Waratahs v Highlanders - QF
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@kiwimurph said in Waratahs v Highlanders - QF:
So can the ABs look for a new 14?
Lam, Bridge and Alamailo say 'yes'.
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Fuck and fuck
Led Zepp "Nobody's fault but mine"
Clan completely shit the bed in a game to be remembered immemorial.
I'm fucken livid and glaring at the coaches box.
What chance a team who've cantered into 5 finals in 5 years all of a sudden looks shit as a fucken Deans prodigy smears his stink on a winning culture?fluffybunnies
edit: and a cold shoulder to our All Blacks (sans Squire?) who should have got that job done. aww fuck it
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Man - that game was pretty much in the bag when the Highlanders were hammering at the Tahs line and leading 23-6. Tahs heads were dropping and they were waiting for the final nail to be hammered home.
But, then a silly intercept pass... Waisake handed them a crowbar - the lid was smashed off and the corpse spent 10 minutes orchestrating a zombie apocalypse.
Highlanders will be gutted at that result.
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Reckon Naholo may have put paid to his AB chances - at least as far as WC chances go. Bridge is starting to look very very good, and makes the right decisions.
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@shadowtrooper that's the difference at that level; decision making and execution under pressure.
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I hope the Lions (sure they will win their QF) absolutely smack the Tahds next week, they fuckin are long overdue for a good working over,
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@kiwimurph said in Waratahs v Highlanders - QF:
Highlanders by 15 eh @NTA
They were up by 17 at half time and fucked it. Not my fault.
Naholo - like Savea - is a great attacking player but a shit defender. His yellow card should not have made that much difference, but it did.
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@canerbry I am starting to wonder whether The Smiths have lost their mojo...
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Tahs were superb at exploiting the extra bit of space when Naholo went off. When the Landers were up a man, they looked rushed, pressured and out of control.
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@shadowtrooper Yes, it’s not much point being a ‘power’ winger if you don’t have a brain. In the 14 position, we’re better off with a Doug Howlett-type kick chaser.
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@shadowtrooper said in Waratahs v Highlanders - QF:
Reckon Naholo may have put paid to his AB chances - at least as far as WC chances go. Bridge is starting to look very very good, and makes the right decisions.
Steady on, Naholo being a buffoon doesn't elevate Bridge from being a Jonny McNichol wannabee sucking on the teat of the best forward pack in the comp
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Think I'm most disappointed with the lack of leadership and cool heads shown by the senior players/All Blacks. Naholo's YC should have been the moment they regrouped. Instead they completely fell to bits. So much so that when they were up a man, they played like they were down several.
If I were the AB coaches, I'd be pissy at that display.
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@siam said in Waratahs v Highlanders - QF:
@shadowtrooper said in Waratahs v Highlanders - QF:
Reckon Naholo may have put paid to his AB chances - at least as far as WC chances go. Bridge is starting to look very very good, and makes the right decisions.
Steady on, Naholo being a buffoon doesn't elevate Bridge from being a Jonny McNichol wannabee sucking on the teat of the best forward pack in the comp
Big difference between McNichol and Bridge is that Bridge can create and has a higher work rate. He makes more metres closer to the action. Bridge is a better defender as well.
Jonny was probably quicker though.
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@act-crusader they're both fucken average to anybody not from canterbury
