Final: Blues vs Crusaders
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@mariner4life Exactly, he is a Poverty Bay boy 100%!
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Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders. -
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders. -
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What's their percentage with other refs of the same era? Probably similar!
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@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What's their percentage with other refs of the same era? Probably similar!
@Machpants Probably. That stat was mentioned so I thought I'd include that info. I am surprised O'Keeffe has never refereed a game between these two teams before.
@Old-Samurai-Jack Yes, same ref.
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@Bovidae This is the guy that gifted the Blues a final last week, isn't it?
@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Bovidae This is the guy that gifted the Blues a final last week, isn't it?
No, the one trying to gift the crusaders a home final by letting in truck and trailer trys.
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Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.And those 3 were absolute stitch ups.
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Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What has that stat got to do with anything, I remember in Aus a rugby pundit giving the percetages of game ABs won with Nigel Owens as ref, and when you looked it was no different to any other ref, just the ABs won a lot, maybe a bit like Crusaders?
Hell the ref won't decide game, the players will as always! -
@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What has that stat got to do with anything, I remember in Aus a rugby pundit giving the percetages of game ABs won with Nigel Owens as ref, and when you looked it was no different to any other ref, just the ABs won a lot, maybe a bit like Crusaders?
Hell the ref won't decide game, the players will as always!@Dan54 said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What has that stat got to do with anything, I remember in Aus a rugby pundit giving the percetages of game ABs won with Nigel Owens as ref, and when you looked it was no different to any other ref, just the ABs won a lot, maybe a bit like Crusaders?
Hell the ref won't decide game, the players will as always!Well haven't you just excluded yourself from post match discussions
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@Dan54 said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What has that stat got to do with anything, I remember in Aus a rugby pundit giving the percetages of game ABs won with Nigel Owens as ref, and when you looked it was no different to any other ref, just the ABs won a lot, maybe a bit like Crusaders?
Hell the ref won't decide game, the players will as always!Well haven't you just excluded yourself from post match discussions
@Crucial said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Dan54 said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Bovidae said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Confirmed.
Referee: Ben O’Keeffe
Assistant Ref 1: Nic Berry
Assistant Ref 2: Stu Curran
TMO: Shane McDermottThe Crusaders have an 83% winning record when O’Keeffe officiates their games, losing just three of 18.
The 33-year-old has, however, never refereed a match between the Blues and Crusaders.What has that stat got to do with anything, I remember in Aus a rugby pundit giving the percetages of game ABs won with Nigel Owens as ref, and when you looked it was no different to any other ref, just the ABs won a lot, maybe a bit like Crusaders?
Hell the ref won't decide game, the players will as always!Well haven't you just excluded yourself from post match discussions
Mate I always excluded for blaming the ref posts, and bloody happy to be!!:beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
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Papalii bracketed on the bench.
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https://www.blues.rugby/blues-rugby-news/grand-final-team-naming
The Blues team to play the Crusaders at Eden Park is (Blues caps in brackets):
- Alex Hodgman (54)
- Kurt Eklund (37)
- Nepo Laulala (25)
- Josh Goodhue (46)
- Tom Robinson (44)
- Akira Ioane (94)
- Adrian Choat (19)
- Hoskins Sotutu (36)
- Finlay Christie (30)
- Beauden Barrett (17)
- AJ Lam (20)
- Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (11)
- Rieko Ioane (85)
- Mark Telea (38)
- Stephen Perofeta (44)
- Soane Vikena (14)
- Karl Tu’inukuafe (42)
- Ofa Tuungafasi (120)
- Luke Romano (14)
- Dalton Papalii (55) or James Tucker (11)
- Sam Nock (50)
- Bryce Heem (19)
- Zarn Sullivan (18)
Players not considered: Harry Plummer, Anton Segner, Jordan Lay, Tanielu Tele’a, Caleb Clarke, Corey Evans.
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Blues captain and All Blacks flanker Dalton Papalii faces a fitness test today after being named on the bench for Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific final at Eden Park.
