Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21)

[Crucial]

@bovidae said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

The Chiefs-Highlanders rivalry has been one of long winning streaks so hopefully this is the start of a new one for us Chiefs fans. Nice to finally come out on top after the recent heartbreak at the death.

Another away win in the competition.

Was a good win to add to the table as well. We aren’t going to make the final but should end the weekend in a decent slot.

[Yeetyaah]

@crucial

We aren’t going to make the final

Bit early to call that isn't it? Blues aren't looking so hot and the Canes looking super shoddy. Wide open IMO.

[Bovidae]

@yeetyaah said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

Mitch brown throwing the game

Brown should have been subbed when giving away that second stupid penalty for advancing from a kick.

[Stargazer]

Low quality game, but exciting finish.

ALB was my man of the match. Had a great game.
Weber, ENS, Tupaea good, too. It would be great if the ball got to the right side of the field, too. Not a single pass went to Lowe; the one occasion that it seemed to come his way, Stevenson threw the ball into touch. Defensively good though, including a great turnover. Dmac wearing the wrong boots until the 80th minute? Great kick for the win though.

For the Highlanders, both Hunt and Ioane disappointing. Hunt has always been a bit inconsistent, but what's wrong with Ioane? He's gone backwards since being capped. Why do they keep playing Punivai on the wing? He could be a good midfielder, but too slow and doesn't have the skill set for the wing. Frizell, Evans and Lentjes good for the Landers. Himeno invisible. Hammington didn't get on the field. It could become a long season for Smith with Fakatava out.

Edited to add that I hope that the injuries (Tupaea, Parkinson) aren't too serious.

[Duluth]

[Bovidae]

@arhs said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

Horrid display by Chiefs bench. Very lucky to win that.

Gotta hope Harris is available to play. Slater adds nothing when he comes on.

I thought K Boshier put in a solid effort as an openside. Busy and some dominant tackles.

[Bovidae]

@crucial said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

We seemed to only have one winger playing.

Nothing really goes Lowe's way on attack. He had one run in the 1st half but doesn't seem to back himself.

[Crucial]

@stargazer said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

Low quality game, but exciting finish.

ALB was my man of the match. Had a great game.
Weber, ENS, Tupaea good, too. It would be great if the ball got to the right side of the field, too. Not a single pass went to Lowe; the one occasion that it seemed to come his way, Stevenson threw the ball into touch. Defensively good though, including a great turnover. Dmac wearing the wrong boots until the 80th minute? Great kick for the win though.

For the Highlanders, both Hunt and Ioane disappointing. Hunt has always been a bit inconsistent, but what's wrong with Ioane? He's gone backwards since being capped. Why do they keep playing Punivai on the wing? He could be a good midfielder, but too slow and doesn't have the skill set for the wing. Frizell, Evans and Lentjes good for the Landers. Himeno invisible. Hammington didn't get on the field. It could become a long season for Smith with Fakatava out.

Edited to add that I hope that the injuries (Tupaea, Parkinson) aren't too serious.

I think that the quality was down because of the tactics. Chiefs didn’t want to try and play the same way the Crusaders did. That would have played into the Landers hands for confidence.
Instead they played a territory game which isn’t natural to them.
I would love to see a return to both these sides throwing the ball around like a few years back but I guess that with so many young players in both teams we are going to get slightly messy arm wrestles for a while

[Mackerzzzz]

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

Fuck that's awful. Why does Hunt keep chopping in when he's got an outside half break with players outside? Absolute shocker today.

ALB has been class. That's the game. Hunt you hungus egg.

Yeah he's a great player, just not happening tonight

Nor half his games last year. That last carry where he ignored the big hole and CGB outside and cut back in to run straight into a tackle is unforgivable.

I disagree i think he's been good most season.
But yeah he was awful tonight

Good and great are different words bro

A great player playing good. What's wrong wif dat...

[Bones]

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

Fuck that's awful. Why does Hunt keep chopping in when he's got an outside half break with players outside? Absolute shocker today.

ALB has been class. That's the game. Hunt you hungus egg.

Yeah he's a great player, just not happening tonight

Nor half his games last year. That last carry where he ignored the big hole and CGB outside and cut back in to run straight into a tackle is unforgivable.

I disagree i think he's been good most season.
But yeah he was awful tonight

Good and great are different words bro

A great player playing good. What's wrong wif dat...

I'd just prefer he at least stuck to good all of the time instead of occasionally great and occasionally calamitous. He makes DMac look extremely steady.

