Hurricanes v Blues
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1st thing, an away win first up is great.
2nd thing, a rather scrappy game, that never got going.
3rd thing, A Ioane best player on the park, A Savea bloody good too.
It's good to have two All Black props on the bench.
Blues need to be a lot sharper if they want to challenge for the title.
@tim well after last night, just your early season rust.
Pre seasons aren't as much as usual -
Blues MOTM voting
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4472/blues-motm-v-hurricanes
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@tim said in Hurricanes v Blues:
Nisbett with another cheapshot at an Ioane brother. Time to retire you parochial moron.
They've earnt it
@delicatessen Well, Laumape certainly hasn't earned anything.
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@delicatessen Well, Laumape certainly hasn't earned anything.
@tim nice and relevant and not petty, good comment
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@tim He was totally correct though. But yeah, was there a need to say out loud what everybody is already thinking?
@stargazer said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@tim He was totally correct though. But yeah, was there a need to say out loud what everybody is already thinking?
Whats the issue here? Maybe just lighten up and enjoy the win
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@tim nice and relevant and not petty, good comment
@delicatessen As his forum protector you should appreciate the feedback. He couldn't even look good against Harry Plummer.
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@tim nice and relevant and not petty, good comment
@delicatessen just trying to motivate him?
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Best player to me was Aumua by a country mile.
Messy game from both sides during the first half; Blues got their act together to a certain degree during the second half, but the Canes kept on struggling.
@stargazer said in Hurricanes v Blues:
but the Canes kept on struggling
Not helped by 2 yellow cards. And Kirifi playing like a fool when he came on. I was unsure why they made this change as Fifita was providing a good attacking and line-out option
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@delicatessen As his forum protector you should appreciate the feedback. He couldn't even look good against Harry Plummer.
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@antipodean said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@kruse said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@antipodean said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@yeetyaah said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@tim pls calm your Aucklandness. Looked pretty clear.
How do you know it veered back before passing the posts?
That was my first thought to explain it, but the 2nd replay showed it never going outside the posts.
Honest question - did anybody watching that 2nd replay think there was any way it didn't go over?I suspect the refs believed it would've hit the posts or certainly didn't pass between them.
Well - yeah, the refs - on the ground watching it - obviously thought that... I just couldn't figure out how that could be, from the replay we saw.
On first view - I had no idea.
On replay - I was all like "insert 17-year-old girl voice" what the fuck, that was all, like, totally over, like, totally.
Disclaimer: I have 2 dogs in this fight: I'd like the Hurricanes to win, but I've tipped the Blues to win. So... don't really give a shit, it honestly was an honest (but drunk) question.@kruse said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@antipodean said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@kruse said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@antipodean said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@yeetyaah said in Hurricanes v Blues:
@tim pls calm your Aucklandness. Looked pretty clear.
How do you know it veered back before passing the posts?
That was my first thought to explain it, but the 2nd replay showed it never going outside the posts.
Honest question - did anybody watching that 2nd replay think there was any way it didn't go over?I suspect the refs believed it would've hit the posts or certainly didn't pass between them.
Well - yeah, the refs - on the ground watching it - obviously thought that... I just couldn't figure out how that could be, from the replay we saw.
On first view - I had no idea.
On replay - I was all like "insert 17-year-old girl voice" what the fuck, that was all, like, totally over, like, totally.
Disclaimer: I have 2 dogs in this fight: I'd like the Hurricanes to win, but I've tipped the Blues to win. So... don't really give a shit, it honestly was an honest (but drunk) question.looks like Fraser on that post had made his mind up early
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@tim get back to me in 2023 on that one ay.
Good to see you appreciating nisbo's feedback on the ioane boys tho
@delicatessen When I commentate for Sky you'll have a reason to post that. Laumape will be 31 at the next world cup, and will be playing for an NH club.
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How do they calculate the bonus points? Is it still 4 tries? The table shows the Blues with just 4 points.
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I'm fucking super-hesitant to say this, coz... well... the whole "I'm not racist, but..." thing
BUT...
I really do appreciate when the winning captains start with a bit of Te Reo, or whichever Pasifika language is their heritage, BUT....
When you're asked a question in english, for a predominately english audience, maybe do the whole "Yeah, thanks for asking, but can I first say... <Te Reo or Pasifika shout-out>" ...And, the same with religion... would we all be cool if the first words out of the winning captain's mouth were "Allahu akbar" ?
And I'm a guy who doesn't consider "Social-Justice-Warrior" to be generally a negative epithet.
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@akan004 Don't look at a table before Monday haha.
I'm reasonably sure it's a bonus point for three tries more than the opposition.
Must admit I've lost count of the tries though haha
@stargazer said in Hurricanes v Blues:
I'm reasonably sure it's a bonus point for three tries more than the opposition.
That's what wikipedia claims, for what that's worth.
