Crusaders v Western Force
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1. Tamaiti Williams
2. Ricky Jackson
3. Oli Jager
4. Zach Gallagher
5. Sam Whitelock (VC)
6. Pablo Matera
7. Ethan Blackadder
8. Cullen Grace
9. Mitchell Drummond
10. Richie Mo'unga (VC)
11. Leicester Fainga'anuku
12. David Havili (C)
13. Braydon Ennor
14. George Bridge
15. Will JordanRESERVES:
16. George Bell*
17. Finlay Brewis
18. Fletcher Newell
19. Dominic Gardiner
20. Sione Havili Talitui
21. Bryn Hall
22. Fergus Burke
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@Chris Geezus, more changes, now with an U20 hooker on the bench. Just when you thought the team couldn't get any weaker, it does!
Here's the media release:
https://www.crusaders.co.nz/latest/news/crusaders-team-named-to-play-the-western-force/
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Force
Tom Robertson, Feleti Kaitu'u (c), Santiago Medrano, Ryan McCauley, Izack Rodda, Fergus Lee-Warner, Ollie Callan, Tim Anstee, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, Reesjan Pasitoa, Manasa Mataele, Bayley Kuenzle, Kyle Godwin, Byron Ralston, Jake Strachan
Reserves: Andrew Ready, Angus Wagner, Bo Abra, Jeremy Thrush, Alex Masibaka, Ian Prior, Jake McIntyre, Richard Kahui
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@Stargazer said in Crusaders v Western Force:
@Chris Geezus, more changes, now with an U20 hooker on the bench. Just when you thought the team couldn't get any weaker, it does!
Here's the media release:
https://www.crusaders.co.nz/latest/news/crusaders-team-named-to-play-the-western-force/
I rate George Bell he is better than Klein and potentially McAlister it maybe a step up.
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@FakatavaFuture said in Crusaders v Western Force:
@Chris Ricky Jackson starting and the reserve hooker is George Bell who attended John McGlashan college😅
Yep George Bell has been in the Crusaders academy for the last 2 years, he came up straight after school.I rate him he is a decent prospect.
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@Dan54 said in Crusaders v Western Force:
Is that my imagination, or is that a not too scarey Crusaders' team
We’ve been underdogs all season
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@ACT-Crusader said in Crusaders v Western Force:
@Dan54 said in Crusaders v Western Force:
Is that my imagination, or is that a not too scarey Crusaders' team
We’ve been underdogs all season
Don't in anyway get me wrong, I don't consider them underdogs or even likely to lose. I just saying quite often we (well me anyway) have looked at Crusaders and thought, geez that is almost an unbeatable team at this level, I not sure the team named for this weekend make me think same thing.
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@Dan54 said in Crusaders v Western Force:
Is that my imagination, or is that a not too scarey Crusaders' team
From Whitelock out they're all internationals aside from FABLF and in the pack they have FABZG and FABTW (fatties are apparently allowed now).
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Only two current ABs in that pack.
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@Nepia said in Crusaders v Western Force:
@Dan54 said in Crusaders v Western Force:
Is that my imagination, or is that a not too scarey Crusaders' team
From Whitelock out they're all internationals aside from FABLF and in the pack they have FABZG and FABTW (fatties are apparently allowed now).
Yep mate but I think we all suspect a few maybe ABs that weren't really frontliners?
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Western Force have always been a bit of a bogey team for the Crusaders esp. in Perth, haven't they?
On the positives, through Zach Gallagher, Newell and Tamati Williams you can see the next generation coming through. Cullen is coming right in spurts and Blackadder will just get better. Got to admit though, it really seems a transition period of sorts at the moment. On a positive note, RM will get more experience with a less dominant pack.... -
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Crusaders v Western Force:
Western Force have always been a bit of a bogey team for the Crusaders esp. in Perth, haven't they?
Yes. Crusaders have 3 wins, 2 losses and a draw in Perth
Last game there was 2016 and the Crusaders only won 20-19
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