Game of three halves - Blues/Crusaders/Chiefs - 20/02, 12pm
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The main info:
The Chiefs have come to the party and will host both the Blues and Crusaders in a ‘game of three halves’ on Saturday to round out a rescheduled Super Rugby Aotearoa pre-season. The noon fixture (live on Sky Sport) will be played at Hautapu Sports in Cambridge and will be closed to public. The match will be played under NZR level 2 operating protocols due to the close proximity to Auckland and need to take maximum precautions ahead of Super Rugby Aotearoa. -
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@ploughboy lol. My former home ground...
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@arhs said in Game of three halves - Blues/Crusaders/Chiefs - 20/02, 12pm:
@ploughboy lol. My former home ground...
the only thing i remember about that ground is getting binned for punching on with a dude that was rucking my halfbacks head
it was shit because he hit me harder than i hit him.
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The third ground where I lost so much skin has not been watered!Remember playing a Waikato Junior trial game on it in the distant past. No hands in the ruck,kick out on the full anywhere on the field,three points for a try,no lineout lifting,the fine art of dribbling a tactic,and we called that rugby.!!Tight heads were so difficult to achieve,because the ball had to go in straight that if you could drop the scrum as a hooker you became famous.Cant recall a game of three halves either.
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Goodhue at 13 and Havili at 12! Great!
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@bovidae said in Game of three halves - Blues/Crusaders/Chiefs - 20/02, 12pm:
The Chiefs are still missing the same players from the previous game of 3 halves, plus L Boshier. DMac at 1st 5!
I know it is unpopular, but we are going to be a bit shit anyway, so we may as well see whether DMac has developed any fucking brains at all. If he can play (somewhat) within himself at 10 and use the guys around him, that's probably better than having him run across field 50 times a game.
It may also allow them to bring in Trask, Reihana and some others more easily.
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@gt12 My take is that Trask must have an injury which will prevent him from playing in the opening game. Playing DMac at 1st 5 in this game means he will likely be the backup 1st 5 to Gatland in the Highlanders game. I can't see Reihana making the 23 when there are a number of other options at fullback (Tiatia, Stevenson, Nanai-Seturo).
It would be good if the Chiefs provided updates on the status of Moli, Ta'avao, Brown, Sowakula and Trask. They have a first-up bye so availability may change.
