Crusaders v Chiefs

[antipodean]

Penney will be on the town tonight having secured a win at Super Rugby level after all these years.

[Canes4life]

Well played Saders, well played.

[sparky]

Congratulations to the Saders. I'm not sure that they are ever going to have a run of consecutive losses like that again.

[Kirwan]

@Frank said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

I missed the game.
How did Jacomb go?

Looked really promising, did a lot of good things including setting a great try.

[Mattasaurus]

Best game I've watched this year

[ruggabee]

@Mattasaurus said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

Was hoping for a better performance from Tupea

I never quite understood the level of hype surrounding him compared to other guys, last season the Chiefs looked midfield looked better with Poihipi or/and Rona paired with ALB.

[Yeetyaah]

Lazy Chiefs performance. Not sure why the Chiefs were labelled as favourites coming into the season.

[antipodean]

@ruggabee said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@Mattasaurus said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

Was hoping for a better performance from Tupea

I never quite understood the level of hype surrounding him, last season the Chiefs looked midfield looked better with Poihipi or/and Rona paired with ALB.

I don't understand why Poihipi isn't getting time on the park.

[Canes4life]

Lol Bell doesn't play for Ta$man Wilson.

[African Monkey]

@Kirwan Well it's looking that way....

Crusaders look a different team out there tonight in fairness. Fair to say they're back?

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

Hannah really reminds me of a young Whitelock. And not just because he's a 21yo white guy playing at lock.

Big engine and just does the little stuff right. He was very good tonight.

[Canes4life]

@Yeetyaah they've been limp in a big chunk of matches this year, definitely not the same side as last year.

[Yeetyaah]

@Canes4life yeah I agree.

[Canes4life]

@Yeetyaah then again the comp isn't won in the first couple months so they've got plenty of time to sort out their game. Just don't turn it on in a couple weeks.

[African Monkey]

I've been crucified a bit for defending the Crusaders this year, but they've proven that they're still tough at home and have a much easier draw in the 2nd half of the season with a bit more cattle to come back.

Not saying they're gonna go on and win the thing, but they're still a threat to everyone.

Probably the best I've ever seen Johnny McNicholl play at this level.

[Frank]

Was Lord any good?
How did Hannah go?
(I was going to blame the loss on Vaa'i, but then saw he wasn't playing.)

[Chris]

Good win
Blackadder,Barrett,,McAlister,Williams,Drummond,Havilli,Burke all back after the bye
Taylor back a couple of weeks latter we just might make the playoffs.

[ruggabee]

@antipodean said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@ruggabee said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@Mattasaurus said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

Was hoping for a better performance from Tupea

I never quite understood the level of hype surrounding him, last season the Chiefs looked midfield looked better with Poihipi or/and Rona paired with ALB.

I don't understand why Poihipi isn't getting time on the park.

It's interesting because he would easily start for this Crusaders side yet McMillan decided he's surplus to requirements, you've also got Ollie Norris, Gideon Wrampling, Wallace Sititi - all currently playing for the development side.

[Canes4life]

@Chris lol you’ll easily make the playoffs. Wouldn’t be surprised if you make it to 6th or 7th

[gt12]

Well the Saders were better than I thought, but the result was exactly as I expected. The Chiefs gave up when they rested Dmac and Finau.