SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders
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@kev said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
@tim Plummer especially. Clutch kicks. Gibson had to just fall over but nothing wrong. Ruru? Remember him throwing the ball into touch….
Nock lovers are boring.
Ruru had a great fast clearance to make that try and Gibson worked hard to be there. Was good play
@kirwan equally Christie fluffers!
BUt it says somethign when Ruru comes on and improves the play at 9 (aside form that wild pass, but was under advantage anyway)
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Tuipulotu coming back on seemed to calm the team. Coincidence? Might have been a lucky break for the coaches to have him come back on.
@tim bit silly to take him off in the first place IMO.
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@kirwan said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
Two f-bombs from Reiko!
Did well to only keep it to 2!
@anonymous said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
@kirwan said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
Two f-bombs from Reiko!
Did well to only keep it to 2!
Remembered the word freaking for the third
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Blues deserved to win but they are ill disciplined on attack and defence and almost lost it. Better handling and decisions and the game should have been all but over at halftime. Highlanders did a scrappy job staying in the game and winning kickable pens. Biggest mistake was going blind side of the attacking scrum in the last 15 minutes when they should have rumbled up the middle and kicked the inevitable penalty. Led to a go ahead sideline pen and the Blues never looked back
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Reiko should not even be in the picture...
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Reiko should not even be in the picture...
@mattasaurus said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
Reiko should not even be in the picture...
Taking the piss surely?
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@mattasaurus said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
Reiko should not even be in the picture...
Taking the piss surely?
@kiwimurph said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
@mattasaurus said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
Reiko should not even be in the picture...
Taking the piss surely?
As Ben Wylie pointed out in the The Chase on substack, the reactions to Rieko Ioane's play are often entirely emotional.
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Well, damn that is great. A reasonably full Eden Park, no rain, a victory, happy days. Relaxing quietly at home now after a big afternoon out. Really stoked for teh team, and particularly the coaches - turning around a dysfunctional organisation is a big deal.
Highlanders are exceptional at covering their weaknesses. Their scrum was getting pasted, but only conceded one scrum penalty -a nd managed to win one back. Blues couldn't ram that advantage home.
Blues ruck work was outstanding, protecting the ball except for a 20 minute period where we tried to give the game to the 'landers. Really, though, the Highlanders didnt' show much on attack except where they were winning back to back penalties from the ref.
I'm delighted for Plummer, who really stepped up and kicked the clutch kicks. The first (from near the sideline) was a terrible choice - we had the highlanders out on their feet, they were passive, just standing and watching the Blues run at them ... so naturally we kicked the penalty
No words.Blues should have won by a thowsand, but a win is a win. Monkey off back, can't wait for next year. Beaudy at 10 will make a difference, and an extended offseason for Leon to work on the 9s will be important.
Delighted to win, such a big releif. I've been a season ticket holder for 13 seasons ,and there's been a lot of shawshank before the redemption. So stoked right now.
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@kiwimurph said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
@mattasaurus said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
Reiko should not even be in the picture...
Taking the piss surely?
As Ben Wylie pointed out in the The Chase on substack, the reactions to Rieko Ioane's play are often entirely emotional.
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@tim said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
As Ben Wylie pointed out in the The Chase on substack
Oh well if Ben Wylie says so! But nah, you just did a random sentence generator with the words Rieko Ioane, right?
@bones said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
@tim said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
As Ben Wylie pointed out in the The Chase on substack
Oh well if Ben Wylie says so! But nah, you just did a random sentence generator with the words Rieko Ioane, right?
Try reading the forum, dipshit.
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@tim said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
Big thanks to @nzzp for his grandstand commentaries this season. Always interesting insights.
it's been a far more enjoyable season than usual.
I've not blown up about the lack of offside calls from teh referee tonight, though, it just doesn't matter. But the quality of the referees in general is poor... if I had to throw money at the sport, it woudl be on clarifying and simplifying laws, and investing in a refereeing pyramid that spits out decent refs at the top.
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@tim said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
Big thanks to @nzzp for his grandstand commentaries this season. Always interesting insights.
it's been a far more enjoyable season than usual.
I've not blown up about the lack of offside calls from teh referee tonight, though, it just doesn't matter. But the quality of the referees in general is poor... if I had to throw money at the sport, it woudl be on clarifying and simplifying laws, and investing in a refereeing pyramid that spits out decent refs at the top.
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@bones said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
@tim said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
As Ben Wylie pointed out in the The Chase on substack
Oh well if Ben Wylie says so! But nah, you just did a random sentence generator with the words Rieko Ioane, right?
Try reading the forum, dipshit.
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@nzzp hah...I think my most uttered phrase tonight was "offside...oh" but we generally only got away with it in your half, so maybe less visible to the officials.
@bones said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:
@nzzp hah...I think my most uttered phrase tonight was "offside...oh" but we generally only got away with it in your half, so maybe less visible to the officials.
pretty sure that's why the stands were booing the ref at one stage - not for calling the offside against the Blues, but for not calling a few before then against the Highlanders.
