Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva)
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@ACT-Crusader said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@ACT-Crusader Which pass?
Moli’s
Dreaming
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@Donsteppa said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
If Hansen still picks TTT instead of Weber then he’s even more stubborn than he looks.
Yeeeah ... nah...
TTT looked sharp when he was on.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
Think Sam Cane is getting back into form.....
Fark yeah
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@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@westcoastie said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@Machpants said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
I saw that coming, how dumb was that? Mo'unga moron
Mounga didn't do a hell of a lot tonight did he, Debreczeni (spelling) was the better 10. Shows that RM isn't the second coming - and makes mistakes.
Comedy gold, that comment.
Why?
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Didn’t see the second half, but well done Chiefs.
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@booboo very premature on my part..who knew..!
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@Steven-Harris said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@booboo very premature on my part..who knew..!
No one should climb into you for that. Who comes back from twenty nil down against the crusaders? With that team (of previously unknown players now making a name for themselves)
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@ACT-Crusader said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
Didn’t see the second half, but well done Chiefs.
Second half was great. You really should watch it
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There was some great skills on display from both sides. As a team effort, the Chiefs were on fire.
Was good to see many of the big names performing - ALB, Sam Cane, Weber and Barrett were outstanding & Goodhue not far behind. Read was getting thru a ton of work and I thought Crotty played pretty well. Thought some of Havilli's defence was top-drawer. Mo'unga was pretty average.
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Good win to the Chiefs. Losing to them is always pretty hard to stomach, well, since around 2012 anyway as they were dross until they forewent any resemblance to a regionally representative side.
ALB looked scary dangerous every time he touched the pill, and Cane was also on fire. Those two really carried them. Great step, pace and try from Alaimalo though to get them going; his best game of the season and the same goes for the hooker, Parete, both halfbacks, Debreczeni and Nankevill.
I thought those couple of missed conversions hurt us. 24-0 vs 20-0 makes a difference and so too does the extra four points when we edged further ahead again in the second half. One of those nights when a 70% kicker kicking at only 60% hurts you. And then also giving away possession three times at the line out when it was tight was also painful and cost us. So black marks for Richie and Funnell last night. Couple of ordinary kicks from Richie too. Not his finest work.
Barrett looked more mobile than I'd ever given him credit for too, and played well at 6 later so maybe that answers a question for the AB selectors.
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@nzzp said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@Steven-Harris said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@booboo very premature on my part..who knew..!
No one should climb into you for that. Who comes back from twenty nil down against the crusaders? With that team (of previously unknown players now making a name for themselves)
@Steven-Harris As I said I wasn't mocking.
Nobody could have foreseen that.
Just amusing in hindsight (which is a bitch).
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@booboo said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
@shark said in Chiefs v Crusaders (Suva):
they forewent any resemblance to a regionally representative side.
I am reminded of pots and kettles ...
Completely incorrect. The lack of Waikato, BOP and CM born and bred players in the Chiefs since 2012 has been staggering.
The Crusaders in 2019 include, off the top of my head (and i stand to be corrected should i have any of these wrong, or if i miss some) - Moody, Franks, Perry, Romano, Strange, Dunshea, Blackadder, Harmon, Todd, Drummond, Mo'unga, Hunt, Cameron, Crotty, Bateman, Havili'i, Jordan, Punivai and Leicester F - raised and schooled in the upper SI. That's at least half the squad.
How many players subject to the same conditions can the Chiefs claim?
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@shark But here's the Chiefs squad that are from the area, included injury replacement players and if you don't wanna count them then be my guest. I also might be wrong with a few but here they are: Reuben O'Neill, Nathan Harris, Bradley Slater, Laghlan McWhannell, Daymon Leasuasu, Lachlan Boshier, Mitchell Brown, Sam Cane, Luke Jacobson, Mitch Jacobson, Jesse Parete, and Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi. Only a few less than the list you named.
Also I may be wrong with a few or missed a few so feel free to correct me.
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@Yeetyaah Aidan Ross went to Tauranga Boys College. Kaleb Trask is also contracted for the next few years but out injured. Liam Polwart and Aaron Caroll have been in the injury replacement mix.
Don't get me started on who Mount Maunganui College All Black Scott Robertson is coaching
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@Donsteppa Aidan Ross is Australian born. Polwart went to high school in Auckland.
