Blues MOTM v Brumbies (SF)

[Kirwan]

Ofa for the scrum and defence, RR and Christie for playing to the game plan and not trying Carlos Spencer style kicks in a semi final.

Special mentions for Plummer, Lam and Clarke.

[Bones]

Papalii
Plummer
Lam

Akira just misses out.

[Duluth]

@Bones said in Blues MOTM v Brumbies (SF):

Papalii
Plummer
Lam

Akira just misses out.

Same

Beehre was close too. A huge amount of work on defence

[KiwiMurph]

@Kirwan said in Blues MOTM v Brumbies (SF):

Christie for playing to the game plan and not trying Carlos Spencer style kicks in a semi final.

The game plan of throwing a no look pass infield 15 metres out from your own line?

Christie wasn't in the top 10 Blues

Lam
Plummer
Papalii

Clarke and Darry close

[booboo]

Akira (despite that godawful miss down the blind), Hoskins and Finlay.

Honourable mentions:
Plummer, Rieko

[Kirwan]

@KiwiMurph said in Blues MOTM v Brumbies (SF):

@Kirwan said in Blues MOTM v Brumbies (SF):

Christie for playing to the game plan and not trying Carlos Spencer style kicks in a semi final.

The game plan of throwing a no look pass infield 15 metres out from your own line?

Christie wasn't in the top 10 Blues

Lam
Plummer
Papalii

Clarke and Darry close

I knew someone would focus on that one mistake, thes rest of his game was excellent, particularly his defence and kicking. No small part of our success was his good decision making and cleaning up messy ball.

[antipodean]

@Kirwan said in Blues MOTM v Brumbies (SF):

I knew someone would focus on that one mistake, thes rest of his game was excellent

He actively negates the Blues' strength of good carry cleans by slowing down ruck ball. He's so slow that other players quickly insert themselves as scrumhalf.

[Tim]

Blues player ratings vs Brumbies | Super Rugby Pacific semi-finals

The Blues were looking like a championship team on Friday night in Auckland, with early discipline issues making way for a convincing win.

[Bones]

Yeah Christie does almost everything spot on, but the hesitation in throwing passes kills momentum at crucial times. At one stage he triple pumped an extremely predictable pass.

[ACT Crusader]

I thought Plummer played very well. Showed some nice touches and defended well.

[sparky]

Papalii, Clarke, Plummer.

[Duluth]

[Duluth]

Lam is a good example of the limits of how we are counting MOTM points. He’s had a great season but hasn’t been in the top 3 yet so has zero points

The table measures something but it doesn’t exactly match performance.

[Machpants]

@Duluth said in Blues MOTM v Brumbies (SF):

Lam is a good example of the limits of how we are counting MOTM points. He’s had a great season but hasn’t been in the top 3 yet so has zero points

The table measures something but it doesn’t exactly match performance.

Dependable, especially in the knock outs so far

[Bones]

@Duluth said in Blues MOTM v Brumbies (SF):

Lam is a good example of the limits of how we are counting MOTM points. He’s had a great season but hasn’t been in the top 3 yet so has zero points

The table measures something but it doesn’t exactly match performance.

This is the only one I've voted...

Do they have something like where you get ten points to divvy out to players?

Or would that still not work when @Kirwan just gives Akira ten every week?

[nzzp]

Lam for me - very very good again, physical, low error rate runs hard and hits hard. Love it. He's 25 - a season at 12 could throw him up towards the top level.
RR for solid lineout play and good work around the park
Dalton because his engine is top tier

Hoskins - superb work, lineouts in particular, lots of involvements but a few errors
Clarke has a big edge for the ABs with his work on restarts and chasing. Has gone to anothe rlevel this year, particularly in the air. Two head knocks i the game worry me though.
Plummer very solid.
Locks get a shout, along with the front row for their outstanding set piece.