SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares

[Yeetyaah]

Fuck I'll be the first to admit that I hate the Crusaders and their successes and I'll say shit like ah fuck them they're shit and boring. But to be the best you have to beat the best. And right now, the Crusaders under razor are just too good. If he isn't the next AB's coach, I'll be disappointed.

[taniwharugby]

easy picking

[E African Troll]

@sparky said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@taniwharugby said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

maybe lacked a bit of big game experience at crucial

Crusaders deserved to win

Jaguares were the better team

Too obvious

Not trolling Marshall made a similar point in terms of the stats

But sadly the game is not played on paper

Crusaders outside of some pressure in 50th minute did not threaten to score a try

Crusaders deserved to win as they were more efficient but Jaguares were IMO the better team

But that counts for little

[KiwiMurph]

Congrats Crusaders. Way too clinical.

Mounga goal kicking very impressive.

Conditions hampered Jags in their offloading game I thought.

Young Jags 10 went to pieces a tad.

That game pretty much went entirely as expected. No plot twists.

Glad Matera got man of match. He was the best player on the field - absolute gun.

[E African Troll]

@Donsteppa said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

“The better team” never loses a game 19 - 3.

they do when they leave at least 15 points on the table and gift a try through a winger having a brain fart

[E African Troll]

@KiwiMurph said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

Congrats Crusaders. Way too clinical.

Mounga goal kicking very impressive.

Conditions hampered Jags in their offloading game I thought.

Young Jags 10 went to pieces a tad.

That game pretty much went entirely as expected. No plot twists.

Glad Matera got man of match. He was the best player on the field - absolute gun.

Well said

In the 2nd half Mo'unga stepped up & Diaz Bonilla had a stinker

Matera was best player on the pitch with honourable mention for Todd

[Donsteppa]

@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@Donsteppa said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

“The better team” never loses a game 19 - 3.

they do when they leave at least 15 points on the table and gift a try through a winger having a brain fart

Coulda, shoulda, woulda.

Didn’t.

Distant second on the scoreboard.

Couldn’t even score one try.

Not even one.

Not. Even. One.

Better team?

In an opposites universe...

[ACT Crusader]

@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@sparky said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@taniwharugby said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

maybe lacked a bit of big game experience at crucial

Crusaders deserved to win

Jaguares were the better team

Too obvious

Not trolling Marshall made a similar point in terms of the stats

But sadly the game is not played on paper

Crusaders outside of some pressure in 50th minute did not threaten to score a try

Crusaders deserved to win as they were more efficient but Jaguares were IMO the better team

But that counts for little

Stats don’t win matches. Defence does. Marshall doing his best unbiased commentary.

Other than that period in the first half where the Jags were attacking red hot and playing extremely flat, I thought the tactics of the Jags changed for the worst.

The Jags 1st 5 started standing extremely deep. The forwards weren’t as quick to their spots in attack. All that possession and not scoring does take its toll.

[pukunui]

@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@sparky said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@taniwharugby said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

maybe lacked a bit of big game experience at crucial

Crusaders deserved to win

Jaguares were the better team

Too obvious

Not trolling Marshall made a similar point in terms of the stats

But sadly the game is not played on paper

Crusaders outside of some pressure in 50th minute did not threaten to score a try

Crusaders deserved to win as they were more efficient but Jaguares were IMO the better team

But that counts for little

As delusional as your pre game posts. You said it, the game isn’t played on paper. Cherry picking stats to suggest a team, that was beaten with plenty of time to go, was the better team is pathetic.

The Crusaders didn’t need to push for tries in the second half. They were happy chalking points up in 3’s.

[Chris]

Bring on the WC let’s bring that Fucka a home as well

[Canes4life]

The final was last week. Jaguares never had a chance. Well done on the 10th Crusaders. Hopefully a new winner next year.

[No Quarter]

Not a great game in terms of pure excitement given it was sealed with 7 minutes to go, but a very clinical performance from some ABs which is great to see leading into TRC and the WC.

Read is not the player he was ranging wide but he gets through a ton of work and rarely makes mistakes, which are great attributes for our 8 to have in tight test matches.

Mo'unga looks very calm in the big games now, has really found his feet at the top level and adds a huge amount to the AB squad. He's a world class 10 now.

I'm definitely ready for some international footy now, bring on the ABs!

[Victor Meldrew]

@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

Jaguares were the better team

"Diego Maradona, Juan Peron, Gabrielle Sabatini, Hugo Porta, Daniel Barenboim, Oscar Bonavena........your boys took a hell of a beating tonight!"

