Blues v Crusaders
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@nta I get it and don't disagree, but we see gamesmanship all the time - from all teams.
I think the Blues had the Crusader lineout a little uptight at times during the game. Whatever the Blues were doing I think they unsettled them a bit.
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@taniwharugby a couple of Ruru's box kicks were dire, but got lucky bounces.
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@crazy-horse said in Blues v Crusaders:
@nzzp said in Blues v Crusaders:
@crazy-horse said in Blues v Crusaders:
@nta I see I am going to have to watch what Reece did again. Didn't notice any theatrics apart from him putting his hand out to 'appeal' for a penalty.
I'm astonished ... he went down and stayed down like he'd been shot. Very soccer-like
Must have been too busy reading this place. I've always wondered how people can watch the game and post at the same time. It seems I can't.
Was at the pub after watching the other half try on about a million dresses for a wedding we have coming up, what is it about seeing chicks in a bra and undies in a changing room and knowing you can’t do anything about it ? So frustrating.....
But yeah, Reiko made a good half break and was about to comment on the fern but I got told to put my phone away and chat to her, not a bunch of people on the internet. Fair enough. She had shouted the beer after all.
The other three teams are complete also rans compared to these two.
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@crazy-horse said in Blues v Crusaders:
I think the Blues had the Crusader lineout a little uptight at times during the game. Whatever the Blues were doing I think they unsettled them a bit.
Shame it took them so long to get into a rhythm disrupting the Crusaders maul. I thought by the last 30 they were really precise on the maul defence.
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@mn5 said in Blues v Crusaders:
Was at the pub after watching the other half try on about a million dresses for a wedding we have coming up, what is it about seeing chicks in a bra and undies in a changing room and knowing you can’t do anything about it ? So frustrating.....
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@nta said in Blues v Crusaders:
@mn5 said in Blues v Crusaders:
Was at the pub after watching the other half try on about a million dresses for a wedding we have coming up, what is it about seeing chicks in a bra and undies in a changing room and knowing you can’t do anything about it ? So frustrating.....
Just the other half, nothing else worth perving at.
She did enjoy me telling her that a pair of twins were playing against each other in the game though.
Speaking of locks as someone mentioned earlier it’s pretty hard to look past Sam Whitelock as one of the best we’ve had, he’s played well for about a million years.
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Congratulations to the Crusaders. Such a well-oiled and ruthless machine, some of their big game players (Whitelock, Mo'unga, Goodhue) really stood up. I hope the ABs selectors are noticing how well Will Jordan and David Havaii are playing.
The Blues are still a work in progress. Three obvious work-ons to me:
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Discipline. 16 penalties is far too many to concede against a side as good as the Crusaders.
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Defensive work rate. Ethan Blackadder made 17 tackles in that game, Goodhue and Havaii 15 each, Taylor and Whitelock 12 each. The most from a Blue was Tuipolotu and Choat with 9 each and Choat came off the bench. You are not going to beat the Crusaders by allowing them to score 40+ points.
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Finding ways to get the ball in the hands of Caleb Clarke in space. He's a fantastic runner and attacking weapon but had only three carries in this game. The Blues need to look at their attacking game plan. Let the dangerman be the dangerman.
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@sparky said in Blues v Crusaders:
You are not going to beat the Crusaders by allowing them to score 40+ points.
slightly better kickign and we put 30 on the crusaders. That's not shabby.
Crusaders were super clinical, particularly in the first half, but seemed to get a lot of points handed to them.
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Liam Napier opines about a team being the real deal. It is obvious the Blues were inferior to the Crusaders today,but they did match tries scored.I would suggest this Blues team was the real deal last year and to continue to denigrate a team because they can’t finally beat arguably the best franchise team in world rugby,is to downplay the significant progress they have made.Of course they are the real deal.
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@trodthesod cheap clickbait journalism. My surprise knows no bounds.
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@trodthesod depends what you mean by real deal. If real deal means title contenders then Napier is right.
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Your right of course ,but the “real deal” for some reason grinds my gears.
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Some of the shoddy play from both teams today,suggested neither team was the “ real deal”!
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Loved it. Remember when Carlos Spencer walked into the corner after scoring in the last minute of a Crusaders-Blues game? Mild piss-taking between opposing players (if funny) is part of the game.
Reece executed it well. I hope him and Reiko had a beer or played a game of Fortnite together afterwards. Storm in tea cup.
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