Stormers vs Blues
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Really good to see Nock being more assertive and bossing and pushing his forwards around. Would love to see him back himself and have a run.
@Tim After all those years of bad injuries stopping his progress its good to see Ekland getting his chance at 27 years old. Throwing has always his work on but training full time must be helping. Young Tolai also impressed me with his energy and work rate when he came on, and he is a big unit for a Hooker at 119kgs.
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Really good to see Nock being more assertive and bossing and pushing his forwards around. Would love to see him back himself and have a run.
@Tim Selection of the Half backs will be very interesting when Christie is available. I imagine that MacDonald had him pencilled in as his starter before he was injured. So maybe Ruru misses out.
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@Tim After all those years of bad injuries stopping his progress its good to see Ekland getting his chance at 27 years old. Throwing has always his work on but training full time must be helping. Young Tolai also impressed me with his energy and work rate when he came on, and he is a big unit for a Hooker at 119kgs.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Yeah, I thought Tolai had a good NPC and was unlucky not to get a contract.
@Tim I watched Tolai from the sideline last season at a Blues Development team game. He was very aggressive and busy and always looking for a tackle to make, a ruck to hit or for a hit up to carry.
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Crazy how much better we've become at defending the maul this season. It use to be automatic 5 pointers or penalties for opposition teams when they would go for a lineout drive inside our 22.
Zero tries from a maul through the first 5 games.
@Dice I thought we conceded a few against the Chiefs didn't we? Either way I'm glad we're showing signs of improvement there as I haven't seen the last few games (I think I should stay away from watching more often) . It used to drive me nuts when sides would get automatic 5 pointers against us on the maul.
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Really good to see Nock being more assertive and bossing and pushing his forwards around. Would love to see him back himself and have a run.
@Tim said in Stormers vs Blues:
Really good to see Nock being more assertive and bossing and pushing his forwards around. Would love to see him back himself and have a run.
There was one bit where he scooted into space and then threw a pass to support runners. Was great to see - so often it's tempting to die in the hole with that stuff.
Your 9 has to snipe occasionally to keep defences honest. Doubt leads to indecision, which leads to space
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@Tim said in Stormers vs Blues:
Really good to see Nock being more assertive and bossing and pushing his forwards around. Would love to see him back himself and have a run.
There was one bit where he scooted into space and then threw a pass to support runners. Was great to see - so often it's tempting to die in the hole with that stuff.
Your 9 has to snipe occasionally to keep defences honest. Doubt leads to indecision, which leads to space
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@nzzp that is something I have always had an issue with in his game, he has wheels but rarely tests the defence and is therefore easy to defend.
His issue now is getting re-selected and backing it up.
@taniwharugby I'm not getting my hopes up for this weekend. PLaying after a long travel trip like that is really tough; particularly playing away. Expecting the Canes to win in the final quarter
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@Dice I thought we conceded a few against the Chiefs didn't we? Either way I'm glad we're showing signs of improvement there as I haven't seen the last few games (I think I should stay away from watching more often) . It used to drive me nuts when sides would get automatic 5 pointers against us on the maul.
@African-Monkey You're right, I forgot we conceded one against the Chiefs in the first half.
There was a try by Takeiaho in the 2nd half that was scored after a lineout drive, but we defended the maul so well, Takeiaho had to break off and run, so I don't really count that as conceding one from a maul.
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@taniwharugby I'm not getting my hopes up for this weekend. PLaying after a long travel trip like that is really tough; particularly playing away. Expecting the Canes to win in the final quarter
@nzzp said in Stormers vs Blues:
@taniwharugby I'm not getting my hopes up for this weekend. PLaying after a long travel trip like that is really tough; particularly playing away. Expecting the Canes to win in the final quarter
It'll also be our 6th game in a row. I think we'll fair better in the return match at Eden Park, when hopefully that Beauden guy is in the line-up.
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@taniwharugby I'm not getting my hopes up for this weekend. PLaying after a long travel trip like that is really tough; particularly playing away. Expecting the Canes to win in the final quarter
@nzzp said in Stormers vs Blues:
@taniwharugby I'm not getting my hopes up for this weekend. PLaying after a long travel trip like that is really tough; particularly playing away. Expecting the Canes to win in the final quarter
Yeah, travel and an away game against a NZ side, and no bye yet. Going to be a tough ask, just want to see another good performance.
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@nzzp said in Stormers vs Blues:
@taniwharugby I'm not getting my hopes up for this weekend. PLaying after a long travel trip like that is really tough; particularly playing away. Expecting the Canes to win in the final quarter
Yeah, travel and an away game against a NZ side, and no bye yet. Going to be a tough ask, just want to see another good performance.
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@Kirwan their flight was delayed a day out of South Africa apparently. They only got back early hours this morning a day later than planned so thats a short turnaround.
@Nogusta said in Stormers vs Blues:
@Kirwan their flight was delayed a day out of South Africa apparently. They only got back early hours this morning a day later than planned so thats a short turnaround.
That sucks, mind you getting straight on a plane after a tough game can't be fun either.
Hopefully a decent number of the guys left behind will get a start........(Akira...)
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@Nogusta said in Stormers vs Blues:
@Kirwan their flight was delayed a day out of South Africa apparently. They only got back early hours this morning a day later than planned so thats a short turnaround.
That sucks, mind you getting straight on a plane after a tough game can't be fun either.
Hopefully a decent number of the guys left behind will get a start........(Akira...)
@Kirwan said in Stormers vs Blues:
Hopefully a decent number of the guys left behind will get a start........(Akira...)
I'm hoping he has a game for the ages ... wonder if seeing Sotutu dominate will light a fire.
