Crusaders 2024
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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.
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@Crazy-Horse looked fine at training
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Jordan definitely gone for season. Shoulder re construction coming up.
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@chchfanatic boo
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@chchfanatic said in Crusaders 2024:
Jordan definitely gone for season. Shoulder re construction coming up.
Define season? Super? ABs? NPC?
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Year I believe.
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@booboo said in Crusaders 2024:
@chchfanatic said in Crusaders 2024:
Jordan definitely gone for season. Shoulder re construction coming up.
Define season? Super? ABs? NPC?
Crusaders have said 6 months today
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Crusaders player ratings vs Chiefs | Super Rugby Pacific 2024
The Crusaders and Chiefs approached the opening game of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season with two very different outlooks on the match.
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@SBW1 said in Crusaders 2024:
Crusaders player ratings vs Chiefs | Super Rugby Pacific 2024
The Crusaders and Chiefs approached the opening game of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season with two very different outlooks on the match.
What another load of BS from Rugby Pass those ratings make no sense were they watching another game.
Barrett was much better than 6.5
Bower was a lot better than 5
Gardiner was not an 8 more like a 6
Amua was not 8 more like a 6
Fihaki was better than a 5 maybe a 7 sure he put in a couple of shit kicks and missed a couple of tackles but he made a couple of very good tackles that saved situations,Turned the ball over when we were under the pump was good under the high ball scored 2 tries the 2nd one he burnt of Stevenson. -
@Chris I wonder if Havili will slot into the midfield and partner McLeod OR drop to fullback. Aumua probably had the least involvement of any player in Super history with his performance last night. Didn't touch the ball until the second half, crazy for a midfielder.
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@Canes4life said in Crusaders 2024:
@Chris I wonder if Havili will slot into the midfield and partner McLeod OR drop to fullback. Aumua probably had the least involvement of any player in Super history with his performance last night. Didn't touch the ball until the second half, crazy for a midfielder.
Havilli to 2nd five I think.
Aumua he did make 9 tackles he did miss 3,
I still think outside a different 2nd five he could be a handful,McCloud was inclined to just run back in field and away from Aumua every time.
McCloud gave a great off load for Fihaki first try but he was very poor last night.
