Rebels v Chiefs
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@Nepia said in Rebels v Chiefs:
Stan interviewing Ah Kuoi about music. He's a pretty funny dude.
He's certainly not introverted.
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@African-Monkey said in Rebels v Chiefs:
@Stargazer What was wrong with the game? A good close game that went down to the wire, am I missing something?
The quality was pretty poor to be fair, lots of errors, limited flow and just wasn't that enjoyable to watch. The last 5 minutes was more interesting than the prior 75 put together.
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@African-Monkey said in Rebels v Chiefs:
@Stargazer What was wrong with the game? A good close game that went down to the wire, am I missing something?
Decent teams
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@chimoaus I didnt think it was too bad, 2 teams not at thier best though.
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@taniwharugby I think I am more frustrated than anything, the Chiefs have loads of potential but for whatever reason are their own worst enemy. I must admit ST, Lord, Ah Kuoi and QT impressed. 10 continues to be an issue, JI has some sublime attacking skills but his line kicking and option taking is poor at times. Gatland has been just as bad. I do hope they get it together come finals time as they are likely to have a home semi.
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JI has moments where I can see why he was an AB then nek minnut he does something incredibly sloppy. Besides his obvious passing flops, his kick offs are often terrible and today was no exception. A very frustrating player because the basic ingredients are there for him to be a top tier 10. It's almost as though he is not always there mentally.
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@chimoaus said in Rebels v Chiefs:
@taniwharugby I think I am more frustrated than anything, the Chiefs have loads of potential but for whatever reason are their own worst enemy. I must admit ST, Lord, Ah Kuoi and QT impressed. 10 continues to be an issue, JI has some sublime attacking skills but his line kicking and option taking is poor at times. Gatland has been just as bad. I do hope they get it together come finals time as they are likely to have a home semi.
Josh Ioane was real bad, he did some of the dumbest things that almost seemed to be trying assist Rebels!
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@Canes4life said in Rebels v Chiefs:
So it’s looking like a Chiefs vs Canes quarter in Hamilton aslong as both teams win their remaining games.
Cripple fight…
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Just watched the game then read the thread. Really struggle with a lot of the ott comments with so many proven wrong quickly. Hope the players do not read them..
Thought I saw one player make errors that cost 21 points and kill two likely tries. But he did add plenty of needed attacking flair and was just back after a long break, so not all gloomy. The Chief coaches have plenty of work to do to address the repeat errors though.
Tiatia was pretty useful filling in out of position at late notice. Not sure why he cops it.
Hodge and Kellaway are quite a threat and were well contained by Chiefs.
I was surprised the ref let players keep diving clean over the top of the tackled player. After the first 18 minutes of that happening I thought the Chiefs looked the better team. But none of the commentary sees it that way.
I thought the Chiefs kept the Rebels in it with regular errors made of complacency. Just wonder how I can be so very wrong.
I do agree though that Chiefs are not contenders if they can't solve the issues at 10 and 15 quickly. -
@ACT-Crusader atleast we beat the Tahs. 😂
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I haven't read the thread yet but the Chiefs gifted the Rebels their 3 tries. Ioane was their best player.
The backline still looks disjointed, not helped by McMillan rotating too many players in and out, and not settling on a preferred back three. He needs to do that against the Force and Drua.
The positives were Ah Kuoi having his best game this season, and the continued development of the young locks. Throw in BBBR next week and things are looking up.
In fairness, Ioane did some good things too, but like Weber, looked like someone who hadn't played in weeks. Ratima needs to be the bench halfback from here on.
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@ARHS said in Rebels v Chiefs:
Just watched the game then read the thread. Really struggle with a lot of the ott comments with so many proven wrong quickly. Hope the players do not read them..
Welcome to the Fern. I’m ACT Crusader.
That is the Fern’s specialty
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I'm really fucking pleased I didn't watch that game live.
I think @Stargazer asked if we'd prefer JI or Gatland.
Neither.
However, since we don't know if Dmac is coming back, I still say JI - he's usually good for one intercept a game, and the three tries he helped them to this week are really fucking anoying annoying but he's had fuck-all rugby. He would push me to the other side if he did that with the amount of rugby that Gats has had, and if I didn't remember that Gatland is usually good for at least one charge down and and intercept a game too. We are just poor at 10/15.
We also aren't a Championship team. However, if we are going to tip the top teams up, it will be because they miss the intercept chances off JI and he creates tries, as he did tonight - Samisoni's try and the final try don’t happen without his footwork.
I think Tiatia showed some usefulness with some of the distance he could get from his left foot, since we have no choice but to have BOP players clogging up the backline, at least he showed he can help us get exits.
In other good news, Ah Kuoi was excellent and both of the replacement props look better than the starters, It was nice to see Moli scrumming and looking like he knew what he was doing, as opposed to what he looks like on the loosehead.
@anyone from media who will write in the media, please ask those who rate Ta'avao why they do at scrum time - lately we've heard on the rugbypod and others that he is a tidy/good/solid scummager. What is the evidence for that?
With BBBR and Nankivell back, and Sowakula starting, I think we will be one of those dangerous teams that no-one wants to play as we could be real fluffybunnies by beating them when we shouldn't. I can't see us doing that three weekends in a row, but I wouldn't be surprised if we fucked things up royally for the Blues (for example) in a semi final, then got blown out a week later by the Saders.
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@Canes4life said in Rebels v Chiefs:
@ACT-Crusader atleast we beat the Tahs. 😂
We’ve been underdogs all season.