On Ioane, last season he showed great improvement with consistent selection, which he hasn't allowed the coaches to do this season. If he's put the bullshit behind him I'm confident he can get back to the level he was last year.

[Donsteppa]

Three wins in a row. I missed the game tonight, but I’ll hail it as another glorious victory for Clayton

[KiwiMurph]

@bones selection was part of the problem last year too for Ioane wasn't it? Mauger kept playing him at 12 for quite a while.

The year prior (2019) was when he got an extended run at 10.

[Bones]

@kiwimurph said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones selection was part of the problem last year too for Ioane wasn't it? Mauger kept playing him at 12 for quite a while.

The year prior (2019) was when he got an extended run at 10.

To start with, but not in SRA if I recall correctly. He got stronger and stronger at ten in SRA (although think he was injured at the start) as did Hunt when moved to fullback.

[Mackerzzzz]

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

Fuck that's awful. Why does Hunt keep chopping in when he's got an outside half break with players outside? Absolute shocker today.

ALB has been class. That's the game. Hunt you hungus egg.

Yeah he's a great player, just not happening tonight

Nor half his games last year. That last carry where he ignored the big hole and CGB outside and cut back in to run straight into a tackle is unforgivable.

I disagree i think he's been good most season.
But yeah he was awful tonight

Good and great are different words bro

A great player playing good. What's wrong wif dat...

I'd just prefer he at least stuck to good all of the time instead of occasionally great and occasionally calamitous. He makes DMac look extremely steady.

On Ioane, last season he showed great improvement with consistent selection, which he hasn't allowed the coaches to do this season. If he's put the bullshit behind him I'm confident he can get back to the level he was last year.

True true

[Kruse]

Didn't get to watch the game, went to a gig instead, tried to follow the action by reading the thread after the fact.
So, my only comment on the match is...
FFS @Chris - are all your punctuation mark keys broken on your keyboard? At least, please, get your comma button fixed - it's a hard fucking read sometimes.

[pakman]

@taniwharugby said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@kiwimurph from which angle? looked clearly forward from the one I saw

There's absolutely no doubt that was forward. TMO gifts Chiefs second one in a row -- this time by not referring.

[pakman]

@gt12 said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

Hames, what? That replay shows it was clearly forward!

He's used to halfbacks putting in to scrum between the shoulders of the front rows. Classic prop perspective.

[Kiwiwomble]

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@kiwimurph said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones selection was part of the problem last year too for Ioane wasn't it? Mauger kept playing him at 12 for quite a while.

The year prior (2019) was when he got an extended run at 10.

To start with, but not in SRA if I recall correctly. He got stronger and stronger at ten in SRA (although think he was injured at the start) as did Hunt when moved to fullback.

Yeah. He had 3/4 games At 12 pre COVID but back to 10 and hunt to 15 for SRA

Bugger, had my hopes up a little, really think it’s our midfield that’s lacking, smith and hunt had good ball...and then it fell apart

Obviously a shocker from hunt with the tee too, really feel for him, can really shake the confidence

I thought ioane looked good when he came on, looks to run, looked for gaps on the outside shoulder

Very little critique for any of the forwards evans HD a huge one all three loosies were hitting it up all day, hinemo always seemed to have the ball in the first half, lineouts were good, even when coltman came on, don’t think he missed one

[pakman]

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@mackerzzzz said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

@bones said in Highlanders v Chiefs (Sat 10/4/21):

Fuck that's awful. Why does Hunt keep chopping in when he's got an outside half break with players outside? Absolute shocker today.

ALB has been class. That's the game. Hunt you hungus egg.

Yeah he's a great player, just not happening tonight

Nor half his games last year. That last carry where he ignored the big hole and CGB outside and cut back in to run straight into a tackle is unforgivable.

I disagree i think he's been good most season.
But yeah he was awful tonight

Good and great are different words bro

A great player playing good. What's wrong wif dat...

I'd just prefer he at least stuck to good all of the time instead of occasionally great and occasionally calamitous. He makes DMac look extremely steady.

On Ioane, last season he showed great improvement with consistent selection, which he hasn't allowed the coaches to do this season. If he's put the bullshit behind him I'm confident he can get back to the level he was last year.

True true

Ioane has an x-factor which the ABs ought to be looking to exploit. Hope he can put his schoolboy antics behind him.

[pakman]

Not much in it. Hunt's missed kicks/DMac sideline conversion the official difference. TMO omission decisive and led to wrong result.

Thought Clan forwards started to get on top once benches emptied.

Chiefs midfield had much more finesse.

Everything said and done in the crunch Chiefs found a way to get the result.