Final: Blues vs Crusaders

[Duluth]

The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece

[Tim]

@Bones thought perofeta was decent

[Machpants]

That is how you play finals, and test, rugby. Very impressive, and deserved winners.

Blues really choked in the big spotlight

[booboo]

I keep saying 'brutal'.

Am in awe.

Well done the bad guys.

[kev]

@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.

Nock is terrible. Always has been

The problem is the lineout though

10 lineouts lost

9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match

What is your problem. Stop blaming someone for the bounce of the ball. Being an Auckland supporter and seeing the Blues come up short year after year seems to make you bad losers.

[Gunner]

Well done Crusaders, clinical.

The Blues let stage fright get the best of them in the second half last week, and tonight they just picked up where they left off unfortunately.

[WillieTheWaiter]

@Duluth of course he’s going to make metres when he’s standing on the fucking wing!!

Did anything come from those metres? Nope.
Did you get smashed off the park in the collisions and breakdowns? Yep
Would having your biggest loose forward at the breakdown help?

[Tim]

@kev the problem is that Nock went missing at the base of the ruck, as he so often does.

[Hooroo]

@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece

@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece

That was the tassel on the humiliation but I reckon it was forward pack that fucking sucked on open play and scrum. Just crazy compared to the rest of the season they played.

[Bones]

@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

@Bones thought perofeta was decent

Missing for the first twenty minutes I reckon, but did get better. Some aimless kicking early on really didn't help, but might have helped if he had more support.

[WillieTheWaiter]

All you can say is that scoreline flattered the blues that was fucking lopsided

[Duluth]

@Hooroo

But the extra work required because of the lineout meltdown. They held on for 35mins. Zero chance without sorting it out

[KiwiMurph]

Congratulations Crusaders and fans.

Far far too good.

They kicked our ass.

Whitelock is amazing.

Thought Sotutu was Blues best. Perofeta pretty handy in a team that got pumped.

Hopefully these Crusaders transition this form to black - they were simply brilliant.

[No Quarter]

@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.

Nock is terrible. Always has been

The problem is the lineout though

10 lineouts lost

9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match

That just absolutely kills any team. Whitelock was huge in that regard, really psyched out Eklund to the point he was just throwing it straight to him at times.

[chimoaus]

All I can hope is that Fozzie took some notes from Razors masterclass as that is how the ABs need to play.

[Bones]

@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

@kev the problem is that Nock went missing at the base of the ruck, as he so often does.

Ofa picked it up for absolutely no reason, can't see why Nock is to blame.

[sparky]

Wow! Absolutely fantastic finals footy from the Crusaders and their mastermind Razor. The Blues have been superb this season. But the Crusaders were at their very best when it really mattered and go home with the trophy, again.

[Tim]

@Bones You know the halfback can tell the forwards what to do ...

[chimoaus]

Kinda sucks we can't play Jordan at 15 for the ABs, the kids positional play is excellent and the metres he covers each game is just stupid.

[Mattasaurus]

@WillieTheWaiter said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

@Duluth of course he’s going to make metres when he’s standing on the fucking wing!!

Did anything come from those metres? Nope.
Did you get smashed off the park in the collisions and breakdowns? Yep
Would having your biggest loose forward at the breakdown help?

I would also add, how many of the tackles were dominate?

It's the same shit we saw from frizzel... Just goes missing when the going gets tough.
what we need is a hard hitting scary mofo in the 6 that can turn the tide in a game like tonight ...

Last one to come close was Squire imo