(with apologies to a famous Danish football commentator)

[E African Troll]

@ACT-Crusader said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@sparky said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@Jaguares4real said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

@taniwharugby said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

maybe lacked a bit of big game experience at crucial

Crusaders deserved to win

Jaguares were the better team

Too obvious

Not trolling Marshall made a similar point in terms of the stats

But sadly the game is not played on paper

Crusaders outside of some pressure in 50th minute did not threaten to score a try

Crusaders deserved to win as they were more efficient but Jaguares were IMO the better team

But that counts for little

Stats don’t win matches. Defence does. Marshall doing his best unbiased commentary.

Other than that period in the first half where the Jags were attacking red hot and playing extremely flat, I thought the tactics of the Jags changed for the worst.

The Jags 1st 5 started standing extremely deep. The forwards weren’t as quick to their spots in attack. All that possession and not scoring does take its toll.

Indeed

Diaz Bonilla got worse as the match wore on & that killed the Jaguares game plan- they totally rely on #10 to be flat and provide options for ball runners

Kicking from 9 is a better strategy

[MajorPom]

Fair play to the Jaguares ... tough travel across for the game, and I suspect there may not have been another team in the comp that would have beaten them tonight. If they hold on to most players for next year, they will be very tough to beat. Certainly a long way from where they started.

But you can't score 3 points in a final an expect to win anything. One bombed try, and two close chances don't count for much, when I think the Saders let themselves down a couple of times too. If everybody had taken 80% of their chances, the score would have been something like 30-18.

But they didn't, and hence scoreboard pressure meant the Saders never really had to take risks, whilst the Jaguares did. And that ... is final's rugby.

They'll be better for it next year.

[akan004]

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[Donsteppa]

And to be fair, I think Hansen would take a half-pie All Blacks squad to Buenos Aires at his peril, but that doesn’t close the gap between the two teams in Christchurch tonight.

[reprobate]

good game i thought, and a fair bit closer than the scoreboard indicates.

jags blew a couple of tries they really should have scored which would have made it a different game - looked a bit like the old 'gotta lose a final to win one' cliche, pushing it a bit much in the big game. well played though, some gun players and super committed, and the better lineout which is no mean feat against the crusaders. diaz bonilla made some dodgy decisions, which he did against the brumbies too - put nico sanchez in there and that's a very dangerous group of players for the WC.

for the saders, looked like moody popped them in the scrum a few times, good to see. taylor a bit dicey at lineout, and franks is level-pegging with other options now i reckon. whitelock was good, and read too. todd the pick of them, very strong game.
there was a time when i thought drummond should have been the starting halfback with hall on the bench. that feels hard to believe now, hall is miles better these days and they subbed him too early. drummond was a prime target for a charge-down every time he kicked. mo'unga good, and kicked the big game kicks. goodhue excellent defensive workrate, ennor good ball in hand, no issues on defence but his hands let him down a couple of times, which is unusual for him. bit disappointed in both wingers turning in on defence to make 2 on 1 tackles and leaving their outside man unmarked - if you're going to do that, you want to be damn sure you stop the offload.

jaco was generally good, but inconsistent with his application of knock-on advantage which shitted me a bit. sometimes it's just change of possession and if you lose it it's advantage over, sometimes change of possession, lose it, and he comes back for the advantage.

[Cyclops]

@Canes4life said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

The final was last week. Jaguares never had a chance. Well done on the 10th Crusaders. Hopefully a new winner next year.

Disagree. Jaguares were in that for 60+ minutes and with a liitle more composure they might have won it. Semi final was a greatgame and worthy of a final, but the final was a great game too.

[E African Troll]

@MajorRage said in SR Final: Crusaders v Jaguares:

Fair play to the Jaguares ... tough travel across for the game, and I suspect there may not have been another team in the comp that would have beaten them tonight. If they hold on to most players for next year, they will be very tough to beat. Certainly a long way from where they started.

But you can't score 3 points in a final an expect to win anything. One bombed try, and two close chances don't count for much, when I think the Saders let themselves down a couple of times too. If everybody had taken 80% of their chances, the score would have been something like 30-18.

But they didn't, and hence scoreboard pressure meant the Saders never really had to take risks, whilst the Jaguares did. And that ... is final's rugby.

They'll be better for it next year.

Jaguares will be around for a while They benefit from clear pathways with a team playing CC rugby in SA & U20 players emerging at a steady rate

Matera will be badly missed Matera is the best #6 in World Rugby and it;s not really close

Lavinnini is replaceable Very good player but his hands are fecking awful

Moreover with a round robin format from 2021 onwards this will suit Jaguares well They tour well + win games in AUS & NZ

SA teams can't win in NZ & AUS AUS teams will remain rubbish

Even the NZ teams will be weakened

Blues will remain a show Highlanders will revert back to being bottom feeders

Canes will be screwed when Barrett Brothers likely leave