Crusaders vs Waratahs

[Machpants]

No Owen Franks, rested. Why it's not like he's piled on the minutes this season? Still seems he's pretty much up to speed already!

[Machpants]

Phipps back in favour with Waratahs, Razor rests ABs

Wallabies star Nick Phipps is back in Daryl Gibson's run-on side for Saturday’s Super Rugby showdown with the table-topping Crusaders in Christchurch.

[Wally]

@chris-b

From my expert eye it was an ankle or achilles

[Chris B.]

@wally Well, he's had six months out with achilles so it's bound to be ankle.

Which leg?

[Wally]

@chris-b

Left I think

[Chris B.]

@wally You better not have just been googling that to annoy me!

[Wally]

@chris-b

Nope. Promise.

[Chris B.]

@wally I think he'd buggered both of them anyway?!

[SammyC]

@mn5 said in Crusaders vs Waratahs:

@machpants said in Crusaders vs Waratahs:

Ginger mullets? No wonder they didn't pick him, he's not playing for the Highlanders you know!

Christ, like Canterbury is the height of stylish do's.....

Spoken like a true Wellington hipster... you probably do Pilates too!

[SammyC]

@taniwharugby said in Crusaders vs Waratahs:

@chris-b is Macilai even fit? Opposite of durable is that man...talent to burn just seems lacking a bit of ticker.

Watched him play club rugby a couple weeks back. Looked a bit fat, but jeez he’s elusive and fast

[NTA]

@mn5 said in Crusaders vs Waratahs:

He gets happier during Cricket season, no controversy and they win all the time....

Aw hang on.....

[Chris B.]

@sammyc Yeah - I've always thought he was a decent prospect, but I thought the same about Sione Fifita as well.

He's probably the most vulnerable of the current backs - along with Stratton and Delaney - though those guys have a pretty good idea of what they're contending with (Enari and old age).

[Canerbry]

@nta It's well worth a rewatch.

[NTA]

@canerbry Yeah, nah.

[Canerbry]

Heading along Saturday afternoon, will be vocal towards Straight Acting Folau.

[cgrant]

The big difference between then and now is the size of the crowd.

[MN5]

@sammyc said in Crusaders vs Waratahs:

@mn5 said in Crusaders vs Waratahs:

@machpants said in Crusaders vs Waratahs:

Ginger mullets? No wonder they didn't pick him, he's not playing for the Highlanders you know!

Christ, like Canterbury is the height of stylish do's.....

Spoken like a true Wellington hipster... you probably do Pilates too!

Only if my man bun is securely tied up

[Smudge]

@canerbry said in Crusaders vs Waratahs:

@nta It's well worth a rewatch.

And a re-liveblog from Cameron McMillan:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12048543

*It's 16 years since the Crusaders thrashed the Waratahs 96-19 in their final round Super 12 clash. Ninety-six remains the most points scored by one team in a Super Rugby game while the Crusaders' 14 tries is a record matched only by the Lions against the Sunwolves last year.

The teams just happen to clash tomorrow in Christchurch. Crusaders coach Scott Robertson started at No 8 for the red-and-blacks that night while Waratahs coach Daryl Gibson scored a try off the Crusaders' bench.

I was working for TVNZ's website nzoom. With with two games being played that night and just two staff on, I drew the long straw and blogged the earlier clash between the Highlanders and the Reds. Colleague Dana Johannsen (you may have heard of her) had the misfortune of having to blog the Crusaders-Waratahs clash. Blogging can be intense - having to describe 17 tries was next level.

To mark the 16th anniversary I decided to finally blog the game, courtesy of a YouTube link for a Japanese audience but with Sky commentators.*

[Kirwan]

As a Blues fan, that video made me feel much better about my team. At least we were never that soft.

[antipodean]

@canerbry said in Crusaders vs Waratahs:

@nta It's well worth a rewatch.

What computer game is this?