I seem to be missing something with Fifita,I must be falling asleep during games and missing all the great work he is getting through to keep him in the AB squad.

Absolutely Gutted losing Symo,I coached with him with the Qld u/19s squad for 3 seasons.
Great bloke sad sad day.He could tell a great tale the big fella.

Big worry for me is Foster has no idea as an attack coach
We are floundering getting much gain at the advantage line and I dont see what we are trying to achieve with the ball in hand at times.

@steven-harris said in Blues vs Moana Pasifika 2022:

@chris the question i am asking myself at the minute , given what we saw with the All Blacks last yeat , has our forward play in all the NZ super teams dropped dramaticly since the South African teams have left super rugby …?.
It well be masking over the quality we are seeing

I am inclined to think our forward play has dropped off since SA teams are no longer in the comp.
They gave a point of difference in SR,Australia play similar to us so it’s same all the time.
Our SR teams don’t have the big hard SA packs to play against anymore.

Sure they didn’t always get the results but the SA teams many times had to go on 4 or 5 week tours to NZ and Australia which took it toll.
My opinion the SR comp is worse off without SA.

Ok I officially love Akira he has x Factor real teamwork there he could have scored himself.
I am converted.

@taniwharugby said in How many Crusaders in your AB 23?:

@Damo Codie Taylor was poor, missed a crucial tackle and poor throwing, Ethan Blackadder were anonymous.

I thought Reece was one of thier better players.

Blackadder didn't play lol

And I have just run naked across the field

How much credibility has Cane lost with that article.Keep your head down son get your job done.Be humble work hard,And don't bag you supporters in anyway. Get out there and connect with them.

All part of Razor's Coaching philosophy.

ABs by 20 tomorrow We are going to play Ireland for real this time not on an end of the year tour When our players are fatigued from a big home season.They will be pumped no second chances here they will not want to go out in QF and finish a few AB careers on that.
I am hoping Australia pull of a minor miracle and take the Poms out not that I like Australia I just hate the Poms more.

Havili should get a chance at 12 he played outstanding in the final and pulled of some big plays.
He looks the most complete 12 we have. Mounga,Havilli,ALB looks like an awesome fit.

@NZbloke said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@Chris said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@NZbloke said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@Crucial said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@NZbloke said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@Crucial said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

I would argue that the Canes have weakness in the locks and loosies. Good but not as good as the better teams.
Since Super rugby started it has been clear that a class 10 is required to win the comp. Neither Chiefs or Canes have an international level 10.

Our locks & Loosies are not a weakness in the Canes... the problem there is having a coach changing the combos in those areas too much so we lose cohesion, if we selected the right locks & loosies we'd be bloody good in those positions.

Of course you need a good 10 to run the ship, it's not just about the 1st-five though, both playmakers 9 & 10 have to do the job well.

Point was that your expectations should be more realistic given the lack of a class 10. No one wins (or sits high in a RR table) in this comp without one. Look at the years of pain and frustration the Blues went through.
Locks are definitely a weakness. How many top level locks do the Canes have? How many are demanding being looked at for higher honours? SFA.

This rubbish of 'if it wasn't for the coach we would be higher up the table is just that. Maybe your coach is rubbish but he also has your team pretty much in the spot that they should be by relative strength excepting a poor performance against MP.

Yeah, we're in the position of having the young fella morgan at 10, to say we should drop our expectations because of it is ridiculous, very impressed with the composure he's showing & he has a very experienced 9 playing inside him, not as though we have two young playmakers at 9 & 10.
BB is a very experience 10, but has shown many a time how aimlessly he kicks in general play & has given away a fair few brainless intercept tries because he didn't bother to have a quick look first.

Our locks are certainly not a weakness if the right combo are selected... Scrafton & Walker-Leawere are bloody good locks, but our clown of a coach doesn't want to play them together much at all.

Disagree, we could've clearly made the top 4 & that's taking that shocker against MP out of the equation - with our coach not playing our best combo's together enough & playing players out of position it has clearly effected performances... rugby probably more than any other team sport really relies on settled combos to play bloody well as a team.

You maybe facing a bit of a exodus next season, by the looks with
Scrafton and Goosen off to the NH and the rumour PUJ is off to another franchise.

I heard Goosen was going, top winger... the other two would be a big losses too.

Scranton is off to Benetton.

@NZbloke said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@Crucial said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@NZbloke said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

@Crucial said in Hurricanes vs Rebels:

I would argue that the Canes have weakness in the locks and loosies. Good but not as good as the better teams.
Since Super rugby started it has been clear that a class 10 is required to win the comp. Neither Chiefs or Canes have an international level 10.

Our locks & Loosies are not a weakness in the Canes... the problem there is having a coach changing the combos in those areas too much so we lose cohesion, if we selected the right locks & loosies we'd be bloody good in those positions.

Of course you need a good 10 to run the ship, it's not just about the 1st-five though, both playmakers 9 & 10 have to do the job well.

Point was that your expectations should be more realistic given the lack of a class 10. No one wins (or sits high in a RR table) in this comp without one. Look at the years of pain and frustration the Blues went through.
Locks are definitely a weakness. How many top level locks do the Canes have? How many are demanding being looked at for higher honours? SFA.

This rubbish of 'if it wasn't for the coach we would be higher up the table is just that. Maybe your coach is rubbish but he also has your team pretty much in the spot that they should be by relative strength excepting a poor performance against MP.

Yeah, we're in the position of having the young fella morgan at 10, to say we should drop our expectations because of it is ridiculous, very impressed with the composure he's showing & he has a very experienced 9 playing inside him, not as though we have two young playmakers at 9 & 10.
BB is a very experience 10, but has shown many a time how aimlessly he kicks in general play & has given away a fair few brainless intercept tries because he didn't bother to have a quick look first.

Our locks are certainly not a weakness if the right combo are selected... Scrafton & Walker-Leawere are bloody good locks, but our clown of a coach doesn't want to play them together much at all.

Disagree, we could've clearly made the top 4 & that's taking that shocker against MP out of the equation - with our coach not playing our best combo's together enough & playing players out of position it has clearly effected performances... rugby probably more than any other team sport really relies on settled combos to play bloody well as a team.

You maybe facing a bit of a exodus next season, by the looks with
Scrafton and Goosen off to the NH and the rumour PUJ is off to another franchise.

Extra time maybe

Poor from Sullivan

@Frank said in Waratahs v Blues:

@Chris said in Waratahs v Blues:

@Frank said in Waratahs v Blues:

Segner is into everything.

Aye he is off with a major ankle injury he has been for awhile

haha fuck really?

Yep looked bad too landed on it from a linout.

@Frank said in Waratahs v Blues:

Segner is into everything.

Aye he is off with a major ankle injury he has been for awhile

@antipodean said in Waratahs v Blues:

Him and Damon Murphy. How the fuck are they professional referees?

And Pickerall the usless idiot.

Well that’s fucking silly the refs have lost the plot this season.

@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:

Classic Laulala penalty.

Rolling on the ground like a beached whale.

@Tim said in Waratahs v Blues:

@Chris I believe the term is "scrappy".

Yep that’s it