QF: Chiefs v Reds

Donsteppa

Chiefs coaching debrief after that one would be a good one to be an observer at. Lots of angsty moments for me watching with one eye when the game was in the balance for so long, but likely not so bad on a calm replay...

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cgrant

Fern favorite ALB was pretty anonymous. On current form, he would not make the AB squad. Has he fully recovered from his injury ?

KiwiMurph

For such a youngster Lynagh gave a great account of himself I thought. A game like that should do wonders for his development. If Reds can sort their coaching out they could challenge the top 4 next season - they have plenty of talent.

akan004

@cgrant Yeah apart from that lazy bit on defence that led to the first Reds try, he was pretty decent. A threat every time he got the ball.

Chris

@KiwiMurph

He missed 3 shots at goal , That would have been interesting if he nailed those 7 points.

Dan54

Have to say Big Brodie close to MOTM?

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KiwiMurph

@Chris said in QF: Chiefs v Reds:

@KiwiMurph

He missed 3 shots at goal , That would have been interesting if he nailed those 7 points.

Yeah - he's a 20 year old rookie playing the best team away from home in a playoff game. He also nailed a 3 pointer near halfway.

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Tim

Okay, this is done. Get back to normal posting.

ARHS

Just home from this one. Great performance from Queensland. Real nail biter.
Takeaways for me: Chiefs paid the price for playing PGS ahead of Jacobson. Too many costly errors. And Luke was great when he came on subbing the wrong guy. 3 mom contenders from Chiefs. Finau was it for me. Kept turning up with impact all over the park and in many facets of play. Maybe I won't be only one seeing him as best 6 in NZ now. Brodie was back to his huge engine best. Dmacs handling and kicking were fantastic and held the Chiefs together under siege.
Kudos too to ALB for a lot of valuable touches under pressure and to Emoni Narawa and Shaun Stevenson who showed their skillsets. Was good to be able to see who put in the effort off the ball.
Lynagh impressed me at 10 and Wilson played strongly. Best ever union game from Vunivalu too. Campbell caught the ball well but I thought much of his kicking was poor. Reds front row very strong too.