SF Crusaders v Blues

[ACT Crusader]

@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.

With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.

Not sure about defence. He has had real issues on defence this year.

Teams have attacked down his side because he more often than not comes in when he shouldn’t. Hasn’t used the sideline to his advantage either. Not a natural winger and it has shown. Closer in he is more than physical enough but you’d want to see him get a decent NPC campaign in there.

[canefan]

@ACT-Crusader said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.

With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.

Not sure about defence. He has had real issues on defence this year.

Teams have attacked down his side because he more often than not comes in when he shouldn’t. Hasn’t used the sideline to his advantage either. Not a natural winger and it has shown. Closer in he is more than physical enough but you’d want to see him get a decent NPC campaign in there.

So he's not a natural winger but will probably be selected to the ABs as a .... winger

[brodean]

There's no way he should be near an AB squad. Bring back Ralph.

[hikastags]

He shouldn't be close to the AB squad. Crusaders will still miss him next week.

[SBW1]

What is big Tamaiti's status for the final?

[canefan]

@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

There's no way he should be near an AB squad. Bring back Ralph.

I hope Razor is listening

[sparky]

@Steven-Harris The Crusaders are a well-coached and well-led outfit this year.

[Crazy Horse]

@hikastags said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

Has anyone heard anything about Newell? He went down clutching his knee/leg in the last 5mins.

Pretty incredible he played 80mins...

I noticed that too. Was down for a while and looked in a fair amount of pain, but when he got up he didn't appear to limp. Will be a massive loss if he is out along with Williams.

[Daffy Jaffy]

[pakman]

@Landers92 said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

Dumb by sotutu but this ref really needs to let things go a bit

Shalfoon bought that with a nudge to Ta'Avao's noggin.

[pakman]

@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@Bones said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

Wasn't that knocked on?

Would very much have liked another look

I finally got round to taking another look.

The TMO mysteriously didn't check the grounding.

It looked to me that it squirted forward out of WJ's hands but he forced it very slightly after it bounced.

Right in front of Doleman, who saw no reason to double check.

It was only a knock out final after all.

[Dan54]

@pakman said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@Bones said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

Wasn't that knocked on?

Would very much have liked another look

I finally got round to taking another look.

The TMO mysteriously didn't check the grounding.

It looked to me that it squirted forward out of WJ's hands but he forced it very slightly after it bounced.

Right in front of Doleman, who saw no reason to double check.

It was only a knock out final after all.

I think you will find TMO always does a check, why sometimes they alert ref if they see problem.

[pakman]

@pakman said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

@Bones said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

Wasn't that knocked on?

Would very much have liked another look

I finally got round to taking another look.

The TMO mysteriously didn't check the grounding.

It looked to me that it squirted forward out of WJ's hands but he forced it very slightly after it bounced.

Right in front of Doleman, who saw no reason to double check.

It was only a knock out final after all.

Repeat in Lion v Pumas match, but TMO overruled a missed knock on right in front of his nose.

[pakman]

@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:

Fusitia gone

I thought he was lucky not to get done earlier I thought

This was the crux of the game. Watched replay last night. Fusitua didn’t advance. Barrett lunged forward suddenly leading with head.

The physics was that Barrett butted Fusitua.