Blues v Highlanders
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That was scrappy. Much needed win for the Blues.
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@african-monkey chiefs fans 1996 - 2009
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@antipodean said in Blues v Highlanders:
Can't think of a more fitting way for this game to end.
Bingo.
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@kiwimurph Yeah was thinking the same thing haha.
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@african-monkey said in Blues v Highlanders:
@kiwiwomble It's how us Blues fans felt throughout the 2010s.
Don’t forget excluding one year we haven’t been much better since the early 2000s
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Blues man of the match voting:
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@bovidae said in Blues v Highlanders:
If I was a Highlanders fan I would be questioning some of Brown's decisions. Hunt is a midget so putting him at fullback is just asking for trouble. Remember the end of the North-South game?
Also, Ofa was shit. No way you'd want him in the ABs.
Even Browny has effectively said he’s an assistant, he wants to come up with moves and patterns, he only took the job because no one else wanted it and he cares about the team and figured he was better than someone completely out of their depth
We’re just seeing the proof now
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@bovidae Yeah but we're hardly blessed at tighthead. Laulala is an automatic because he's the best scrummager by a mile even if he offers nothing else, so Ofa kind of keeps his spot by default, with the equally ill disciplined/average scrummaging Tyral Lomax competing for his spot. Ta'avao is even worse than those two and he's next cab off the rank so yeah, that's all we really have these days.
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@kiwimurph Exactly. It's virtually a decent NPC side out there with Aaron Smith.
NZ rugby really would have benefitted with Folau Fakatava going to the Crusaders.
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@african-monkey And Ainsley took a step backwards this week. Hodgman's stocks went up after struggling against Mafileo the week before. No props are really standing out.
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@bovidae Moody also isn't getting any youger, Bower is barely Super Rugby level and Tu'inukuafe is awful around the paddock for a benchie. He either starts or doesn't play. Moody/De Groot/Hodgman are probably our 3 best looseheads.
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I respect Sir John Kirwin with his work in and around mental health but as rugby analyst he is just embarrassing..just a fan boy ..
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@african-monkey I mean the previous couple seasons it's been Aaron ft an npc level backline of Collins, Joane , sio + a gun in Nareki & on their day they'd gel pretty well compared to what's going on this yr🙁
