Crusaders v Blues
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Those last minutes of defense suggest the blues are properly title contenders.
Brilliant game.
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Unlucky saders, might have been a different result without Barrett brain spasms.
Congrats blues! Can't help but think Beauds should have gone off and Perofeta stayed on...
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Both Barrett's tried the best to help their team lose, Scott'won'
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What a win. Best game of Super rugby since fucken ages.
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Fucken stocked to see such a great game of rugby, well played all.
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What a fucking game.
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Honestly, Crusaders did a great job to get back into that one. I was a bit worried.
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Blues man of the match voting:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/5261/blues-motm-v-crusaders/1 -
Here Dalton you dropped this - 👑
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Barrett should have put that game away. Two big penalty misses from Perofeta, and team bombed two tries with a man advantage.
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@toddy would’ve been boring if we had won. Saders doing their part to help NZ and Super rugby 😀
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Some dodgy refereeing but a great game. Blus jept theor composure n the last 5 minutes.
Papilii was awesome as was Ofa, Jordan & Mounga.
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Blues loose forwards were huge. Tu'ungufasi huge.
Jordan is class.
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Dalton made so many big plays inside the 22. One of the best individual performances of the season.
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@gt12 said in Crusaders v Blues:
Ioane pace to cover on defense is absolutely incredible. I count four times he shouldn’t have made ground. That tackle was brilliant.
Yeah, he's awesome in cover, it's just a pity his pace isn't used so well in attack by the ABs.
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@tim Sotutu was like a man possessed
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@steven-harris Yeah, best game from him for a couple of seasons.
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We possibly have the best loose forward depth we have seen in some time. I just wish our locking depth was the same.
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Hope Hodgman is OK.
He's been massive this year.
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Rieko didn't make any breaks, but he had a lot of tough carries in traffic that got us going.
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@steven-harris said in Crusaders v Blues:
@tim Sotutu was like a man possessed
Hoskins was great. He didn't drift out of the game like he's prone to do. Also made the effort to make sure each his plays counted. Hit hard on D, was a pest at the ruck and did it for 80.
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What a great game and from a Blues point of view grateful for the win ,but on the other hand I have got to say what a champion team the Crusaders are ..no other team would have come back like that after looking down and out
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Surely Jordan has to be the All Black fullback? He needs to get his hands on the ball more in Test rugby.
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That is why I love this game! Bloody brilliant1 Loved it as a neutral I was still on edge of my seat.
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@antipodean said in Crusaders v Blues:
Surely Jordan has to be the All Black fullback? He needs to get his hands on the ball more in Test rugby.
Not decent international teams ten are going to kick it to him as much as beaudy did
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@machpants said in Crusaders v Blues:
@antipodean said in Crusaders v Blues:
Surely Jordan has to be the All Black fullback? He needs to get his hands on the ball more in Test rugby.
Not decent international teams ten are going to kick it to him as much as beaudy did
I don't see how that's relevant to my point.
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Think that win will be great for this team's collective psyche going forward. Lot of pressure to beat the Crusaders.
Now Barrett, don't kick it back to Jordan so much!
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@toddy said in Crusaders v Blues:
@bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
@act-crusader said in Crusaders v Blues:
Win or lose, Sotutu clear MOTM. He’s been everywhere.
Don't you ignore the DP
Barely seen in the 2nd half.
Until he was!
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@dan54 great for the comp ,and just the game it needed , can’t wait to see the sky ratings
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@bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
Unlucky saders, might have been a different result without Barrett brain spasms.
Congrats blues! Can't help but think Beauds should have gone off and Perofeta stayed on...
Bones, you and I are at one on that. Perofeta would have been much more measured.
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Just saw Hodgman up and talking to the fans. Hopefully a good sign!
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Blues loosies got through plenty of tackles
Robinson 10 (2 misses)
Papali'i 21 (0 misses)
Sotutu 15 (0 misses)Worth mentioning Ioanes defensive game too: 16 tackles, 2 misses. That's an usually high number of tackles for a centre
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Those talking up Perofeta for the ABs were premature. He showed a lack of big game temperament in this game.
Papali'i - the best player on the field.
I'm going to praise Fraser as well, who didn't get fooled by either team trying to milk penalties.
No idea how the commentary was I didn't listen to it!
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@duluth amazing Stats ..special to Luke Romano as well , to play 80 minutes when he got bugger all minutes last year is incredible
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That's s really nice win.
Not much downside if we lost, but damn that feels good. Blues continuing to build nicely.
Remember, the first crusaders title was a burglary... Ya got to start somewhere. This looked like dominance in a lot of key areas.
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@pakman said in Crusaders v Blues:
@bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
Unlucky saders, might have been a different result without Barrett brain spasms.
Congrats blues! Can't help but think Beauds should have gone off and Perofeta stayed on...
Bones, you and I are at one on that. Perofeta would have been much more measured.
Yea, cos Perofeta was playing amazing rugby before he came off... there is some absolute rubbish mentioned on here.
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Magnificent result for this team, great game to watch.
Our looses completely dominated theirs. First half BB was excellent, second half kicked a bit too much and not well. But outplayed RM fairly comprehensively.
FC must be the form halfback in the country too.
Dalton was immense for us tonight. Tackles like a demon, carried well, calm.
As for the red card, SB is a grub. He had plenty of time to pull out of that, cowardly and could make an argument that he did that on purpose. Better get more than three weeks.
Imagine that sort of brain dead thuggery in a World Cup. Puke.
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@tj said in Crusaders v Blues:
@pakman said in Crusaders v Blues:
@bones said in Crusaders v Blues:
Unlucky saders, might have been a different result without Barrett brain spasms.
Congrats blues! Can't help but think Beauds should have gone off and Perofeta stayed on...
Bones, you and I are at one on that. Perofeta would have been much more measured.
Yea, cos Perofeta was playing amazing rugby before he came off... there is some absolute rubbish mentioned on here.
Yeah, he wilted a bit under the pressure. Good experience for him to improve from.
I prefer Sullivan at 15, but Perofeta has been good for us at ten.
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@kirwan said in Crusaders v Blues:
Our looses completely dominated theirs.
Not being a dick here, but honestly didn't notice Blackadder at all. Big Red had his number.
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