Highlanders v Crusaders

[Chris]

@yeetyaah said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:

@kiwiwomble I'm assuming it means that he's trimmed some weight.

Or he’s not pissed anymore and has now found his own shorts instead of his team mates

[Tim]

Grace and MMT should be a good match-up. Was impressed with both in the preseason games.

[Yeetyaah]

Hahaha fuck speaking of Josh Ioane on the piss. Some of you guys might think I'm a dick if you don't already. When I was living in Dunedin a bunch of the Otago players were out on the piss and I was at the same bar as them and Josh Ioane got up to do whatever and I nicked his beer. In my defence I was drunk as shit.

[Bones]

@yeetyaah said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:

Hahaha fuck speaking of Josh Ioane on the piss. Some of you guys might think I'm a dick if you don't already. When I was living in Dunedin a bunch of the Otago players were out on the piss and I was at the same bar as them and Josh Ioane got up to do whatever and I nicked his beer. In my defence I was drunk as shit I think Waikato just lost the shield to them so I was kinda salty.

Oh so we've got you to blame for Josh's beer abandonment issues. Fucken dick!

[delicatessen]

@yeetyaah I mean ur a chiefs man so we kind of already knew, but thanks for the confirmation 👍

[Chris]

@yeetyaah said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:

Hahaha fuck speaking of Josh Ioane on the piss. Some of you guys might think I'm a dick if you don't already. When I was living in Dunedin a bunch of the Otago players were out on the piss and I was at the same bar as them and Josh Ioane got up to do whatever and I nicked his beer. In my defence I was drunk as shit.

Figures really

[mofitzy_]

@kiwiwomble
No Selby-Rickit or PPP. Possibly rewarding preseason form?

[gt12]

Saders by plenty from looking at the teams.

The Landers might shade them in the loosies and have Smith and Fakatava, but I doubt that will be enough.

I do hope that Alaimalo goes nuts at 15 for the Landers. He's such a potential weapon and I'd like to see him deliver on his potential.

[Bones]

@mofitzy_ PPP is out injured I thought.

[mofitzy_]

@bones
You are right. Ankle, no time estimates given but not season-ending.

Crusaders look quite weak in the back row IMO, but then I still have a hard time taking some of those players seriously after being bullied as U20s. Certainly not McCaw/Read level.

[Tim]

@mofitzy_ Highlanders front five look rather weak. Backs are very average. Crusaders by 20+.

[Bones]

@tim hashtag noharbourplayers

[Old Samurai Jack]

Reckon the Highlanders are going to knock over a few teams this year.

[Stargazer]

@mofitzy_ said in SRA 2021 Round 1: Highlanders v Crusaders:

@kiwiwomble
No Selby-Rickit or PPP. Possibly rewarding preseason form?

I keep the SRA injury list up-to-date on the Fern. There is a very vague time estimate for PPP's return: "not expected to be available until April".

This thread shows you how to find the injury list: https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4463/tsf-navigation-menu-rugby-match-pages

[Tim]

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/300239144/super-rugby-crusaders-wary-of-stricter-implementation-of-offside-rule

[Duluth]

Whats par for this one? Crusaders by 10?

Last year the Crusaders had two 20 point victories and a 10 point one over the Highlanders

[Kiwiwomble]

@duluth look, the think we CAN win...but yeah, it’s the crusaders so 10-15 loss wouldn’t be a surprise

[KiwiMurph]

Any word on crowd size?

[Kiwiwomble]

@kiwimurph they've been advertising the zoo is open again and its o'week so hoping for a big one

[Crucial]

@tim stricter interpretation? How does one interpret a very clear law to start with?
Very pleased to hear though. “Clearly onside” is what I have advocated for years