Bulls v Blues
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@Stargazer Hmm for all his good work this year that's his 2nd yellow this season.
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The conversion is good and the Bulls are back in front: 21 - 20.
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@Stargazer Akira Ioane wouldn't have given away a yellow there.
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@African-Monkey Yeah, he is excellent in many ways, but he really needs to work on his tackling. Giving away too many penalties and collecting cards.
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Hmmm looks like another irritating close loss coming up for the boys?
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@sparky He might not have attempted to make a tackle at all.
I really rate Sotutu. Just a young pup needing to work on his tackling technique.
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The Blues coaches are just dumb. Halfback is their biggest problem, yet Ruru plays the whole game. Clearly should've been subbed along time ago
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A very necessary turnover from Tu'ungafasi; stopping the Bulls' driving maul.
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Two minutes left. Come on Blues!
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@Stargazer said in Bulls v Blues:
@sparky He might not have attempted to make a tackle at all.
I really rate Sotutu. Just a young pup needing to work on his tackling technique.
Ditto. Sotutu will be some player.
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Carrol making great metres. Ruru loses the ball forward, but Bulls have given away a penalty. Should be kickable.
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Black's boot wins the game for the Blues!!! Great kick.
FT: Bulls 21 - 23 Blues
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@Stargazer please his tackle was never dangerous. These SA refs makes up shit
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@Rebound I'd need to see it again, but his arm looked close to the Bulls' player's neck. Sotutu has a bit of a habit of making that mistake, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was the case. The ref was in a better position to see it, than we could with that camera angle.
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Well done the Blues. Any win in Pretoria by a NZ side is sweet.
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@Stargazer Are you serious?! We actually turned a loss into a win?! WOOOOHOOOO!!!!! Or am I dreaming???
Haha thanks again mate for the updates much appreciated.
UP THE BLUES!!!!!
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@Stargazer it wasn't a Aussie ref. It was a SA ref again and making up shit, like the previous game. Sotutu's tackle gets made every minute. He just ministered the player and the ref found a reason to give a yellow
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@African-Monkey Haha, no, you're not dreaming. A deserved win, too.
Not a great game, due to the wet weather making the field - and the ball - slippery. The first half deserved a draw, but the Blues were better than the Bulls in the second half.
My stand-outs were Sotutu, Robinson and Black, who has been a much needed improvement on Perofeta at 10.
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Crucial win for the boys there. First time we've won 2 of our first 4 games since 2013 so it keeps us in the hunt to maybe do something this year especially with both wins coming away from home.
We'll do well to get anything next week however against a strong Stormers side.
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@Stargazer How did Plummer and Perofeta look in their new positions?
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Not the prettiest game, but in those conditions, I'm happy enough to come away with any type of win. I actually can't remember the last time we won over there.
Parsons looks like he'll be out for a while, so I'm guessing Tolai will be flown over for the Stormers game.
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@African-Monkey Perofeta definitely better at 15 than at 10. Had a few nice touches, so I'd give him a pass mark. The Blues' midfield was quite anonymous in this game.
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@African-Monkey said in Bulls v Blues:
@Stargazer How did Plummer and Perofeta look in their new positions?
Perofeta wasn't bad, but Plummer looked lost on defense at 12. He let in a few big linebreaks in the first half.
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Bless the Blues social media guy who has to get up early on a Sunday just to make a post.
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I guess Plummer was only used to give Faiane a rest and to have fresh legs in altitude as well as us having no backup 12s. I'd expect Faiane to come back next week. Glad Perofeta played well too. I think he'd go better at the back in a 2nd playmaker type role as I don't think he's the man to be guiding us around the paddock from 10 at this stage.
@Dice 2012 was the last time we won there 29-23. Gareth Anscombe scored all our points on debut and I remember Morne Steyn having a shocker with the boot that day too.
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They did lose veteran hooker James Parsons late in the piece to what looked a serious shoulder injury and he now looks a doubtful starter for next week's visit to the Stormers who have opened the season with four straight victories..
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@African-Monkey Yeah, TJ needed a rest after playing every minute in the first 3 games.
Perofeta definitely looks much better at fullback.
That's right, I forgot all about that win in 2012. Should've been easy to remember considering it was Anscombe's debut and he scored all the points.
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@African-Monkey said in Bulls v Blues:
Crucial win for the boys there. First time we've won 2 of our first 4 games since 2013 so it keeps us in the hunt to maybe do something this year especially with both wins coming away from home.
We'll do well to get anything next week however against a strong Stormers side.
Yeah - that might have been the most crucial game of the season for the Blues.
Stormers next week, followed by the Canes in Wellington - could have been looking at 1-5 and confidence shot.
I think the task for the Blues is to keep picking up enough points and retaining confidence to still be in the play-off hunt when Beauden turns up.
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Really pleased wtih that win. Once again, we did enough to win, but just weren't clinical or effective. Opened the door to them over and over again, but they just weren't quite good enough to get over the line. A better team would have.
That said, any win there is a good win. Mentally really stuck at it.
The refereeing was interesting. Really not sure how a shoulder to the head isn't a red any more - the judiciary may have a good look at that.
Anyway, Perofeta looks much better at 15, Black seems to be the number one 10 for me, and I can't see why Ruru gets so much gametime. Lots to work on, but a win is a win is a win.
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I thought Narawa went very well in his first start in the wet - promising signs there.
Caroll actually had some impact which was pleasing.
As others have said Perofeta went very well at 15, Robinson was outstanding, Black did well at 10 and Ruru is a nightmare to watch. Parsons off the ball tackle was so dumb.
Was a must win so nice to see Blues season isn't dead just yet.
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So two young gingas (Big Red and Cullen Grace) are battling it out for 6?
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Was nice to win one of these close ones.
Ref was wildly inconsistent, sometimes in our favour, sometimes not. Again, nice to get past a bit of a home town referee.
Conditions were awful, made Duffies try and Perofetas high takes even more impressive.
Robinson was great again.
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@Kirwan said in Bulls v Blues:
Was nice to win one of these close ones.
Ref was wildly inconsistent, sometimes in our favour, sometimes not. Again, nice to get past a bit of a home town referee.
Conditions were awful, made Duffies try and Perofetas high takes even more impressive.
Robinson was great again.
I was sure he's would spill that bullet offload, tricky to take a full speed in the wet
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@Machpants said in Bulls v Blues:
@Kirwan said in Bulls v Blues:
Was nice to win one of these close ones.
Ref was wildly inconsistent, sometimes in our favour, sometimes not. Again, nice to get past a bit of a home town referee.
Conditions were awful, made Duffies try and Perofetas high takes even more impressive.
Robinson was great again.
I was sure he's would spill that bullet offload, tricky to take a full speed in the wet
hell yeah, Duffie threw that full noise at Perofeta. Great hands by both of them
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that last try of the Bulls, the 9 has gone to pick it up between the 8s legs, who has then pretty much pulled it from his grasp, surely that is accidental offside or a forward 'pass'...
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How was Hendricks not penalised for batting the cross field kick to Telea forward into touch?
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@taniwharugby said in Bulls v Blues:
that last try of the Bulls, the 9 has gone to pick it up between the 8s legs, who has then pretty much pulled it from his grasp, surely that is accidental offside or a forward 'pass'...
It doesn't look too bad to me, but if there was a problem with it, it might've ended with a penalty try anyway. With Sotutu in the bin, we were scrumming with 7 men then.
