Super Rugby Final 2018
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On the actual game, I think nine times out of ten we'd clean them up under these circumstances. There's been a helluva media beat-up about Malcolm Marx which appears to be the only thing keeping people thinking the Lions will be in it. But he's only one player. I'd expect Kwagga Smith to join him in turning in a blinder given the occasion and circumstances so perhaps they'll have a couple of guys who individually can match the Crusaders pack in terms of performance, but as a unit our eight will be too good, and then when Jantjes craps the bed on the big stage again under pressure from our guys, it'll all fall apart. So I predict a fairly tight first 50 minutes but then - as has often been the pattern this season against the better sides - we'll pull away with around 30 to go. I'd put $30 on the Lions at $7 so that I would come away with $200 as consolation if we lost, but this week I just think I may as well grab the cash and put a match to it as this would have the same effect.
@shark yep, as long as Razor can keep his boys grounded and ignoring all the talk that the title is thiers, it will be.
I think the Crusaders could end up putting 50 on the board after 80 mins.
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@chris-b said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
What does he mean 10 metres at the scrum, anyway- the cheating Jaapie.
There should be at least 15 metres - more with those giant SA locks!
Actual genuine question ... isn't it 5m?
@booboo said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@chris-b said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
What does he mean 10 metres at the scrum, anyway- the cheating Jaapie.
There should be at least 15 metres - more with those giant SA locks!
Actual genuine question ... isn't it 5m?
Five metres each, but also the width of the scrum.
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Crusaders
1 Joe Moody
2 Codie Taylor
3 Owen Franks
4 Scott Barrett
5 Sam Whitelock (c)
6 Heiden Bedwell-Curtis
7 Matt Todd (vc)
8 Kieran Read
9 Bryn Hall
10 Richie Mo'unga
11 George Bridge
12 Ryan Crotty (vc)
13 Jack Goodhue
14 Seta Tamanivalu
15 David HaviliReserves
16 Sam Anderson-Heather/ Andrew Makalio
17 Tim Perry
18 Michael Ala'alatoa
19 Luke Romano
20 Pete Samu
21 Mitchell Drummond
22 Mitchell Hunt
23 Braydon Ennor -
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Looks shit. Lions by plenty
@mariner4life yep, only 12 capped players in the starting lineup, they should default now, save everyone the embarrassment.
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Lions a real chance with a disrupted starting lineup and a debutante at backup hooker. Crusaders without experienced All Blacks Wyatt Crockett and Israel Dagg.
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Lions a real chance with a disrupted starting lineup and a debutante at backup hooker. Crusaders without experienced All Blacks Wyatt Crockett and Israel Dagg.
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Lions chances given a further boost with the Crusaders being far too emotional this close. Should be more business as usual like.
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Lions chances given a further boost with the Crusaders being far too emotional this close. Should be more business as usual like.
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@mariner4life yep, only 12 capped players in the starting lineup, they should default now, save everyone the embarrassment.
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@mariner4life yep, only 12 capped players in the starting lineup, they should default now, save everyone the embarrassment.
And some Ferners firmly believe that number is too low.
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I feel sorry for Wyatt Crockett, this long serving and faithful player, and even more when you know that the preferred option is far from being an outstanding LHP. Is it because WC is a penalty magnet at scrum time ?
@cgrant It is a bit sad for Wyatt, but on the other hand - if Razor believes that Perry is better and given that Perry will be with the Crusaders next year - I'm going to applaud his ruthlessness.
I have a recollection of Toddy, early in his tenure, giving Ben Franks a start in a play-off game when he wasn't the No.1 option, on the grounds that he "deserved it". Pretty sure we lost.
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@act-crusader We should take heed at Shag's warning.
No-one thought the ABs would lose in 1999, 2003 or 2007 until they did.
@chris-b said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@act-crusader We should take heed at Shag's warning.
No-one thought the ABs would lose in 1999, 2003 or 2007 until they did.
Eh? 2003? The holes in that team were well known.
The way we lost was gut-wrenching. But we'd been flakey all season.
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@chris-b said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@act-crusader We should take heed at Shag's warning.
No-one thought the ABs would lose in 1999, 2003 or 2007 until they did.
Eh? 2003? The holes in that team were well known.
The way we lost was gut-wrenching. But we'd been flakey all season.
@chester-draws We'd beaten the Wallabies twice that year, though. Once was a thumping.
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@chester-draws We'd beaten the Wallabies twice that year, though. Once was a thumping.
@chris-b and if we hadn't given an intercept we might have won again.
I didn't say we were bad. We were flakey.
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@chris-b and if we hadn't given an intercept we might have won again.
I didn't say we were bad. We were flakey.
@chester-draws Though the Aussies were even more-so.
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@chester-draws We'd beaten the Wallabies twice that year, though. Once was a thumping.
@chris-b said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@chester-draws We'd beaten the Wallabies twice that year, though. Once was a thumping.
And it was perfectly obvious after the reverse fixture in Sydney that Eddie had worked out the gameplan - stop kicking it to the All Black's back three, boot it out into row Z.
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@chris-b said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@chester-draws We'd beaten the Wallabies twice that year, though. Once was a thumping.
And it was perfectly obvious after the reverse fixture in Sydney that Eddie had worked out the gameplan - stop kicking it to the All Black's back three, boot it out into row Z.
@antipodean said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@chris-b said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@chester-draws We'd beaten the Wallabies twice that year, though. Once was a thumping.
And it was perfectly obvious after the reverse fixture in Sydney that Eddie had worked out the gameplan - stop kicking it to the All Black's back three, boot it out into row Z.
Yeah that second match was pretty close too.
