SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs

African Monkey

@yeetyaah Doesn't matter what team they put out, they'll always be competitive and if they put out a 2nd string side out in this comp, they'd probably come 2nd......

Stag

@taniwharugby Clarke needs to spend some time with Reece to learn about looking for the ball & work rate

African Monkey

@stag Reece should learn from Clarke on how to transfer his potential to test level.....

trodthesod

How on earth did the Blues beat the Chiefs.The commentators would have us believe the courageous,under strength Chiefs had the game to bury the bumbling Blues in most facets of the game.From the 70 minute mark the adjectives dried up to a mere trickle.The critics of Blues rugby and all those involved ,continues unabated.
Congratulations to the Blues for overcoming this ineptitude and also to the Chiefs for playing so well tonight and making the final next week.
As the Chiefs proved this year ,form can quickly turn around.

African Monkey

@trodthesod It was mainly Tony Johnson but he's easy enough to ignore.

trodthesod

He’s a shocker.”And here come the Chiefs!”

Duluth

Crucial

@trodthesod said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

How on earth did the Blues beat the Chiefs.The commentators would have us believe the courageous,under strength Chiefs had the game to bury the bumbling Blues in most facets of the game.From the 70 minute mark the adjectives dried up to a mere trickle.The critics of Blues rugby and all those involved ,continues unabated.
Congratulations to the Blues for overcoming this ineptitude and also to the Chiefs for playing so well tonight and making the final next week.
As the Chiefs proved this year ,form can quickly turn around.

I wasn’t watching the clock close enough to see the exact minute that the Blues turned around but for a good portion of this game they were terrible. They were scoring points but looked like rabble (much like previous games)
Yes, TJ is a nob, but in fairness the Blues led him down that road.

ARHS

Front row changes were decisive tonite. Norris was hugely combative again. Disappointed by Trask. Well done in the end Blues. Should have tried Sullivan earlier in the season. Robinson looking more and more like an AB each week.

trodthesod

Good to see Hoskin Sotutu returning to form,and I thought a nice game from Adrian Choat,he carries well and is strong near the line.He played well too in the pre season game in Cambridge .

Bones

@african-monkey said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@trodthesod It was mainly Tony Johnson but he's easy enough to ignore.

Smithy was doing a great job joining in.

pakman

@bones said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Not a knock on but picked up by a guy in front. Duh.

Not in front of where the ball was released.

pakman

@damo said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@anonymous said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@damo said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@arhs said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

How is it offside if ball goes back? These referrals are an absolute farce

That's irrelevant.

If you are in front of the last team mate to play the ball you are offside until put onside.

Does retreating to the point they last touched the ball not count as putting yourself onside?

Yes, or getting behind the player who last played it. That didn't happen though.

Player who played fell back towards his own goal line. Surely it’s where he played it from?

pakman

@antipodean said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@tim said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

What turnip field did they pluck that woman from?

Someone should have a quiet word in her ear about slowing down - that she can breathe between sentences.

No such a bad habit?

pakman

@canes4life said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Man it’s refreshing seeing tall locks.

Did you notice that at end Kapeli was packing LH lock in scrums?!

pakman

@steven-harris said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Good impact from the bench in the 2nd half ..Goodhue has added some power to the scrum , Ofa been great value at scrum time , Nock with some nice touches , and Akira with some much needed energy ..can’t quite spilt my MOM ..either Robinson or Eklund ..

Anyone notice that last week Ofa came on for Nepo went OK and then Renata came on for Karl and Blues scrum got mullered. Thought at time it was back to front.

This week Ofa on for Karl and went OK. Renata on for Nepo and Blues scrum remained strong.

pakman

@crucial said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@trodthesod said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

How on earth did the Blues beat the Chiefs.The commentators would have us believe the courageous,under strength Chiefs had the game to bury the bumbling Blues in most facets of the game.From the 70 minute mark the adjectives dried up to a mere trickle.The critics of Blues rugby and all those involved ,continues unabated.
Congratulations to the Blues for overcoming this ineptitude and also to the Chiefs for playing so well tonight and making the final next week.
As the Chiefs proved this year ,form can quickly turn around.

I wasn’t watching the clock close enough to see the exact minute that the Blues turned around but for a good portion of this game they were terrible. They were scoring points but looked like rabble (much like previous games)
Yes, TJ is a nob, but in fairness the Blues led him down that road.

Sotutu really stepped up in the business end.

sparky

Ecklund going well. Worth a shot in the AB squad?

antipodean

@sparky said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Ecklund going well. Worth a shot in the AB squad?

Would you put him ahead of Aumua as the third best hooker?

pakman

@antipodean said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

@sparky said in SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs:

Ecklund going well. Worth a shot in the AB squad?

Would you put him ahead of Aumua as the third best hooker?

He's no. 4 for me, but Colesy can't last forever.

The Silver Fern

SRA Round 10: Blues v Chiefs