Chiefs v Highlanders
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@williethewaiter said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@booboo said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
No comment on the game ... just started watching the game now.
But fark is that ground a promotional video for NZ tourism?
That shot straight down the ground (Josh Ioane's first shot at goal) is fucking surreal.
Fuck, times like that I miss NZ.
Bit of perception vs reality for you. In QT at the mo. Pissing down all day til KO. Fuck all open cause of fucked up covid isolation rules. No people here. Game of footy in involving my fav team. Poked my head over fence went meh sat in pub 2 mins across gave it a sideways glance on the telly.
Whole thing is fuckedWell aren't you just the positive wee fella? I always wonder why some bothet getting out of their house on some days .
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@bones said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
Oh and lastly - who is Mole-ee?
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/austinpowers/images/f/fe/Themole.jpg
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@bones said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
Is Paea good at NPC level? Because people seem to rate him and yet any time I've seen him play, he's cake. Him and Lentjes both with some yuck handling just as we were strating to look dangerous.
He was quite good off the bench for Ta$man a couple of years ago, but hasn't shown the same sort of form as a starter. Was pretty much injured all of last season though.
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@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
Terrible defensive communication between Smith ,Evans and Frizzell who must of been having a snooze
They were busy listening to the “analysis” from Justin Marshall telling everyone that the play was set up for the open side.
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@nta said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
Mitch Hunt having a very ordinary game
Yeah, hanging a lot of that first half in him and dawai
There were a couple of players really showing like that might be able to do something ( timu) but we just weren’t getting the ball to them, poor distribution and poor clearances, I think he’s got in his own head with his kicking, his place kicks have an even shorter walk up than normal and his kicks for touch…he was almost facing towards our line and hooking around…very Awkward
I though dawai looked like he could do something…but why was he on one wing for kick offs but playing on the other, just looked like he didn’t know what he should be doing…plus’s loads of straight up mistakes
Huge plus was our line out…never seen coltman throw that well, was a worry after Dixon left, please keep it up
Props in general all looked good and strong
Lots of the team are either new or coming back from long injuries (timu, dawai, paea, TUJ, fakatava) and it really showed, hopefully things start falling into place
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@dice said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
I wonder how they would have dealt with it if upon jumping his knee went straight into the tackler's head?
Or if the tackler made contact and Gus got flipped on his head?
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@crazy-horse yeah I was thinking that, well more the latter when I saw it.
Jeez Frizell was so late coming off, PGS was already hurdling when Frizell breaks
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@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@crazy-horse yeah I was thinking that, well more the latter when I saw it.
Jeez Frizell was so late coming off, PGS was already hurdling when Frizell breaks
Scrum had gone down and he was on his knees.
A side effect of refs allowing the ball to be cleared from collapsed scrums and experienced players know it -
@kiwiwomble said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
think he’s got in his own head with his kicking
Most of his clearances were under 12 level. Might as well have just handed the ball to the opposition as we would have made more ground. One was truly bizarre, had all the time in the world and went sideways.
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I was happy with the way Iaone played. If he kicks on he could be a huge plus for the Chiefs.
Those long passes worked on Saturday, some of them were sweet to see. It will be interesting to see if he has the vision to know when to throw them against teams waiting for the long pass.
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@crucial well thats a learning for the inexperienced Frizell then...still bloody slow reaction to allow the 8 to pick up and run 3-5m and start hurdling someone before you even detach.
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@crazy-horse he does...
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@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@crucial well thats a learning for the inexperienced Frizell then...still bloody slow reaction to allow the 8 to pick up and run 3-5m and start hurdling someone before you even detach.
Frizzle was lying on the ground or at least in hands and knees. That’s all the extra split second needed.
Who leaves a 5 metre blind unattended and expects the flanker to block it? You only need to promote that side to have an easy run at the line. -
@crucial that gif doesnt show alot of him, but he didnt look like he was lying on the ground...your defence is marginally better than his was!
It was a shit read by the Highlanders, Smith included, but Frizell should be better than that.
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@taniwharugby maybe the new scrum "laws" are doing their job?
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@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:
@crucial that gif doesnt show alot of him, but he didnt look like he was lying on the ground...your defence is marginally better than his was!
It was a shit read by the Highlanders, Smith included, but Frizell should be better than that.
Considering that you can’t see him it’s hilarious that you are judging him.
I’ve had another look and when the scrum collapsed his left knee was down and he immediately threw his right leg forward and pushed himself up and off. The speed of the pick and go from PGS was just too good.
I assume you are imagining a scenario where he isn’t fully committed to the scrum (which was under pressure) and is waiting to jump into the gap.
