Crusaders v Blues
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@Machpants said in Crusaders v Blues:
@African-Monkey said in Crusaders v Blues:
Keep safe Blues, these Crusaders are dodgy and have a horrible culture.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/112939715/super-rugby-crusaders-push-the-letter-of-the-law
Bunch of cheating bar stewards, too....
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Interesting listening to the 10-14 guy on Radio Sport the other week when he identified how SA teams cheat ... err "play to the letter of the law", or at least "push the envelope" by lying in the tackle.
Our biases tend to mean we think our sides are lily white angels and the other guys dastardly cheats.
We're right about that though.
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@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
Our biases tend to mean we think our sides are lily white angels and the other guys dastardly cheats.
I think this is due to the pernicious and nasty influence of soccer, pervading our sport (mostly) through modern media. Every side cheats, some more successfully than others. Cop it and move on. Was at its worst after the Lions tour, when people tried to argue until they were blue in the face that the series-deciding non-penalty in the third test was the right call. George Smith was filthy breakdown cheat, just like McCaw, Pocock, Hooper, Savea, etc.
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@Kirwan said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Hooroo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Tim said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Hooroo 57 points worth of tickling?
It will be some sorta ticklin, make no mistake.
We have the forward pack to keep it close, like in round one. We aren’t going to win this, especially away and especially against the Crusaders.
But we can make them work for it.
I think they will win by 20 points minimum
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@booboo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Machpants said in Crusaders v Blues:
@African-Monkey said in Crusaders v Blues:
Keep safe Blues, these Crusaders are dodgy and have a horrible culture.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/112939715/super-rugby-crusaders-push-the-letter-of-the-law
Bunch of cheating bar stewards, too....
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Our biases tend to mean we think our sides are lily white angels and the other guys dastardly cheats.
That's me! I actually shock myself with how balanced I am watching two teams play when one of them isn't mine. It's a different rugby watching experience. Monkey brain I guess 🙂
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@nzzp said in Crusaders v Blues:
Was at its worst after the Lions tour, when people tried to argue until they were blue in the face that the series-deciding non-penalty in the third test was the right call.
That really was an outstanding bit of cheating - the perpetrator wasn't even on the field!
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@Hooroo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Kirwan said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Hooroo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Tim said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Hooroo 57 points worth of tickling?
It will be some sorta ticklin, make no mistake.
We have the forward pack to keep it close, like in round one. We aren’t going to win this, especially away and especially against the Crusaders.
But we can make them work for it.
I think they will win by 20 points minimum
Fair enough, so that's the Hooroo par. So anything less than that is a huge victory for the Blues. Sold!
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@Kirwan said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Hooroo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Kirwan said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Hooroo said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Tim said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Hooroo 57 points worth of tickling?
It will be some sorta ticklin, make no mistake.
We have the forward pack to keep it close, like in round one. We aren’t going to win this, especially away and especially against the Crusaders.
But we can make them work for it.
I think they will win by 20 points minimum
Fair enough, so that's the Hooroo par. So anything less than that is a huge victory for the Blues. Sold!
Yeah, that is fair, if you get within 20 points that is a good result for your lot. I don't think they are good enough to do that though.
In fact if you didn't score a try, that wouldn't surprise me either.
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@Kirwan said in Crusaders v Blues:
@Hooroo That Chief's loss hurt huh?
No, It would have hurt at beginning of season when I had a bit of optimism.
Watching it with Duluth, I never really thought we were going to win that game.
We are nearly as bad as your lot have been with Tana at the steering wheel. I think next year we will be on par with the Tana Blues if Cooper is still there (Which it looks as though he will be)
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Been extremely foggy here last few nights, rugby this morning was in thick fog till 11am and couldn't see full field! Fog has rolled in now, not sure what it will be like at the game but could be the final all over again.
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@98blueandgold said in Crusaders v Blues:
Been extremely foggy here last few nights, rugby this morning was in thick fog till 11am and couldn't see full field! Fog has rolled in now, not sure what it will be like at the game but could be the final all over again.
Not sure where you are but I’m down Lincoln road (5 min walk from the stadium) there’s no fog here
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@Dice said in Crusaders v Blues:
@SammyC said in Crusaders v Blues:
Lol
These guys look like they throw cellphones at each other's faces.
Definitely don’t look like a bunch of metrosexuals from Auckland
That fog photo is pretty misleading I think, it’s still clear where I am
