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Blues v Chiefs

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  • taniwharugbyT taniwharugby

    interesting move putting Robinson at lock, I know he started out there, but I think he is suited to a wider game that the blues used him for last year, he can play tight, but whether he will be as effective is another matter.

    Akira not in the 23 is huge though, but maybe he just hasnt been ticking the boxes?

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    @taniwharugby said in Blues v Chiefs:

    interesting move putting Robinson at lock, I know he started out there, but I think he is suited to a wider game that the blues used him for last year, he can play tight, but whether he will be as effective is another matter.

    Akira not in the 23 is huge though, but maybe he just hasnt been ticking the boxes?

    I think Papali'i fits the wide role better than Robinson.

    Not sure if Robinson has packed on any weight, but in some photos he looks like he's bigger. He might be more equipped to handle lock duties this season.

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      @taniwharugby said in Blues v Chiefs:

      interesting move putting Robinson at lock, I know he started out there, but I think he is suited to a wider game that the blues used him for last year, he can play tight, but whether he will be as effective is another matter.

      Akira not in the 23 is huge though, but maybe he just hasnt been ticking the boxes?

      I think Papali'i fits the wide role better than Robinson.

      Not sure if Robinson has packed on any weight, but in some photos he looks like he's bigger. He might be more equipped to handle lock duties this season.

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      @Dice always thought Papali'I looked more of a tight loosie myself.

      Mind you, these guys are simply playing to (or should be) the role they have been assigned in the game plan.

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        Chiefs are playing three openside flankers. They may be expecting a particularly open game, given how early in the year it is. Robinson at lock may be inline with that expectation.

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        • taniwharugbyT taniwharugby

          @Dice always thought Papali'I looked more of a tight loosie myself.

          Mind you, these guys are simply playing to (or should be) the role they have been assigned in the game plan.

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          @taniwharugby He's good in the tight or out wide.

          Even if Papali'i is playing a wider role on attack, he still gets a good amount of work done in the tight.

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          • TimT Tim

            That video is a good reminder as to how overrated the Chiefs forwards are outside of Cane and the frontrow.

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            @Tim said in Blues v Chiefs:

            That video is a good reminder as to how overrated the Chiefs forwards are outside of Cane and the frontrow.

            So it begins...

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            • TimT Tim

              @nzzp Jesus mate, better try to draw a clock (dementia test). DMac blew out his knee in Hamilton a month earlier. He didn't play on Eden Park.

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              @Tim I've clearly wiped the back end of last year from my mind. Wow, memory going so fast, I feel old.

              Also, I drew a clock. It was fine. I don't have dementia, but I did have a few beers and not much sleep last night. Thug life here 🙂

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                Blues are clearly focusing on the breakdown with 4 loosies in the starting 15 and a 7 on the bench.

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                • DiceD Dice

                  We own the Chiefs. #1GameWinningStreak

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                  @Dice said in Blues v Chiefs:

                  We own the Chiefs. #1GameWinningStreak

                  In the preseason, definitely. 🤣

                  I am surprised at the TAB odds as I think this is a 50/50 game. More pressure on the Blues being a home game.

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                  • BovidaeB Bovidae

                    @Dice said in Blues v Chiefs:

                    We own the Chiefs. #1GameWinningStreak

                    In the preseason, definitely. 🤣

                    I am surprised at the TAB odds as I think this is a 50/50 game. More pressure on the Blues being a home game.

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                    @Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:

                    @Dice said in Blues v Chiefs:

                    We own the Chiefs. #1GameWinningStreak

                    In the preseason, definitely. 🤣

                    I am surprised at the TAB odds as I think this is a 50/50 game. More pressure on the Blues being a home game.

                    Pressure? Not making the playoffs for damn near a decade, consistnetly underperforming, breaking my will to live year after year ... that's pressure. Home game is easy by comparison; it's away we struggled for so long

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                    • TimT Tim

                      @nzzp Why are you posting from 2018? Have you had a stroke?

                      The Blues won their last game against the Chiefs.

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                      @Tim aye that they did. I travelled up, Chiefs played like shite. Glen Jackson had a shit game as ref. No excuses, Chiefs didn't deserve it.

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                        So it'll be about 24°C at kick off and the teams are loaded with loosies

                        I expect a big score and shitty tired defence

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                        • DuluthD Duluth

                          So it'll be about 24°C at kick off and the teams are loaded with loosies

                          I expect a big score and shitty tired defence

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                          @Duluth that's about 20 degs cooler than Melbourne right now

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                          • KiwiMurphK KiwiMurph

                            @Duluth that's about 20 degs cooler than Melbourne right now

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                            @KiwiMurph said in Blues v Chiefs:

                            @Duluth that's about 20 degs cooler than Melbourne right now

                            yuck

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                              Just did a simulation of tonight's game and here's the result.

                              alt text

                              It's never wrong.

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                              • DiceD Dice

                                Just did a simulation of tonight's game and here's the result.

                                alt text

                                It's never wrong.

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                                @Dice What game is that?

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                                  Just did a simulation of tonight's game and here's the result.

                                  alt text

                                  It's never wrong.

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                                  @Dice that's utterly ridiculous....there are never that many fans in the stands.....

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                                  • NepiaN Nepia

                                    @Dice What game is that?

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                                    @Nepia Rugby Challenge 3.

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                                    • DiceD Dice

                                      @Nepia Rugby Challenge 3.

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                                      @Dice said in Blues v Chiefs:

                                      @Nepia Rugby Challenge 3.

                                      Oh, I have that game ... your screenshot made it look better than mine.

                                      I did the same with a Magpies v BoP match (I think I only ran up 105 points though) and then saved it as a screensaver on his laptop, he was so computer illiterate it took him a month before he removed it.

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                                        Oh good TJ...

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                                          It’s stupid that the Blues have Marchant.

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