Canes v Reds
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Crucial" data-cid="579768" data-time="1463218193"><p>TJPs passing is so slow at the moment. Really dulls the attack.</p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>there is clear water between Coles</strong>, A Smith <strong>and their respective next in line counterparts</strong></p>
<p>we need to blood another half back pretty damn quick, do not want to see TJP in Black - but apart from him, Weber who else is there?</p>
<p>How long before TKB is fully fit? And what about TTT?</p>
<p>Reckon 1 of Sopoaga or DMac could annex Cruden/Barrett and find themselves in Black for their superior kicking stats...</p>
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<p>Codie Taylor has been playing very well and is not <em>that </em>far behind Coles. A top replacement.</p>
<p>Agree on Smith, although I think Weber will/would be a good sub (I rate him higher than both TJ and TKB). TTT, don't make me laugh. At the moment, Ellis is closer to returning in black than TTT is to his first black jersey; and I don't expect Ellis anywhere near the ABs (to be clear). I'd even expect Drummond to be closer to an AB spot than TTT.</p> -
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Stupid question; does Beauden practise kicking?</p></blockquote>
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<p>Barrett can f off in regards to kicking. Give Woodward the duties. Barrett's cost us way too many points and he will continue to lose us those bigger games i.e. Chiefs and Highlanders - we would have won if he got his kicks over, its as simple as that. Or bring Black in and send Barrett to Fullback.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="No Quarter" data-cid="579756" data-time="1463216623"><p>This is a shit game. Not to excuse the Canes but the Reds do seem to have a habit of lowering their opposition to their standards. The Blues and Landers were also both bloody woeful against them.</p></blockquote>
The Reds have a strong set piece, a quality openside and are limited by the lack of a quality five-eighth. The Canes played shit on their own accord. <br><br>
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<p>Stormers score a try at the death, convert the try and .... it's a draw: 17 all. </p>
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<p>The Stormers are the Africa 1 conference leaders, so they get a home play-off game if they stay on top, but they can't even beat the bloody Sunwolves twice!</p> -
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<p>Fucking Sunwolves.<br><br>
Not fit enough. Did enough to win, but just couldn't keep up in the last 5 minutes.</p>
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<p>They were so close! Considering what the expectations were of the Sunwolves at the beginning of the season, a draw is not that bad. </p>
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<p>How big was the crowd in Singapore (I only saw the last minutes of the game)? I know S'pore is only a pseudo home for the Sunwolves and forced upon them by the Saffas, but it is really not helping the Sunwolves. It just adds extra travel to their already awful schedule.</p> -
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<p>TJPs passing is so slow at the moment. Really dulls the attack.</p>
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<p>I think that his indecision is because of poor organization of the runners. Hard to identify where the pass should go.</p> -
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It's not indecision. You can boil an egg while he picks the ball up, winds back and lobs it slowly. <br>
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<p>It's not indecision. You can boil an egg while he picks the ball up, winds back and lobs it slowly.<br>
I would say that the ball runners find it hard to time not the other way around</p>
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<p>Stormers score a try at the death, convert the try and .... it's a draw: 17 all. </p>
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<p>The Stormers are the Africa 1 conference leaders, so they get a home play-off game if they stay on top, but they can't even beat the bloody Sunwolves twice!</p>
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<p>Sharks burgle a win over the Jaguares with a last gasp scrum penalty.</p>
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<p>I only watched bits and pieces of this but seemed like some mystifying work from both ref and TMO - including the very long knock-on advantage that led to the winning scrum.</p> -
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Sharks burgle a win over the Jaguares with a last gasp scrum penalty.<br><br>
I only watched bits and pieces of this but seemed like some mystifying work from both ref and TMO - including the very long knock-on advantage that led to the winning scrum.</p></blockquote>
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The Jaguares are unlucky, they okay in the South African conference with South African referees in most of the games. They got completely reffed out of a game in which they were clearly the better side this morning.<br><br>
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<p>Sharks burgle a win over the Jaguares with a last gasp scrum penalty.</p>
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<p>I only watched bits and pieces of this but seemed like some mystifying work from both ref and TMO - including the very long knock-on advantage that led to the winning scrum.</p>
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<p>Barrett can f off in regards to kicking. Give Woodward the duties. Barrett's cost us way too many points and he will continue to lose us those bigger games i.e. Chiefs and Highlanders - we would have won if he got his kicks over, its as simple as that. Or bring Black in and send Barrett to Fullback.</p>
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<p>If Rennie can take the kicking duties away from Cruden then Boyd should feel OK with doing the same for Barrett. It's about winning games and he's cost us two at least this season</p>
