Blues vs. Chiefs 2026
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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….
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Oh yes, I was forgetting you aren't meant to do anything but pump Super Rugby as the greatest competition in the history of the world. Ever.
Don't look critically at anything. That's the best way to guarantee eternal excellence. Silly me! And we have absolutely nothing to learn from the rest of the world. Especially those countries who have caught up with or overtaken us. Silly me, again!
Robertson may be gone as All Blacks coach. But the sloppy narcissism that hoisted him to such an elevated position is everywhere to be seen in NZ rugby.
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Oh yes, I was forgetting you aren't meant to do anything but pump Super Rugby as the greatest competition in the history of the world. Ever.
Don't look critically at anything. That's the best way to guarantee eternal excellence. Silly me! And we have absolutely nothing to learn from the rest of the world. Especially those countries who have caught up with or overtaken us. Silly me, again!
Robertson may be gone as All Blacks coach. But the sloppy narcissism that hoisted him to such an elevated position is everywhere to be seen in NZ rugby.
@sparky yeah good one. You picked one game at the start of the competition and went off on a weird rant about NH club rugby being better, when there's at least twice as many shithouse games in those comps every week.... when absolutely no one was raving about the game
Keep champing, champ.
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@sparky yeah good one. You picked one game at the start of the competition and went off on a weird rant about NH club rugby being better, when there's at least twice as many shithouse games in those comps every week.... when absolutely no one was raving about the game
Keep champing, champ.
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Do those competitions have duff games too? Yes. Clearly they aren't champagne rugby all the time.
Is the average or best standard of those competitions better than this game? I'd say yes too.
@sparky said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Do those competitions have duff games too? Yes. Clearly they aren't champagne rugby all the time.
Is the average or best standard of those competitions better than this game? I'd say yes too.
Cool thanks man. NZR will be in touch.
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@sparky said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Do those competitions have duff games too? Yes. Clearly they aren't champagne rugby all the time.
Is the average or best standard of those competitions better than this game? I'd say yes too.
Cool thanks man. NZR will be in touch.
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Anyway I thought the game was ok . It was first up match, and looked like it to me. Take a couple of games to get the bugs out of system, well I reckon and it same in most rugby comps I watch .
Things looked a bit clinky, but I have seen worse games.
Toss up between Vai'i and Tupaea for me as the best out there for me. I did think Ahki could turn out to be pretty reasonable get for Blues, he looks like he can shore up their midfield. I did think perofeta did what Perofeta usually does in my mind, looked reasonably average, I said I never reall saw him as the first choice at 10 for the Naki, and in this game he didn't do much to change my mind. Will be ineterested to keep an aya on that Blues No 6. -
@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.
Understand your point as some from rest of world will pick on an average game to run down the comp. I watch a fair bit of stuff from up north and while I enjoy quite a few, there is plenty I think are pretty average. The French top 14 is quite hard to get a quality game from and, the games from English premiership have a good number where it get's a bit hard to watch also. And most of rest of world wouldn't think top 14 is top rugby, or premiership is premier rugby etc.
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Anyway I thought the game was ok . It was first up match, and looked like it to me. Take a couple of games to get the bugs out of system, well I reckon and it same in most rugby comps I watch .
Things looked a bit clinky, but I have seen worse games.
Toss up between Vai'i and Tupaea for me as the best out there for me. I did think Ahki could turn out to be pretty reasonable get for Blues, he looks like he can shore up their midfield. I did think perofeta did what Perofeta usually does in my mind, looked reasonably average, I said I never reall saw him as the first choice at 10 for the Naki, and in this game he didn't do much to change my mind. Will be ineterested to keep an aya on that Blues No 6.@Dan54 said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Anyway I thought the game was ok . It was first up match, and looked like it to me. Take a couple of games to get the bugs out of system, well I reckon and it same in most rugby comps I watch .
Things looked a bit clinky, but I have seen worse games.
Toss up between Vai'i and Tupaea for me as the best out there for me. I did think Ahki could turn out to be pretty reasonable get for Blues, he looks like he can shore up their midfield. I did think perofeta did what Perofeta usually does in my mind, looked reasonably average, I said I never reall saw him as the first choice at 10 for the Naki, and in this game he didn't do much to change my mind. Will be ineterested to keep an aya on that Blues No 6.Agree somewhat.
I thought both 10s were pretty average but neither got great service from their 9s.
Points off Vaa'i for the Chiefs poor lineout.
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@Dan54 said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Anyway I thought the game was ok . It was first up match, and looked like it to me. Take a couple of games to get the bugs out of system, well I reckon and it same in most rugby comps I watch .
Things looked a bit clinky, but I have seen worse games.
Toss up between Vai'i and Tupaea for me as the best out there for me. I did think Ahki could turn out to be pretty reasonable get for Blues, he looks like he can shore up their midfield. I did think perofeta did what Perofeta usually does in my mind, looked reasonably average, I said I never reall saw him as the first choice at 10 for the Naki, and in this game he didn't do much to change my mind. Will be ineterested to keep an aya on that Blues No 6.Agree somewhat.
I thought both 10s were pretty average but neither got great service from their 9s.
Points off Vaa'i for the Chiefs poor lineout.
@brodean said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
@Dan54 said in Blues vs. Chiefs 2026:
Anyway I thought the game was ok . It was first up match, and looked like it to me. Take a couple of games to get the bugs out of system, well I reckon and it same in most rugby comps I watch .
Things looked a bit clinky, but I have seen worse games.
Toss up between Vai'i and Tupaea for me as the best out there for me. I did think Ahki could turn out to be pretty reasonable get for Blues, he looks like he can shore up their midfield. I did think perofeta did what Perofeta usually does in my mind, looked reasonably average, I said I never reall saw him as the first choice at 10 for the Naki, and in this game he didn't do much to change my mind. Will be ineterested to keep an aya on that Blues No 6.Agree somewhat.
I thought both 10s were pretty average but neither got great service from their 9s.
Points off Vaa'i for the Chiefs poor lineout.
I thought their lineout was ok apart from when Samisoni decided to used some dodgy throws, that regardless of calls, almost looked like he got confused and just chucked them.
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If I had to isolate a single factor for each team it would how poor Nock was when he came on, and how crafty Vaai was.
His highlight for me was waiting for the ref to call use it before wrapping up the ball in that crucial maul.
I liked how our forwards went, Dalton was huge out there, we looked strong. New hookers looked really good.
Backs had similar problems to last year, not taking advantage of the possession and territory the forwards got them.
Is O’Halloran a handbrake?
