Highlanders vs. Blues

[Hooroo]

I would be skitzing if I was BNZ. (Unless they were told that certain individuals could do that when they signed on)

[akan004]

@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

@pakman How Prattley has a super rugby contract is ridiculous. He cant scrum, he has poor skills, he gives away penalties, and he keeps getting selected - unbelievable

Ofa is no different, but he made the ABs!

[Mattasaurus]

Some great performances... too many to call out.

Squires showed exactly what tge ab selectors wanted i would say

[Northlandallday]

@KiwiMurph

@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

Moulds is shit. Faiava needs to be the new bench hooker.

BS, Moulds is trucken all good. He's better than Parsons, and the other guy G P-T some have a curious affection for.

[pakman]

In second half:
Nut Brown seemed to succumb to home town blinkers. Thought first half OK apart from hilarious maul error.
Squire made strong statement as Kaino successor. Loose forward battle switched.
P.S. Still like Luatua as best fall back to Read.

[taniwharugby]

@Hooroo although ironically, it probably gives them more exposure because he put tape over it

[Tim]

@Northlandallday Needs to work on his throwing though.

[Damo]

@Nepia said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

@Damo said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

@Nepia said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

@Gunner said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

It looks like BNZ are on the blues collar....
SBW must bank with the Bank of Allah.

Well that's a weird one then.

Not weird at all (if it's a bank). Islam prohibits charging interest on money.

Not sure if the tape is a good look though.

Well, they prohibit calling what they're charging interest at any rate ....

Indeed, there are loopholes that are used (quite cynically) Still, not a total surprise a Muslim might not want to advertise a bank.

[Gunner]

Surely a player, regardless of their religion can't be allowed to cover up a sponsors logo.

If I was that sponsor I'd be pretty fucking pissed having no doubt paid thousands of dollars for the right to have a logo there.

Cant be different rules for different people, especially religion based ones.

[KiwiMurph]

@akan004 Ofa T has actually plays well for the ABs but yes for the Blues not too much different from Prattley - probably because in all honestly a lot of NZ Super Derbies are higher intensity than a lot of tests.

[Stargazer]

@Gunner Easily fixed though, if another player does an extra promo or something like that. Not a biggie.

[Damo]

@taniwharugby said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

@Damo what about Investec, they do banking too?

Maybe, but their core business is investment advice/brokerage.

I'm not necessarily defending him by the way.

[Northlandallday]

@Tim said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

@Northlandallday Needs to work on his throwing though.

First throw overthrow not good, the rest were spot on. Did ya see P-T wild throw and Parsons numerous miss throws.

[Damo]

@Mattasaurus said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

Some great performances... too many to call out.

Squires showed exactly what tge ab selectors wanted i would say

He's an excellent impact player.

[taniwharugby]

@Damo seems a bit picky choosy for me

[kev]

I thought that was a better game for the Blues but still too many individual errors. Fekitoa was awesome. Just played tough, kept coming and by the end he and Buckman had won the midfbield battle against the Auckland stars.

[Gunner]

Veitchy is running with tapegate on his FB page too.
There are some serious fucking idiots who post on social media.

[Damo]

@Gunner said in Highlanders vs. Blues:

Veitchy is running with tapegate on his FB page too.
There are some serious fucking idiots who post on social media.

I hate Veitch, but he knows how to get hits.

[Tim]

Do the Blues have a fitness problem the way they fade in the 2nd half of these big games.

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim I thought the same thing during the game. Their intensity just drops.