kings of old any more

[Duluth]

@nzzp said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

Argh.
Suits the Brumbies surely - wet is a leveller. Eden Park has great drainage though... but will hit the walkup crowd

On the positive side it makes it harder for Toole to do something freakish with his pace. Also keeps Cale narrower.. he was bossed around in the round robin match but is dangerous in the wide channels

[nzzp]

@Duluth said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

@nzzp said in SF - Blues v Brumbies:

Argh.
Suits the Brumbies surely - wet is a leveller. Eden Park has great drainage though... but will hit the walkup crowd

On the positive side it makes it harder for Toole to do something freakish with his pace. Also keeps Cale narrower.. he was bossed around in the round robin match but is dangerous in the wide channels

Agree, but I think it takes away some of the Blues advantages. Winner will be the team that shows up focussed and physical. That brings the Brumbies right into it - the wider channels will be less able to break open the game.

That said, the rain should be done in the next few hours, and EP dries really fast. Could still hvae a great surface to play on!

MetService - Te Ratonga Tirorangi

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350305585/blues-v-brumbies-all-you-need-know

Loose forward Akira Ioane passed a fitness test at Thursday’s captain’s run after a calf injury scare and will start at blindside flanker.