Blues v Chiefs

[Bovidae]

@Duluth said in Blues v Chiefs:

Is Parker covering lock or would Finau move?

Probably Finau, although Parker has played lock before.

At least McMillan and co have worked out that Boshier shouldn't be starting at 7. More interest is that Poihipi is the 1st 5 cover.

[ARHS]

Hmm looks like a token effort from Chiefs for a result. More about getting peripherals more game time in readiness for QF.

[Tim]

The Post

[Tim]

May 27

Blues eager to put things right after 'brutally honest' review

Prop Angus Ta'avao says his side 'let themselves down' during upset defeat to Crusaders and have plenty to put right for the visit of the Chiefs.

[pakman]

Dead rubber for Chiefs.
Power shortage up in tight five, but robust loosies and the match up with Blues trio will be tasty.
And that midfield given ball is very skillful and could dent a couple of repuations.

[African Monkey]

Watch out Harry Plummer, Samipeni Finau is looking for you.

[Tim]

Super Rugby, Rugby, Sport

Pressure on Blues to deliver swift response

With top spot and home finals up for grabs, now is the time the Blues must front.

[Bovidae]

A stat from today's newspaper:

427

That's the number of days since the Chiefs and Blues last played each other.

In that time the Blues have played the Crusaders four times, while the Chiefs have played the Hurricanes and Crusaders four times each.

This just shows how poorly designed the SR draw is, as there was meant to be some rotation in the number of times you played each NZ opponent.

[Old Samurai Jack]

Looking forward to this one. The battle of the loosies should be good. Great to see Finau back.

[KiwiMurph]

Huge late changes to the Blues.

Christie 9 (urgh)
Perofeta 10
Forbes 15
Plummer 12
Lam 13

[KiwiMurph]

[Bovidae]

Changes for the Chiefs as well.

➡️ Emoni and Shooter out
➡️ Ets from 11 to 15
➡️ Benji from 23 to 11
➡️ Coombsy into 14
➡️ Quinn from 22 to 23
➡️ Josh into 22

[Bovidae]

If the Blues get a win in this game without a BP, the late penalty miss by Perofeta in Wellington will have a bigger consequence.

[Machpants]

Were both teams playing mind games with the team names?

[Crazy Horse]

I hope Plummer has a belter of a game at 12 to show Razor he would be a fool not to pick him ahead of DH.

[African Monkey]

@Bovidae I was thinking that at the time haha.

[antipodean]

Christie - Perofeta to start. Can I change my tip before kick off?

[nzzp]

BP win or nothing

[Donsteppa]

Vern will be spitting tacks.

[KiwiMurph]

TMO check that