Crusaders. v Reds
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@Stargazer You'll know more about the process than me.
It was clearly dangerous, but also looked reasonably clear that Matera got lucky and the guy landed on his shoulder first, so I thought the referees ruled it consistent with instructions.
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@Chris said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@Stargazer said in Crusaders. v Reds:
It looked like the Crusaders played with the handbrakes on. All they needed to do was win. No need for a bonus point.
With the players they were missing, clearly also a spark was missing.
Lots of dry powder, I think.
Yep just enough done to win Taylor,Newell,Mounga.Hall,Reece and Goodhue back next week.
Its finals footy coming up get through to the knockouts with no injuries, pretty much what the Blues are doing playing a B/C team.
This week does not really matter too much its all about the next 3 weeks.Well every competition game my team plays matters greatly to me.
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@Higgins said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@Chris said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@Stargazer said in Crusaders. v Reds:
It looked like the Crusaders played with the handbrakes on. All they needed to do was win. No need for a bonus point.
With the players they were missing, clearly also a spark was missing.
Lots of dry powder, I think.
Yep just enough done to win Taylor,Newell,Mounga.Hall,Reece and Goodhue back next week.
Its finals footy coming up get through to the knockouts with no injuries, pretty much what the Blues are doing playing a B/C team.
This week does not really matter too much its all about the next 3 weeks.Well every competition game my team plays matters greatly to me.
Really after Mp v Canes.Not great against the tahs I would not say your team has dominated its way through the Rds.
Only the Playoffs count you don't win the Championship until the final the rest is about doing enough to get there with not many injuries.And keeping you powder dry look back at the last 5 seasons. -
@Chris Are you trying to imply that the Hurricanes non "Playoffs" round robin Hurricanes loss to the MP and less than stellar performances against the Waratahs and Reds "does not really matter"?
Well it should as the loss of those points dropped against MP probably means no home ground playoff advantage and the financial benefits that come with that just for starters. -
Watching behind....
Pablo got lucky with the yellow
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@Higgins said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@Chris Are you trying to imply that the Hurricanes non "Playoffs" round robin Hurricanes loss to the MP and less than stellar performances against the Waratahs and Reds "does not really matter"?
Well it should as the loss of those points dropped against MP probably means no home ground playoff advantage and the financial benefits that come with that just for starters.No what I am saying from this weekend on its more about no injuries getting through the weekend and getting the Job done in the playoffs, you cant peak for 16 weeks then a QF,SF and Final. You have to pull back to preserve your squad some where or you are spent before finals time.
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@Chris You clearly stated that this weeks games does not really matter to which I replied that every competition game my team plays matters to me. Then you threw up three less than disappointing Hurricanes performances back to me as if they should not matter to me because the Hurricanes did not go as well as expected.
Now you are saying
@Chris said in Crusaders. v Reds:
No what I am saying from this weekend on its more about no injuries getting through the weekend and getting the Job done in the playoffs, you cant peak for 16 weeks then a QF,SF and Final. You have to pull back to preserve your squad some where or you are spent before finals time.
I cannot see where you are saying that in your reply to my post pointing out that all my teams competition games do matter to me.
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@number9 said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@Chris Crusaders didn't rest anyone. They looked laboured tonight. They will be facing the Reds again I think they'll win but will do it tough. Playing like that they won't make the Final.
Didn’t rest anyone ??
No Taylor,Mounga,Goodhue,Newell or Hall that’s
5 I see rested/ not playing who would be in the top 23.
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@Higgins said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@Chris You clearly stated that this weeks games does not really matter to which I replied that every competition game my team plays matters to me. Then you threw up three less than disappointing Hurricanes performances back to me as if they should not matter to me because the Hurricanes did not go as well as expected.
Now you are saying
@Chris said in Crusaders. v Reds:
No what I am saying from this weekend on its more about no injuries getting through the weekend and getting the Job done in the playoffs, you cant peak for 16 weeks then a QF,SF and Final. You have to pull back to preserve your squad some where or you are spent before finals time.
