Blues v Brumbies
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Bring back Akira t-shirts out now!
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Just watched. Christie and Beehre were impressive. Lam good too and Rieko much more prominent. Shame about the godlkicking as BB looked threatening with ball in hand.
Brumbies will be a threat when they get Valetini and Lolesio back. But Scott and Meredith were very very good tonight. -
@nostrildamus said in Blues v Brumbies:
Bring back Akira t-shirts out now!
I'll buy one. He was a monster for us.
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Brumbies:
Got my tip right
I had this picked for Home 17+ and biggest margin. Eesh...
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@ARHS said in Blues v Brumbies:
Brumbies will be a threat when they get Valetini and Lolesio back. But Scott and Meredith were very very good tonight.
Very interesting to see how they've rebalanced the pack without Valetini - Cale is pure link man on the edge and they're getting more out of Hooper through the middle, along with Scott who is quietly cementing his place with a really good all-around game.
Slipper and AAA = experience as well as knowing how to roll their sleeves up. Lonergan and Pollard interchangeable at hooker. Locking pair just grafting.
The ceiling on that pack might not be as high as some teams, but the floor isn't far away.
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That’s now four weeks in a row where the opposition have out-carried and outmuscled the Blues, the Brumbies carrying 151 times (to the Blues’ 121) and forming 138 rucks (to the Blues’ 88).
A real blueprint is starting to take shape for beating them as well: 1. Take on their forward pack directly, through the set-piece and the breakdown; 2. Disrupt the lines of their cleaners, through off the ball 'bumps' or by rolling into the space of the oncoming cleaners; 3. Keep possession for lengthy spells, which takes away the Blues’ possession game; and 4. Kick contestables, which removes their counter-attacking ability (see the Barrett try in the first half) and puts pressure on their (apparently fragile) high-ball ability.
There aren’t any real easy solutions for the Blues either. They simply need to massively up their accuracy and physicality, in pretty much every area.
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@African-Monkey not to different to the ABs targeting Pocock, run at him forcing him.to make.tackles so he can't latch on.
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I see the blues lost. Again. But I thought vern cotter was the guy who would have made the ABs great, especially with his world class number 8.
Maybe international coaching is harder than club coaching?
I followed vern a bit when he coached at Clermont. He’s good but he also lost quite a few crunch matches with Clermont especially at European level.
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@Billy-Tell you spelled Jamie wrong.
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@Billy-Tell said in Blues v Brumbies:
I see the blues lost. Again. But I thought vern cotter was the guy who would have made the ABs great, especially with his world class number 8.
Maybe international coaching is harder than club coaching?
I followed vern a bit when he coached at Clermont. He’s good but he also lost quite a few crunch matches with Clermont especially at European level.
Oh yeah this guy 'I didn't watch much Super Rugby last year but........'
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@African-Monkey Good thing we had Sotutu playing ...
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@taniwharugby said in Blues v Brumbies:
@African-Monkey not to different to the ABs targeting Pocock, run at him forcing him.to make.tackles so he can't latch on.
Yeah, we did. Problem with Segner for me though is that he doesn't seem to want to adjust his style and look to scan across the defensive line to look to win turnover ball. He's just going in and acting as first tackler by default, and the Brumbies were more than happy to oblige and keep running at him. We have enough guys out there to do that role of playing first tackler.
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Well that was how Blues lost there first games, I know it was trendy to blame BB and Christie, when the trouble is the team (mainly forwards) seem so disconnected to me. Oh and Plummer is a bit of a cast horse, pretty slowish? But he not problem, when you have players tackled and time and again they are isolated with no cleaners ,you are asking to lose ball. But regardless I thought it a bloody good watch, and super seems to keep on giving.
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@African-Monkey yeah Segner also.doesnt seem someone who targets turnovers anyway, high work rate with tackling and ruck work, meaning the blues.are missing someone to put turnover pressure on.
Really had 3 6's out there last night in the loose.
Beehre is a talent, and Cam Christie looks the business too, always good to see quality young players come through.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues v Brumbies:
@African-Monkey yeah Segner also.doesnt seem someone who targets turnovers anyway, high work rate with tackling and ruck work, meaning the blues.are missing someone to put turnover pressure on.
Really had 3 6's out there last night in the loose.
Beehre is a talent, and Cam Christie looks the business too, always good to see quality young players come through.
Segner very much reminds me of Blackadder.
