Crusaders v Fijian Drua

[taniwharugby]

@hydro11 there was one a couple of weeks back, the Crusaders reserve lock.i think, went down to penalty then he got himself red carded 5 mins.later.

[Steven Harris]

@Stag ,this is where the NRL beats Rugby hands down ..if a rule looks like crap ,the NRL will change it immediately even if it is mid season

[taniwharugby]

@Steven-Harris aren't they pretty much self governing, whereas rugby has WR who seem to have no feel for the game running things

[Machpants]

@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Fijian Drua:

@Steven-Harris aren't they pretty much self governing, whereas rugby has WR who seem to have no feel for the game running things

They do a bloody nice gin and tonic in their Dublin office, tho. Whisky is good, too

[Stag]

Christie has to be very much in the discussion for the All Blacks number 7 jersey.

[Steven Harris]

@taniwharugby that’s your answer right there ,one organisation has a feel for it’s own game ..they other is quite prepared to sit back watching this debacle unfold

[Machpants]

Lol well over ten real minutes later, they call for an HIA. Pathetic work by the doctors.

[Steven Harris]

@Machpants someone from WR must have rung Bryce Laurence

[Machpants]

@Steven-Harris said in Crusaders v Fijian Drua:

@Machpants someone from WR must have rung Bryce Laurence

Rang? They've only just moved into the telegraph

[taniwharugby]

Nice angle run there, but then loses the ball.

The Drua could be really good in a couple of years with the right coaching a couple more decent recruits and a wee bit.more structure

[antipodean]

@Stag said in Crusaders v Fijian Drua:

Christie has to be very much in the discussion for the All Blacks number 7 jersey.

Yeah, nah.

[Machpants]

@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Fijian Drua:

Nice angle run there, but then loses the ball.

The Drua could be really good in a couple of years with the right coaching a couple more decent recruits and a wee bit.more structure

Same as MP, bloody early days, and a really compressed start. The Drua have a chance of going somewhere, whereas, imo, MP will always just be a sixth NZ side, as their international teams totally rely on NZ born and trained players

[Canerbry]

@antipodean elaborate?

[Stag]

@antipodean then you clearly know very little about loose forward play

[Dan54]

@Machpants said in Crusaders v Fijian Drua:

Lol well over ten real minutes later, they call for an HIA. Pathetic work by the doctors.

No HIA was called for the knee he copped in head when he scored! Not for early clash

[Dan54]

@Stag said in Crusaders v Fijian Drua:

@antipodean then you clearly know very little about loose forward play

I go with anti here, Christie isn't in the picture for test rugby really, a bloody good game against Drua who were getting beaten everywhere isn't how you judge a 7. Hell he not even first choice at Crusaders usually.

[Machpants]

Christie is good, but we have so many good loose forwards, I can't see him getting a look. He's not going to be anywhere near, in reality. Cest la vie, many unlucky loose forwards in NZ

[Grooter]

@Stag if Christie was an Aussie he would be the new age Phil Waugh🙂

[Bones]

@Stag said in Crusaders v Fijian Drua:

@antipodean then you clearly know very little about loose forward play

Clearly you could explain the massive amounts you know to us plebs please?

Even better if you could slip that info to Papalii, Cane, Savea, Blackadder, Jacobson.....

[antipodean]

@Canerbry said in Crusaders v Fijian Drua:

@antipodean elaborate?

On what? I'm not the one making the argument here.