Blues vs Waratahs
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@KiwiMurph I hope this promotion doesn’t re-infect the Blues with the Auckland teams disease they’ve fought off this year.
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@Nepia said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@KiwiMurph I hope this promotion doesn’t re-infect the Blues with the Auckland teams disease they’ve fought off this year.
They'll be up against a Tahs team looking to bounce back from the biggest upset in Super Rugby history.
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@antipodean said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@Nepia said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@KiwiMurph I hope this promotion doesn’t re-infect the Blues with the Auckland teams disease they’ve fought off this year.
They'll be up against a Tahs team looking to bounce back from the biggest upset in Super Rugby history.
them beating the Crusaders?
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@Rocky-Rockbottom said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@Nepia said in Blues vs Waratahs:
I hope this promotion doesn’t re-infect the Blues with the Auckland teams disease they’ve fought off this year.
JESUS, ARE YOU EVER HAPPY ABOUT ANYTHING??
Long answer: Hey, I’m trying to sympathise with you Blues fans and hope that the Warriors disease doesn’t infect them. Cleary the Warriors parents were anti-vaxx so shit-itis keeps rearing it’s head in auckland because they ruined the herd immunity.
Short answer: No.
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@Duluth said in Blues vs Waratahs:
That article had some good comments from Duffie about the coaching improvement:
Our structure that we practised the whole pre-season has become embedded in who we are. There is no individual bull**** and falling out of shape when we're fatigued. We've got to the point now where we can really fall back on it, and it makes things a lot easier when the pressure comes on. "That's the key: **our shape is really good.** We've had a lot of continuity in our team each week, and guys are getting rewarded for training really well."80% Nonu. Sure he doesn't have the gas he once did but he still can get in the right place, boss a backline and provide a safety valve for two struggling 10s.
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@NTA said in Blues vs Waratahs:
This will be interesting. Let's look at the Tahs recently:
Round 1 - shit v Canes
Round 2 - shit v Moondogs
Round 3 - bye
Round 4 - passable v shit Reds
Round 5 - shit v shit Brumbies
Round 6 - awesome v shit Crusaders
Round 7 - shit v MoondogsI'm going to say our best performances are behind us, and we're about to get towelled up at Eden Park (again).
The Warratahs were comically bad against the Crusaders. A couple of times hot on attack they made such a meal of it I was actually laughing out loud.
The Crusaders were worse, of course, but nothing about that game suggested to that the Warratahs were any good, Folau in the air aside.
I'm relying on them being below the Chiefs at season's end.
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@Chester-Draws said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@NTA said in Blues vs Waratahs:
This will be interesting. Let's look at the Tahs recently:
Round 1 - shit v Canes
Round 2 - shit v Moondogs
Round 3 - bye
Round 4 - passable v shit Reds
Round 5 - shit v shit Brumbies
Round 6 - awesome v shit Crusaders
Round 7 - shit v MoondogsI'm going to say our best performances are behind us, and we're about to get towelled up at Eden Park (again).
The Warratahs were comically bad against the Crusaders. A couple of times hot on attack they made such a meal of it I was actually laughing out loud.
The Crusaders were worse, of course, but nothing about that game suggested to that the Warratahs were any good, Folau in the air aside.
I'm relying on them being below the Chiefs at season's end.
Completely missing the defensive effort that kept a mostly champion team to 1 try during play and another when the game was won. Sure.
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@NTA said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@Chester-Draws said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@NTA said in Blues vs Waratahs:
This will be interesting. Let's look at the Tahs recently:
Round 1 - shit v Canes
Round 2 - shit v Moondogs
Round 3 - bye
Round 4 - passable v shit Reds
Round 5 - shit v shit Brumbies
Round 6 - awesome v shit Crusaders
Round 7 - shit v MoondogsI'm going to say our best performances are behind us, and we're about to get towelled up at Eden Park (again).
The Warratahs were comically bad against the Crusaders. A couple of times hot on attack they made such a meal of it I was actually laughing out loud.
The Crusaders were worse, of course, but nothing about that game suggested to that the Warratahs were any good, Folau in the air aside.
