Crusaders vs Blues
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Weather forecast is fine with a high of 14C and a low of 1C. Judging on recent weather, the temperature might be about 7C at kick-off.
Crusaders will target the scrum. Should be a good contest. Expect them to spoil and disrupt at the ruck. Probably be a pretty tight game.
Lots of contestable kicks?
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Fix the lineout and lineout drive, Rob.
Keep kicking with ambition into the corner - despite the fuck-up last week. No use setting up 15 metres from the line.
Everyone who has sent up jumpers against us has done so with success (weirdly the Brumbies didn't really and nearly came unstuck), so you need to do something they don't expect. Meanwhile, the lineout drive (when we've actually managed to secure our own ball) has been about as effective as the Blues under JK. Give Jason Ryan a ring - I don't know how to fix that. Send up- jumpers on their ball.
To paraphrase Grizz Wyllie - "Come on - it's only the fucking Blues!"
*When Grizz said it, it was only fucking United. The Seniors of club team I was playing under 14s for at the time. Glenmark was behind but they ended up winning by 20+!
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@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders vs Blues:
Some exciting match ups in this game
Ofa vs Newell
Papalii vs Blackadder
Sotutu vs Lio Willie
Funaki vs Hotham
Tele'a vs Reece (even though both players spend a lot of time off their wing)Jeepers, he’s actually getting on the field ????
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@MN5 said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders vs Blues:
Some exciting match ups in this game
Ofa vs Newell
Papalii vs Blackadder
Sotutu vs Lio Willie
Funaki vs Hotham
Tele'a vs Reece (even though both players spend a lot of time off their wing)Jeepers, he’s actually getting on the field ????
Wait till he actually makes it over the chalk before believing it.
The man, the myth, the legend; rivalled only by Charlie Ngatai for stocks rising when not playing.
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@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders vs Blues:
Some exciting match ups in this game
Ofa vs Newell
Papalii (edit woops... Choat) vs Blackadder
Sotutu vs Lio Willie
Funaki vs Hotham
Tele'a vs Reece (even though both players spend a lot of time off their wing)Better to just wait until the crusaders run out on to the field, changes before game time every week this season if feels like. Makes you wonder if they are naming 50/50 players in hope they can be fit.
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@Landers92 Seems that way, about 3 last week pulled up lame in GameDay and it's happened throughout the year, and by what @Chris has been saying, half the guys in doubt haven't trained this week.
Do they name them to fool the opposition into preparing for them?
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@African-Monkey said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@Landers92 Seems that way, about 3 last week pulled up lame in GameDay and it's happened throughout the year, and by what @Chris has been saying, half the guys in doubt haven't trained this week.
Do they name them to fool the opposition into preparing for them?
This is one of the consequences of naming all teams on Wed. If the team plays on Sat you will be having a training on Thu too.
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@African-Monkey said in Crusaders vs Blues:
Do they name them to fool the opposition into preparing for them?
I think they are just hoping people recover during the week.
They haven't been keeping secrets.. Todd was talking yesterday about who hadn't been training etc
It suggests they don't rate the next options though
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@Bovidae said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@African-Monkey said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@Landers92 Seems that way, about 3 last week pulled up lame in GameDay and it's happened throughout the year, and by what @Chris has been saying, half the guys in doubt haven't trained this week.
Do they name them to fool the opposition into preparing for them?
This is one of the consequences of naming all teams on Wed. If the team plays on Sat you will be having a training on Thu too.
No other teams have really had this issue, just the crusaders so naming it a day earlier doesn’t really make a difference imo. Just the Crusaders being hopeful and playing mind games like African Monkey said above.
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@Bovidae that try, Carlos walking it to the far post and then kicking the conversion is one of the greatest rugby things I've witnessed.
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@antipodean And it's been shown on TV this week too.
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@antipodean said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@Bovidae that try, Carlos walking it to the far post and then kicking the conversion is one of the greatest rugby things I've witnessed.
Don't forget the 'up yours' to the crowd after nailing the conversion.
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@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@antipodean said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@Bovidae that try, Carlos walking it to the far post and then kicking the conversion is one of the greatest rugby things I've witnessed.
Don't forget the 'up yours' to the crowd after nailing the conversion.
Which took away their losing bonus point...
