Stormers vs Blues
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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.
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@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.
@nzzp said in Stormers vs Blues:
@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.
No need to set the bar too high, he just needs a busy game with some good contributions. We shouldn't swap playing Akira into the ground with playing Sotutu there instead.
We are going to need to rotate.
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@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.
@nzzp said in Stormers vs Blues:
@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.
and if he scores a try I hope he does the football thing where they have a shirt underneath and for it to read "I'm not Fat" (Hopefully printed just around his love handles.....)
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@nzzp said in Stormers vs Blues:
@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.
and if he scores a try I hope he does the football thing where they have a shirt underneath and for it to read "I'm not Fat" (Hopefully printed just around his love handles.....)
@Hooroo said in Stormers vs Blues:
@nzzp said in Stormers vs Blues:
@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.
and if he scores a try I hope he does the football thing where they have a shirt underneath and for it to read "I'm not Fat" (Hopefully printed just around his love handles.....)
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@nzzp said in Stormers vs Blues:
@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.
and if he scores a try I hope he does the football thing where they have a shirt underneath and for it to read "I'm not Fat" (Hopefully printed just around his love handles.....)
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Good analysis by Glen Jackson here
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Mallett and de Bruin analyse the Stormers loss to the Blues
https://twitter.com/i/status/1235173142437318656