I'm relying on them being below the Chiefs at season's end.
Completely missing the defensive effort that kept a mostly champion team to 1 try during play (off a forward pass) and another when the game was won. Sure.
Fixed
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@NTA you keep telling yourself that. If it makes you happy.
For me, a team that is trash week after week aren't suddenly world-beaters overnight. Especially if they revert to trash the very next week.
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@Chester-Draws said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@NTA you keep telling yourself that. If it makes you happy.
For me, a team that is trash week after week aren't suddenly world-beaters overnight. Especially if they revert to trash the very next week.
This. It was obvious the Crusaders werent there from the unforced errors. Both teams reverted to normal form the following week.
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Blues v Waratahs @ Eden Park, Auckland
Referee Federico Anselmi
AR1 Nick Briant
AR2 Glen Jackson
TMO Glenn Newman -
@KiwiMurph Twattue (on Radio) has poo-pood this concept, claiming the Warriors are devaluing thier product putting it alongside Super rugby, which is an inferior product.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@KiwiMurph Twattue (on Radio) has poo-pood this concept, claiming the Warriors are devaluing thier product putting it alongside Super rugby, which is an inferior product.
This makes me like the concept even more!
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@taniwharugby said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@KiwiMurph Twattue (on Radio) has poo-pood this concept, claiming the Warriors are devaluing thier product putting it alongside Super rugby, which is an inferior product.
He is so transparent
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@taniwharugby said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@KiwiMurph Twattue (on Radio) has poo-pood this concept, claiming the Warriors are devaluing thier product putting it alongside Super rugby, which is an inferior product.
Genuinely not sure if he's a troll or just deluded. I think it's a great concept - there are a number of casual fans who would go occassionally if free, but not go out of their way to attend.
I like it, well done both codes. SPorts fans are sports fans.
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@NTA said in Blues vs Waratahs:
Completely missing the defensive effort that kept a mostly champion team to 1 try during play and another when the game was won. Sure.
Nicholas, I can't believe you're arguing a golden rule of the Fern: if a Kiwi side wins it's always due to their obvious superiority, but if an Aussie side beats a Kiwi side it's because the Kiwi side didn't show up.
And if an Aussie side plays shit and loses to a Kiwi side, it's because they were 'forced into mistakes'. But if a Kiwi side plays shit, they 'played down to the opposition' or 'rested a number of key players' or 'didn't get the 50/50 calls'.
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@barbarian said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@NTA said in Blues vs Waratahs:
Completely missing the defensive effort that kept a mostly champion team to 1 try during play and another when the game was won. Sure.
Nicholas, I can't believe you're arguing a golden rule of the Fern: if a Kiwi side wins it's always due to their obvious superiority, but if an Aussie side beats a Kiwi side it's because the Kiwi side didn't show up.
And if an Aussie side plays shit and loses to a Kiwi side, it's because they were 'forced into mistakes'. But if a Kiwi side plays shit, they 'played down to the opposition' or 'rested a number of key players' or 'didn't get the 50/50 calls'.
Nice snark, but that fact there was a terrorist attack on that team's city that killed 50 people had a clear and obvious effect on the team. This is an unusual circumstance.
Sure the Tahs can only play whats in front of them, but there have been a few posters talking up this performance and the Tahs history before and after this game lends more weight to my argument than yours. Same with the Crusaders.
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@barbarian said in Blues vs Waratahs:
@NTA said in Blues vs Waratahs:
Completely missing the defensive effort that kept a mostly champion team to 1 try during play and another when the game was won. Sure.
Nicholas, I can't believe you're arguing a golden rule of the Fern: if a Kiwi side wins it's always due to their obvious superiority, but if an Aussie side beats a Kiwi side it's because the Kiwi side didn't show up.
And if an Aussie side plays shit and loses to a Kiwi side, it's because they were 'forced into mistakes'. But if a Kiwi side plays shit, they 'played down to the opposition' or 'rested a number of key players' or 'didn't get the 50/50 calls'.
Some truth in that, but to be fair when there's a streak of 40-ish games without a win, there's some truth in the Kiwi Arrogance (TM) too
