Crusaders 2024
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Crusaders beat Bristrol Bears 31-14 despite being without All Black stars
The Crusaders despite being without all their All Black stars have beaten Bristrol Bears 31-14 at the Ashton Gate Stadium.Macca Springer and Jack Gray
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Still no video footage.
Five-try Crusaders bounce back in style as Bristol Bears downed in front of 18,302 fans
The Crusaders finished their northern hemisphere tour on a positive note as they beat Bristol Bears 31-14 in front of 18,302 supporters on Friday night.
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Jordan is dealing with a lingering shoulder complaint and is being reviewed by the Christchurch-based franchise’s medical team. An update is expected by the end of the weekLoose forward Ethan Blackadder, who also missed much of last year injured, is expected to miss the first three or four games with a calf injury, while midfielder David Havili is returning from an extended break and won’t be available until week two. -
I am shocked Blackadder is injured. I never saw that coming.
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@Crazy-Horse Man is he related to Charlie Ngatai, meant to be a great player, but never got on field?
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@Dan54 said in Crusaders 2024:
@Crazy-Horse Man is he related to Charlie Ngatai, meant to be a great player, but never got on field?
It must be so frustrating for him.
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@Crazy-Horse said in Crusaders 2024:
@Dan54 said in Crusaders 2024:
@Crazy-Horse Man is he related to Charlie Ngatai, meant to be a great player, but never got on field?
It must be so frustrating for him.
Fucking calf muscles injuries shit of an injury they keep coming back.
I notice Akira has also got another calf injury after last seasons one. -
@Chris said in Crusaders 2024:
@Crazy-Horse said in Crusaders 2024:
@Dan54 said in Crusaders 2024:
@Crazy-Horse Man is he related to Charlie Ngatai, meant to be a great player, but never got on field?
It must be so frustrating for him.
Fucking calf muscles injuries shit of an injury they keep coming back.
I notice Akira has also got another calf injury after last seasons one.Yeah I struggled with a couple over the years. Bloody annoying.
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Sad for Jordan if thats the case but its ok as we have halfpenny to cov ....bugger
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@Lancaster-Park Havili to his proper position at FB, McLeod and Aumua in the midfield with Crotty and Fihaki providing cover. Yeah, you guys will be fine.
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@Lancaster-Park yeah and Fihaki has many flaws.
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@African-Monkey said in Crusaders 2024:
Havili to his proper position at FB, McLeod and Aumua in the midfield with Crotty and Fihaki providing cover. Yeah, you guys will be fine.
Penney said they'd prefer not to move Havili
Havili is probably more useful to the team at fullback right now. I would argue he'd be more useful at ten until Burke returns too. There's solid options at 12
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@Canes4life Fair point in regards to Fihaki, but in fairness to him, he hasn't really had a decent run in the side, so maybe if he gets a decent run, we might see a better player?
Dallas McLeod was laughed at by everyone on here including myself , but got a decent run last year and has turned into a solid midfielder/wing for them and even managed to get himself an AB cap. Same goes for Tom Christie who no one rated when he first came onto the scene, now is a regular starter for them who is the leader of their defence as he got more time in the saddle.
Who knows, maybe the same will happen for Fihaki?
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From an article yesterday it sounds like the preferred fullback is Springer. He has a lower error rate than Fihaki so that makes sense
Fihaki seems like a winger who is a good cross field kick target. He drops too many kicks to be a specialist fullback IMO
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@Duluth said in Crusaders 2024:
From an article yesterday it sounds like the preferred fullback is Springer. He has a lower error rate than Fihaki so that makes sense
Fihaki seems like a winger who is a good cross field kick target. He drops too many kicks to be a specialist fullback IMO
Yeah Fihaki to me has always looked like a wing trying to play FB,his best games for Canterbury and the Crusaders have been on the wing especially the right wing.
He seems to lose confidence at FB.
