Chiefs v Hurricanes
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I was at the game and it was really noticeable having crowd shots and no replays on screen after something controversial - unless TMO called in. I just hope that continues through the play-offs, and no influence of officials against away team.
Bit disappointed with the attitude of Boyd and Canes at times. Fa'auli certainly a red card as always dangerous and made worse by player dropping, but Canes comments were over the top. Nothing said about the cynical high-shot by Perenara on Weber in the third minute, presumably because the impact was not so forceful. Then a couple of minutes later Riccitelli ignores the ref's instruction and takes throw-in inside the 20m, and then they argue the point!
Anyway, Weber was sparked by that into an inspirational performance. Wish they could keep him on for full 80!
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geez the hurricanes were lucky that Jordie Barrett was so in-form. It would have been a blowout otherwise. He showed again that he is the number 1 fullback in the country. Although Weber had a fine game with some good plays, it was quite noticeable that when Tahuriorangi came on the Chiefs were more comfortable. Hope to see Tahuriorangi start in front of Weber next week!
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@yeahtheboys said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
geez the hurricanes were lucky that Jordie Barrett was so in-form. It would have been a blowout otherwise. He showed again that he is the number 1 fullback in the country. Although Weber had a fine game with some good plays, it was quite noticeable that when Tahuriorangi came on the Chiefs were more comfortable. Hope to see Tahuriorangi start in front of Weber next week!
We must have watched entirely different games.
JB my as well have had a Chiefs jersey on in the first half. He was aiding and abetting them every chance he had. He did regather himself at halftime and played well in the second half though.
Weber took the responsibility of being the spark that was missing without DMac. Best game from him this year. Not only the breaks, but he was really looking to clear the ball as rapidly as possible.
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Yep for me Webber is looking like a possible all black again. I thought TTT was lucky in the French series and now it's out of hall or webber
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@crucial It seems the June break has been good for him. The last few games, Weber seems to have re-turned to his pre-injury form (or at least, close to) and last Friday, he was awesome. Although I would like to see him play for the Magpies, I hope the AB selectors have noticed the improvements and that he's back in the AB frame.
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If we won even without the country's premier 10, then this weekend is a lock
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I decided not to read this thread until watching a replay, which I've finally been able to do this evening.
TTT's form seems to be suffering through lack of game time since the AB series but there is no doubt that Weber deserves to be starting. Weber was mostly excellent in this game. I say mostly because he still throws some shocking passes at times, the first to MMac being a good example, but Weber's defence has been markedly better than TTT's in the last 3 weeks, and it was great to see him sniping to use his speed. Completely outplayed TJP.
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Apart from his goal kicking, MMac just isn't up to this level. Personally, I think the Chiefs would have got the home quarter final with pretty much any other Super Rugby first five. He seemed to be at the heart of every time Chiefs lost momentum, and not particularly involved in the times they scored (could be wrong about the second point though).
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@milk said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
Apart from his goal kicking, MMac just isn't up to this level. Personally, I think the Chiefs would have got the home quarter final with pretty much any other Super Rugby first five. He seemed to be at the heart of every time Chiefs lost momentum, and not particularly involved in the times they scored (could be wrong about the second point though).
I’d like to think that the coaches instructions were...”I have no option except to play him but that doesn’t mean you have to pass him the ball”
In fairness though he is a very good ITM level player, his goal kicking is good and apparently he has been doing a lot of the attack planning at training. Maybe another almost player that goes on to be a good coach because they have to work hard thinking about things that don’t just happen for them?
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@mariner4life said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
If we won even without the country's premier 10, then this weekend is a lock
When is Donald back?
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@milk said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
Apart from his goal kicking, MMac just isn't up to this level. Personally, I think the Chiefs would have got the home quarter final with pretty much any other Super Rugby first five. He seemed to be at the heart of every time Chiefs lost momentum, and not particularly involved in the times they scored (could be wrong about the second point though).
His form collapse appears to coincide with him adding yellow to his jersey....
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@act-crusader said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
@milk said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
Apart from his goal kicking, MMac just isn't up to this level. Personally, I think the Chiefs would have got the home quarter final with pretty much any other Super Rugby first five. He seemed to be at the heart of every time Chiefs lost momentum, and not particularly involved in the times they scored (could be wrong about the second point though).
His form collapse appears to coincide with him adding yellow to his jersey....
Or red?
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@stargazer said in Chiefs v Hurricanes:
@crucial Yep. Blackadder signed him; he hardly got game time for the Crusaders because others were considered better; and Robbertson led him go.
The few times he did play for us I actually thought he went okay. Provided some impact off the bench.
