Crusaders v Waratahs (Round 1)
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Saders a bit too good at the end of the day, despite letting the Tahs back into the game briefly,
Flexed their muscles when they need to , no more better illustrated than Ramano’ cameo off the bench
Quite happy to cut these guys some slack given the heat we are experiencing at this time of the year , last nights game in Australia was played in ridiculous heat not to mention round 1 in 2019 was played on 15th February, that’s 2 weeks from now...I am not surprised regardless of wether they have training and have played the odd preseason game we are seeing a lot of errors, there’s defined a lot of humidity around .
from a Tahs piece , Rob Penny will probably feel a little frustrated that chances were not taken and some of the first up defence shoddy , but given they had several on debut , it’s not a bad staring point ..
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@Duluth said in Crusaders v Waratahs (Round 1):
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Waratahs:
Young gun Harrison at 10. By all accounts he is the real deal.
Harrison and Nawaqanitawase
Well Harrison got a lesson. Welcome to First Grade young fella.
Nawaqanitawase looked the goods after some early struggles.
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@Steven-Harris said in Crusaders v Waratahs (Round 1):
Quite happy to cut these guys some slack given the heat we are experiencing at this time of the year , last nights game in Australia was played in ridiculous heat not to mention round 1 in 2019 was played on 15th February, that’s 2 weeks from now...
think the game last night was the first Super game in Jan...? Was 2007 they played first weekend of Feb as well, but usually mid-late FEb
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@taniwharugby to be honest , it really is ridiculous starting this early given the heat and humidity alone , there will be some who will say , that’s what they get paid for, but in my opinion , it does not make it right ..
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@Steven-Harris said in Crusaders v Waratahs (Round 1):
@taniwharugby to be honest , it really is ridiculous starting this early given the heat and humidity alone , there will be some who will say , that’s what they get paid for, but in my opinion , it does not make it right ..
I think it should be better next year with the round robin competition. But, yeah, I actually liked having the tests in June and the Super Rugby break. That was much maligned but now it is gone we have to start the season a lot earlier. It's a trade off.
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This season is already shaping up to be a season of haves & have not
Clear gap btw the likes of Crusaders Jaguares Chiefs Canes & Brumbies and other 11 SR teams
RR format starting next year can't come soon enough 18 weeks from start to finish instead of this season which will be 21 weeks
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This didn't go as well as I hoped.
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@antipodean As well as expected tho? So far the games have run to script, apart from the Rebels, I think
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@cgrant said in Crusaders v Waratahs (Round 1):
Has Havili ever played at 1st Five ? He could be a good back up to Mo'unga in case of emergency. The Crusaders could play Jordan or Bridge at fullback if he has to move there.
I did not expect my question to be so quickly answered by the Crusaders staff ... (see the lineup against the Chiefs).
