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  • DuluthD Offline
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    Duluth
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    Solid win in shitty conditions. Not worried about handling with a wet ball.

    Scrum was shit hot

    Ruru had a good hour but should’ve been subbed (if the coaches don’t rate Nock why waste a squad spot on him???)

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    Rebound
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    First set piece Nick is at halfback =try. Surely his better passing warrants a start. Ruru is a handbrake

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    @Duluth defence was really good too.

    With better goal kicking that would have been an easier win, earlier.

    Forwards are going well, backs have a bit to work on. TJ out is ok....

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    @Kirwan said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    @Stargazer said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    @Kirwan Uhm, they played well enough, but definitely weren't awesome. Awesome to get the win though.

    Don’t be a misery guts 🙂

    Well his Crusaders did lose...

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    Good effort from the forward pack tonite , set pieces scrum was superb , even I will have to admit the lineout was better once Parsons came on ...tight five worked very hard , and the loose forwards in the main bar the odd penalty from Gibson were very good....Talea looks to have nailed down one of the wing spots, definitely got X factor ..TJ and Marchant slowing getting their combinations together ..halves still remain a concern and will have to way better than this come Friday evening against a grumpy Saders outfit

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  • StargazerS Offline
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    replied to KiwiMurph on last edited by Stargazer
    #147

    @KiwiMurph My Highlanders lost as well and my Hurricanes are going to lose. too.

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    @Kirwan said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    Lineout looked much better when Parsons came on, so he should start again.

    He was fine. One of the more under rated players in NZ. I’m not saying he’s that good.. prob the 10th, 11th or 12th hooker in the country but no where near as bad as most people claim

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  • Victor MeldrewV Offline
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    replied to Stargazer on last edited by
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    @Stargazer said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    @Kirwan Uhm, they played well enough, but definitely weren't awesome. Awesome to get the win though.

    Early days, but they seemed to be a bit more composed at key points in the game compared to last year

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    @Victor-Meldrew said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    @Stargazer said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    @Kirwan Uhm, they played well enough, but definitely weren't awesome. Awesome to get the win though.

    Early days, but they seemed to be a bit more composed at key points in the game compared to last year

    That scrum turnover on their own line under pressure was huge. In past years we would have screwed the pooch there.

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  • TimT Away
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    Blues should've put away that team by 30 or 40. Accuracy was lacking and 10 play was poor.

    Refereeing of the scrum was appalling. Should've been many more penalties to the Blues there.

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    replied to KiwiMurph on last edited by
    #152

    @KiwiMurph said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    @Kirwan said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    @Stargazer said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    @Kirwan Uhm, they played well enough, but definitely weren't awesome. Awesome to get the win though.

    Don’t be a misery guts 🙂

    Well his Crusaders did lose...

    Be nice 🙂 That result puts the Blues result against the Chiefs in context too, they might be the team to beat this year.

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  • TimT Away
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    Also, we need the Ioanes to start to convert opportunities.

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    @Tim said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    Blues should've put away that team by 30 or 40. Accuracy was lacking and 10 play was poor.

    Refereeing of the scrum was appalling. Should've been many more penalties to the Blues there.

    Scoring 32 in poor conditions is not a bad result. Sometimes we just need to enjoy what we got.

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    Tahs will be lucky to beat the Highlanders.

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  • KirwanK Offline
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    If we can keep in a solid position, BB is going to love playing behind this forward pack.

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  • DuluthD Offline
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    Strange feeling after that. Not used to us winning after being fairly poor for large parts of the game, which says a lot about how bad the Waratahs really were.

    The scrum and Mark Telea were the 2 big positives for me. 9 and 10 still remains a problem. Plummer was extremely poor when he came on, and our goal kicking is still horrendous.

    Plenty to work on still going into the Crusaders game next week, especially coming off a loss.

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    @antipodean can't even see them troubling the canes.

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    There was no one there at all.

    Super Rugby really is dead and buried.

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  • sparkyS Offline
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    @Hooroo said in Waratahs vs Blues:

    There was no one there at all.

    Super Rugby really is dead and buried.

    Play in front of two half asleep men and a dog in Super Rugby or in front of a noisy crowd of 70,000+ in London, Paris or Cardiff?

    Who can blame the players for heading to Europe?

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