Rebels v Chiefs

Tim

akan004

Cracking try that last one. Brodie is a freak.

In the build up, Horan said that Retallick was underrated in NZ. WTF! A lot of us already consider him to be our best ever lock.

Bones

@akan004 said in Rebels v Chiefs:

@KiwiMurph said in Rebels v Chiefs:

Cracking try that last one. Brodie is a freak.

In the build up, Horan said that Retallick was underrated in NZ. WTF! A lot of us already consider him to be our best ever lock.

2nd best.

mariner4life

@akan004 Horan may be the 2nd best 12 of all time, but he's a rubbish pundit, he just talks shit.

Nepia

@mariner4life said in Rebels v Chiefs:

@akan004 Horan may be the 2nd best 12 of all time, but he's a rubbish pundit, he just talks shit.

Who's the first best 12 of all time?

Tim

@Nepia Bones will say Nonu, and in 2015 he may just have been right.

Stargazer

Hats off to the Rabble, staying close to the Chiefs despite carrying the wooden spoon, until those final minutes.
The Chiefs, what can I say? They were pretty average until those final minutes.

Bones

@Tim said in Rebels v Chiefs:

@Nepia Bones will say Nonu, and in 2015 he may just have been right.

Pretty sure it's not just Bones who will say that....

mariner4life

@Nepia Nonu

Tim

@Bones Hey dude, he's my vote for all time best. After all, he's no Rob Thompson.

Bones

@Tim I'm right then, as usual.

Tim

@Bones Oh, of course, TJ.

Nepia

@Tim said in Rebels v Chiefs:

@Nepia Bones will say Nonu, and in 2015 he may just have been right.

Nah, not even close IMHO, and I'm a huge Nonu fan, especially after he was treated so badly by the evil Hammetuer.

Bones

@Tim Like that time I called Collins to be the next big rising star in the centres after his break out season for Otago.

Bovidae

Ugly! I had a feeling this game would be a repeat of the last game in Melbourne but luckily with a better result. 5 pts and flush down the dunny.

Cane and BBBR were immense. We would have been fucked without them. TKB great as well, particularly on defence.

DMac and Cruden were really poor with their exit plays. They gave the Rebels opportunities on attack.

I'm not sure too many of the newbies pushed their case tonight. Karpik - hold onto the ball you idiot!

I watched both games without commentary so can't comment on the Fox comms.

antipodean

@Bovidae Cruden was woeful.

antipodean

@antipodean said in Rebels v Chiefs:

@Stargazer They do realise it's just the Rebels?

Perhaps they thought the same thing...

mariner4life

@Nepia not even close? Nonu's last few years were unreal. Run threat, pass threat, a kicking game, and defensively hard. I reckon it's a valid discussion (after Horan was undisputed for years)

Nepia

@mariner4life said in Rebels v Chiefs:

@Nepia not even close? Nonu's last few years were unreal. Run threat, pass threat, a kicking game, and defensively hard. I reckon it's a valid discussion (after Horan was undisputed for years)

I think that Horan was a stand out and mostly mistake free over a long career - Nonu an easy second (this is of course of players I've actually seen play, old timers might punt for Bert Cooke). As a NZer I'd pick him for the Nepia XV over the dirty Aussie Horan ... but Horan is the better player for me.

Unco

Fuck knows how the Chiefs came out of that with a bonus point win but I'll take it. What a shit performance.

19 points from the first four weeks heading into the bye is pretty fucking good but they really need to step it up a couple of notches.

The Silver Fern

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