Blues vs. Chiefs 2026
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How did Barnes look!?
@nostrildamus very good
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My broadcast was horribly disrupted by weather. Bit scrappy. But some clever plays from Tupou Vaai had real impact. Luke J Boshier and Finau all seemed to go well. I hope Josh J gets his mojo back next game. He left a few points out there.
Nice touches from Zarn and Clarke for Blues.
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Not really cause for panic though. A real early season clash where both sides were all over the place. Both teams probably didn't deserve to win but someone had to.
Was like a pre season game still, both teams will be better for the run.
@African-Monkey said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
A real early season clash where both sides were all over the place. Both teams probably didn't deserve to win but someone had to.
Thought the quality was low last night too. A few more big moments in that game covered up dross in between
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That really wasn't a looker. The quality was much lower than HEC and lower than Top 14, URC or Gallagher Premiership. If that's really the best NZ Rugby can offer, we're in trouble.
Chiefs won't care though. Winning ugly is still winning.
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I'll take the win but it's hard for teams to look slick with a limited pre-season, and some players returning with no games behind them. Thompson will be relieved that his two penalties didn't cost the Chiefs the game.
When both teams are tackling at 90%+ there aren't going to be many try-scoring opportunities.
Happy that Cook-Savage had an impact in the short time he was on the field.
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That really wasn't a looker. The quality was much lower than HEC and lower than Top 14, URC or Gallagher Premiership. If that's really the best NZ Rugby can offer, we're in trouble.
Chiefs won't care though. Winning ugly is still winning.
@sparky said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
That really wasn't a looker. The quality was much lower than HEC and lower than Top 14, URC or Gallagher Premiership. If that's really the best NZ Rugby can offer, we're in trouble.
Chiefs won't care though. Winning ugly is still winning.
Weird take for the first round and only one game. You sure that every game in every round of those comps is an absolute scorcher?
Yeah, nah.
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@Landers92 yeah, Coombes-Fabling is not SR quality, he should have been hooked.
@OleOleOle said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@Landers92 yeah, Coombes-Fabling is not SR quality, he should have been hooked.
Yeah, that was a puzzling substitution. To be fair LCF had a decent game. He defended well when often he has been run over by bigger backs.
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Sam Nock will be playing for the development side next week.
@African-Monkey said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Sam Nock will be playing for the development side next week.
Will he be good enough to make that side?
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@brodean said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Funny how people are pouncing on Nock when we should have never been in that position with a decent pass.
How about Nock just oblivious to getting the ball out from the maul earlier? He's been a professional 9 for a decade. Just no brains.
@KiwiMurph said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@brodean said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Funny how people are pouncing on Nock when we should have never been in that position with a decent pass.
How about Nock just oblivious to getting the ball out from the maul earlier? He's been a professional 9 for a decade. Just no brains.
Tbf the hooker pulled the ball back in.
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Not really cause for panic though. A real early season clash where both sides were all over the place. Both teams probably didn't deserve to win but someone had to.
Was like a pre season game still, both teams will be better for the run.
@African-Monkey said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Not really cause for panic though. A real early season clash where both sides were all over the place. Both teams probably didn't deserve to win but someone had to.
Was like a pre season game still, both teams will be better for the run.
They were not charging pre-season admission prices though.
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@brodean said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Funny how people are pouncing on Nock when we should have never been in that position with a decent pass.
How about Nock just oblivious to getting the ball out from the maul earlier? He's been a professional 9 for a decade. Just no brains.
Tbf the hooker pulled the ball back in.
@brodean said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@KiwiMurph said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@brodean said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Funny how people are pouncing on Nock when we should have never been in that position with a decent pass.
How about Nock just oblivious to getting the ball out from the maul earlier? He's been a professional 9 for a decade. Just no brains.
Tbf the hooker pulled the ball back in.
Cmon... Nock wasnt even looking at the maul until it was too late....wasn't alive to the opportunity....he had age to clear that ball before.... it was halfback 101 stuff.
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That really wasn't a looker. The quality was much lower than HEC and lower than Top 14, URC or Gallagher Premiership. If that's really the best NZ Rugby can offer, we're in trouble.
Chiefs won't care though. Winning ugly is still winning.
@sparky said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
That really wasn't a looker. The quality was much lower than HEC and lower than Top 14, URC or Gallagher Premiership. If that's really the best NZ Rugby can offer, we're in trouble.
Chiefs won't care though. Winning ugly is still winning.
A lot of those games, particularly mid table vs bottom table, makes you want to peal your eyes out with a table spoon. Awful quality
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@sparky said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
That really wasn't a looker. The quality was much lower than HEC and lower than Top 14, URC or Gallagher Premiership. If that's really the best NZ Rugby can offer, we're in trouble.
Chiefs won't care though. Winning ugly is still winning.
Weird take for the first round and only one game. You sure that every game in every round of those comps is an absolute scorcher?
Yeah, nah.
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@Bones We'll see a lot better in later rounds of Super Rugby no doubt, but taken in itself that game was a bit of a stinker.
There's no point pretending everything in the garden is rosy, when some of clearly isn't.
@sparky said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@Bones We'll see a lot better in later rounds of Super Rugby no doubt, but taken in itself that game was a bit of a stinker.
There's no point pretending everything in the garden is rosy, when some of clearly isn't.
Too early to be that drunk fella, but at least you have your strawman for company.
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@sparky said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@Bones We'll see a lot better in later rounds of Super Rugby no doubt, but taken in itself that game was a bit of a stinker.
There's no point pretending everything in the garden is rosy, when some of clearly isn't.
Too early to be that drunk fella, but at least you have your strawman for company.
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@Bones Games like that are exactly why the rest of the rugby world outside NZ and Australia sees Super Rugby as anything but super.
@sparky said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@Bones Games like that are exactly why the rest of the rugby world outside NZ and Australia sees Super Rugby as anything but super.
Cool man, keep going, it's a really valid point for the one game you decided wasn't a spectacle in the first round of the competition and you really needed to calm everyone down after them blowing their load over such a fantastic game.
Thank goodness you raised it, hopefully you can get on the NZR board with such relevant forward thinking.
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@Bones Games like that are exactly why the rest of the rugby world outside NZ and Australia sees Super Rugby as anything but super.
@sparky said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@Bones Games like that are exactly why the rest of the rugby world outside NZ and Australia sees Super Rugby as anything but super.
Irony is that these comps are full of second tier Aussie and Nz super rugby players that weren’t good enough to get into the international teams and are often the best players on the park….
