Blues v Moana Pasifika
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Good performance from the Blues. I thought Moana were a shot today but they had no answer to the Blues set piece and Barrett's game management in general. Blues intensity in defence was a lot better today too, something that has been missing for a lot of this season so far. Fair play to Moana too, well outplayed but fought to the end.
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It might get adjusted later, but Dalton had 18 tackles and no misses. Last week was 25 also at 100%
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Good performance from the Blues. I thought Moana were a shot today but they had no answer to the Blues set piece and Barrett's game management in general. Blues intensity in defence was a lot better today too, something that has been missing for a lot of this season so far. Fair play to Moana too, well outplayed but fought to the end.
@African-Monkey the selection of JGB ahead of Pellegrini was odd for Moana ,i think they lack a quality 15 and centre .
They have got some fight but pretty ground down by the Blues ,they needed to be right in the fight in terms of the scoreboard going into the last 15 minutes but for all intensive purposes, they were pretty much toast early in the second half ..
Thought Lam was outstanding in his 50th -
@African-Monkey the selection of JGB ahead of Pellegrini was odd for Moana ,i think they lack a quality 15 and centre .
They have got some fight but pretty ground down by the Blues ,they needed to be right in the fight in terms of the scoreboard going into the last 15 minutes but for all intensive purposes, they were pretty much toast early in the second half ..
Thought Lam was outstanding in his 50th@Steven-Harris I reckon Havili is quality, not his best game today though.
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Is Williams a school teacher in his spare time? WTF was that penalty?
@antipodean said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:
Is Williams a school teacher in his spare time?
Another ex-halfback. He is there to make Doleman look competent.
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It might get adjusted later, but Dalton had 18 tackles and no misses. Last week was 25 also at 100%
@Duluth said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:
It might get adjusted later, but Dalton had 18 tackles and no misses. Last week was 25 also at 100%
Is he a possible 6 for abs?
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@Duluth said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:
It might get adjusted later, but Dalton had 18 tackles and no misses. Last week was 25 also at 100%
Is he a possible 6 for abs?
@Machpants Yes, but I think 7 is the position he is best suited for.
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@Tim enjoy seeing him run hard at the line too, drawing defenders.
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@Duluth said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:
It might get adjusted later, but Dalton had 18 tackles and no misses. Last week was 25 also at 100%
Is he a possible 6 for abs?
@Machpants said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:
@Duluth said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:
It might get adjusted later, but Dalton had 18 tackles and no misses. Last week was 25 also at 100%
Is he a possible 6 for abs?
Played very much like a blindside today, Segner looked like the openside.
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Finally got around to watching the game
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Riccitelli makes an enormous difference to the Blues. By far their best hooker
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Beehre's workrate is seriously impressive. He has an engine
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Best performance the Blues have got out of their loosies all year
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Beauden's strong form at 10 this year continues
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Lam showing how good he can be
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Assuming there wasn't an off field issue - benching Pellegrini for JGP was just idiotic. Another example of a coach overthinking it
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Blues were finally able to defend without giving away a penalty every 2 phases. Impressive physicality
Can't see the Blues getting that set piece dominance next week vs Crusaders but pleasing they delivered their best performance of the season to keep their hopes alive
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Finally got around to watching the game
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Riccitelli makes an enormous difference to the Blues. By far their best hooker
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Beehre's workrate is seriously impressive. He has an engine
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Best performance the Blues have got out of their loosies all year
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Beauden's strong form at 10 this year continues
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Lam showing how good he can be
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Assuming there wasn't an off field issue - benching Pellegrini for JGP was just idiotic. Another example of a coach overthinking it
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Blues were finally able to defend without giving away a penalty every 2 phases. Impressive physicality
Can't see the Blues getting that set piece dominance next week vs Crusaders but pleasing they delivered their best performance of the season to keep their hopes alive
@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:
Finally got around to watching the game
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Riccitelli makes an enormous difference to the Blues. By far their best hooker
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Beehre's workrate is seriously impressive. He has an engine
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Best performance the Blues have got out of their loosies all year
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Beauden's strong form at 10 this year continues
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Lam showing how good he can be
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Assuming there wasn't an off field issue - benching Pellegrini for JGP was just idiotic. Another example of a coach overthinking it
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Blues were finally able to defend without giving away a penalty every 2 phases. Impressive physicality
Can't see the Blues getting that set piece dominance next week vs Crusaders but pleasing they delivered their best performance of the season to keep their hopes alive
Yeah agree with all of that. We won't win next week, as we seem to have some sort of phobia when we come up against them, but there is hope of making the top 6, which if we did, I'd consider a success after the awful start we made.
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Surpised Moana are going with Garden-Bachop and Matavao as their 9-10 this week. I would have backed them to win this, but with those 2 there, it's cause for concern imo. Matavao is a good 20 minute player, but doesn't have a great kick or a great pass. I refer to him as the Samoan Fin Christie for a reason as he's virtually a clone of his (doesn't defend as well as Christie though). Garden Bachop, although he made a positive impact last week coming on, makes me nervous coming on and isn't in the same class as Pellegrini.
From what I've seen of both sides this year, apart from the Moana selections at 9-10, I think the Blues could be in for a long night if they don't muscle up and disrupt Moana's ball as you're asking for trouble if you're just gonna roll up the sleeves and tackle against this very hard running and direct Moana side, with big ball carriers like Ta'ufo'ou, Fa'ilagi, Savea, and even their midfield of Toala and Lalomilo. They have plenty of points in them.
Better looking Blues side this week, but I'm not seeing a lot of improvement in their play, and stylistically I feel Moana is one of the worst for them at this current stage.
A great clash this one. I could definitely be
wrong on this one, but I think Moana could get the job done here if their starting halves can hold their own.@African-Monkey said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:
Surpised Moana are going with Garden-Bachop and Matavao as their 9-10 this week. I would have backed them to win this, but with those 2 there, it's cause for concern imo. Matavao is a good 20 minute player, but doesn't have a great kick or a great pass. I refer to him as the Samoan Fin Christie for a reason as he's virtually a clone of his (doesn't defend as well as Christie though). Garden Bachop, although he made a positive impact last week coming on, makes me nervous coming on and isn't in the same class as Pellegrini.
Totally agree. Ridiculous that Pellegrini was dropped to the bench. Matavao was there by default due to the injury to Taumateine but yeah he's bang average in 15s.
