Crusaders vs Blues
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@Dan54 said in Crusaders vs Blues:
Well I think you have to be a bit pleased for Crusaders win for their supporters'
And I mean the ones that go to game, they have had good crowds all yearm and that's what proper supporters do, go and cheer support their team by being there regardless of how teams results are.I care for them as much as I care for Brumbies supporters, which is to say not at all.
Probably a welcome relief for Penney though to come out the other side with a deserved victory against the team on top of the table.
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@Machpants said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@Gunner said in Crusaders vs Blues:
I’d like to see the penalty count.
Really surprised no one else is talking about how shocking the Blues discipline was.
For me it was the biggest difference, if the Blues didn’t give away so many penalties, they’d have won.
13 v 8, according to ESPN
14-6 according to JK during the aftermatch…
How can the stats vary so much between providers?
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@Canes4life said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@African-Monkey lol Lomax is better than Newell. I’d take the Canes front row of Numia, Aumua and Lomax over the Saders front row any day.
@Canes4life said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@African-Monkey lol Lomax is better than Newell. I’d take the Canes front row of Numia, Aumua and Lomax over the Saders front row any day.
I was waiting for you to come in and say that lol, very predictable.
I like your front row, I just think Newell's the best scrummager in the country. Big deal.
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@antipodean said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@African-Monkey said in Crusaders vs Blues:
Well played Crusaders. Good wake up call for the Blues.
Ta'avao is a bench scrummager despite his size. Eklund is too small to start when Riccitelli is available. Choat and Sotutu were poor. Perofeta stunk up the place.
To expand on this, the Blues power game requires their biggest, most powerful bodies to create a platform where the likes of Choat and Eklund can add something off the bench. They're just not dominating enough to play that game to start with.
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@African-Monkey Lomax is clearly no 1. He’s arguably the best in the world with the form he’s been in.
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@Canes4life I'd start him over Newell and think he's a better player overall, but at scrumtime, I prefer Newell, big deal, and I think Lomax is also a very good scrummager.
If Lomax didn't play for the Canes you wouldn't even react to what I'm saying lol, you don't have to act like a staunch one eyed Wellingtonian every time someone says something not in favour of one of your players haha.
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@African-Monkey said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@Canes4life I'd start him over Newell and think he's a better player overall, but at scrumtime, I prefer Newell, big deal, and I think Lomax is also a very good scrummager.
If Lomax didn't play for the Canes you wouldn't even react to what I'm saying lol, you don't have to act like a staunch one eyed Wellingtonian every time someone says something not in favour of one of your players haha.
Newell ain’t bad at all but Lomax is the best scrummaging prop in NZ. It’s got nothing to do with being a Wellingtonian, he’s clearly shown that the last two seasons. The Blues were lucky he was pulled before the Canes game the other week.
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@antipodean said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@Frank said in Crusaders vs Blues:
Burke outside of Akira to make the break.
The Akira that's not on the field?
He just went off and Blues defensive alignment was disjointed there. Sotutu did well to get a hand on Burke given a gap like the parted Red Sea.
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@Canes4life nope, don’t think so. Regardless of where they sit on the table the Crusaders scrum has been the best in the competition.
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@antipodean said in Crusaders vs Blues:
FFS Lam, you just spared the Saders a well deserved YC
That was the final margin. For me a try out wide wasn't sufficient advantage and there ought also to have been a card.
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@Stag bullshit, when Numia, Aumua and Lomax were together the Canes were dominating everyone. When they played the Saders there was nothing in it.
The Canes scrum obviously hasn’t been as strong since Aumua and Lomax have been injured but statistically we were 1st = before those injuries.
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@Canes4life said in Crusaders vs Blues:
@Stag bullshit, when Numia, Aumua and Lomax were together the Canes were dominating everyone. When they played the Saders there was nothing in it.
That Saders scrum didn't have Moody or Tamaiti so you can go around and around with this stuff.
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@KiwiMurph I’ve got a feeling we might find out in a quarter final.
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I thought Strange had one of his better games for the Saders. Stood up in the lineouts - an area where they have obviously struggled this year, and also got a turnover or two. He still lacks the physical presence though.
And Hotham continued his good form. He might actually turn out to be a bloody good player.
Fihaki is also finally starting to look as though he may be Super level after all after a handy last few weeks. I was having doubts about him even at NPC level so it's good to see an improvement.
Unfortunately McLeod has reverted to type after going through a purple patch last year. How the hell was he an AB?
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@Canes4life I will bow to your logic if they meet again and the canes scrum wins, I don’t think it would. What gives the crusaders scrum the edge is that they have world class props on the bench, and still more in the sheds.
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@Crazy-Horse I think Hotham might just be an AB bolter
