Chiefs vs Highlanders
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<p>and secondly, the chiefs rely a lot on the little guys finding those holes (prob cruds more than Mackenzie cause he still seems able to break tackles).. with the defence how it was there wasn't a lot of space, Chiefs got frustrated and started spilling the ball everywhere.</p>
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<p>Lowe did his AB chances a lot of damage in that game I thought too, he was pretty average.. and Tamanivalu - how was amazing in the last game was just totally absent..</p>
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<p>Overall I thought the landers delivered a pretty good template on how to knock the chiefs over.. </p>
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<p>The week before I'd started thinking Tamanivalu was a good shot at picking up the fourth midfielders' spot in the ABs, but that game won't have helped him - he was very anonymous. I don't really have James Lowe closer than the fringes of the AB frame at present. He's got lots of weaponry, but still a suspect decision-maker and his bad decisions will be magnified at AB level.</p>
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<p>All season I've been wondering whether anyone would be able to exploit the Chiefs having three little guys in the backline and the Highlanders managed it pretty simply, by having a very stable scrum allowing Smith to pick the ball up off the back, run a few steps to commit the close in defence and then hit a big ball runner in Cruden's channel. I'm not sure if Cruden actually missed any tackles, but they got over the gainline every time. </p> -
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<p>Took one for the team, and clicked on a Treason article as the title had me intrigued....first time in god knows how long I have deliberately clicked on an article form him or Twattue</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/79772215/mark-reason-elliot-dixon-should-have-been-carded-along-with-charlie-ngatai'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/79772215/mark-reason-elliot-dixon-should-have-been-carded-along-with-charlie-ngatai</a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18px;">Elliot Dixon should have been carded along with Charlie Ngatai</span></p>
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<p>So the Highlanders should have been playing league with Pryor also in the bin for taking a player out with the ball ... moral victory to the Chiefs then. ;)</p> -
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<p>So the Highlanders should have been playing league with Pryor also in the bin for taking a player out with the ball ... morale victory to the Chiefs then. ;)</p>
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<p>Pryor was the biggest benefactor of that incident as it took the spotlight form what he had done, moreso as he was having a stormer too! </p> -
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<p>Yeah, even with the TMO watching the replay he appeared to escape any sanction - although maybe the ref spoke to him off camera?</p>
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<p>Perhaps Pryor assumed and expected Weber to catch the ball?</p>
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<p>I'll save you the trouble - Fuck Off Siam you twat!!
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