I cannot see where you are saying that in your reply to my post pointing out that all my teams competition games do matter to me.
Yep so I stated that they don’t matter in the greater theme of things.
You don’t win a title this week so I am happy as a fan to get through the week with a win with no injuries.
You are the one that jumped on my post, not the other way around I stand by my post it’s all about next week and beyond.I don’t care about performances this week as long the job gets done. -
Blackadder was bloody lucky not to see a YC in the 51st for me, just lay there to stop the Reds attack, clearly on purpose.
How the fuck that isn’t a RC for Matera is beyond me. Dropped from height and just lucky the guy managed to get his shoulder coming down to get an arm out (still think his head directly hit the ground). Fucking lucky the guy is walking tomorrow.
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@gt12 said in Crusaders. v Reds:
Blackadder was bloody lucky not to see a YC in the 51st for me, just lay there to stop the Reds attack, clearly on purpose.
How the fuck that isn’t a RC for Matera is beyond me. Dropped from height and just lucky the guy managed to get his shoulder coming down to get an arm out (still think his head directly hit the ground). Fucking lucky the guy is walking tomorrow.
Dumb, dirty play which should have seen him red carded.
There’s no place for that shit in rugby and thankfully they’ve scrapped the 20-minute red for next season.
Teams deserve to play with 14 men for things like that.
Far more players have been retired through shoulder injuries than head injuries, so whilst the ref made the correct call under current guidelines any lift past the 90 & subsequent drop should be a RC IMHO.
Whether the player lands on the head or shoulder or back first.
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@number9 said in Crusaders. v Reds:
Crusader's scrum was hardly dominant at all, their general forward play was not up to scratch. Kicking was abysmal.
We’ve been underdogs all season.
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Bower played well as he has done most games. Looks like the frontrunner to take the AB loosehead spot. Needs to show it against better props in the finals though.
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@Chris said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@number9 said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@Chris Crusaders didn't rest anyone. They looked laboured tonight. They will be facing the Reds again I think they'll win but will do it tough. Playing like that they won't make the Final.
Didn’t rest anyone ??
No Taylor,Mounga,Goodhue,Newell or Hall that’s
5 I see rested/ not playing who would be in the top 23.
So no they did.What about the rest of your All Blacks? I don't know Whitlock, Bower, Barrett, Havili, Ennor, Reece Blackadder etc etc etc and Hall was injured during the warm ups. No, you guys just did not gel at home. You'll beat the Reds this week, but will struggle to beat most likely the Brumbies at the semis with such a poor performance.
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@MiketheSnow said in Crusaders. v Reds:
umb, dirty play which should have seen him red carded.
There’s no place for that shit in rugby and thankfully they’ve scrapped the 20-minute red for next season.Buggar. Its the one rule change that I definitely liked. Teams are still penalised by losing a (maybe key) player etc but for those watching the game the game isn't often ruined. Esp if its early in the first half
So a player is penalised. But not the team too heavily and spectators who have paid good money to watch it. It esp applies in finals (inc semis etc)
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@number9 said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@Chris said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@number9 said in Crusaders. v Reds:
@Chris Crusaders didn't rest anyone. They looked laboured tonight. They will be facing the Reds again I think they'll win but will do it tough. Playing like that they won't make the Final.
Didn’t rest anyone ??
No Taylor,Mounga,Goodhue,Newell or Hall that’s
5 I see rested/ not playing who would be in the top 23.
So no they did.What about the rest of your All Blacks? I don't know Whitlock, Bower, Barrett, Havili, Ennor, Reece Blackadder etc etc etc and Hall was injured during the warm ups. No, you guys just did not gel at home. You'll beat the Reds this week, but will struggle to beat most likely the Brumbies at the semis with such a poor performance.
What has that got to with you saying we didn’t rest anyone when we clearly did.
That’s what I was commenting on not the rest of your post.
