Crusaders vs Highlanders pre-season
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"Both sides are struggling with the fatigue of the game as the scrum takes a while to set"
...shouldn't be with pretty much a new tea at half time
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@Chris-B said in Crusaders vs Highlanders pre-season:
Ollie Jager
he cant have been that injured....
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@Chris-B said in Crusaders vs Highlanders pre-season:
Ollie Jager
he cant have been that injured....
@Kiwiwomble said in Crusaders vs Highlanders pre-season:
@Chris-B said in Crusaders vs Highlanders pre-season:
Ollie Jager
he cant have been that injured....
He's off - it was Newell scored the try.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Crusaders vs Highlanders pre-season:
@Chris-B said in Crusaders vs Highlanders pre-season:
Ollie Jager
he cant have been that injured....
He's off - it was Newell scored the try.
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damn, talk about a game of two halfs
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@Chris-B oh, the commentary lists him
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@Kiwiwomble Definitely off.
He went down like he'd been hit by a sniper.
Crusaders score from a 12 man lineout drive.
Highlanders use their challenge and find a fault - surprise, surprise.
No try.
This is going to be a dubious rule!
that Cameron bloke seems ok....
edit: really, the commentary said they found nothing wrong...
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I know its only pre season but they need a rev up after that, all but two were fresh legs in the second half, its not like the saders brought on DC or something
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I know its only pre season but they need a rev up after that, all but two were fresh legs in the second half, its not like the saders brought on DC or something
@Kiwiwomble Game of two halves - and four teams?
I think Romano looked quite instrumental in the second half performance - Crusaders came out with a lot more second half urgency.
Highlanders II didn't really look at the races, much like Crusaders I.
Cameron was pretty good!
Segner a couple of good lineout takes and appeared to pack at 8, despite wearing 6 (didn't look natural there).
That really was an impressive run by Williams and nearly as good from Newell.
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On right now. How come @Stargazer doesn't have 10 posts on a thread already!!!
5-0 to Highlanders.
Crusaders should have reviewed the try for there being two balls on the field!
@Chris-B said in Crusaders vs Highlanders pre-season:
On right now. How come @Stargazer doesn't have 10 posts on a thread already!!!
Too much in awe of Fabulous Fakatava!
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@Chris-B said in Crusaders vs Highlanders pre-season:
On right now. How come @Stargazer doesn't have 10 posts on a thread already!!!
Too much in awe of Fabulous Fakatava!
@Stargazer I am appalled that it is me who has effectively had to kick off the new season!
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Typical preseason game, with lots of adjusting to do to the referee's calls, especially around the ruck. Not surprised by the high number of penalties; it's always like that. Can't say much about such games; they're a means to get rid of rust and give players game time who won't play too much during the season, unless there are many injuries.
Players who looked good during this game:
Highlanders: Fakatava, Coltman (except for some bad line-out throws in the beginning of the 1st half), Mitch Hunt, Nareki. Connor G-B looked promising.
Crusaders: Romano, Tavatavanawai, Leicester Fainga'anuku, big Tamaiti Williams, S Havili.
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Can someone tell me what put the Crusaders offside several times in the first half. I think at least 3-4 of the penalties against them came from offside calls, but I couldn't see what happened. It had to do with the Highlanders kicking?
@Stargazer Dunno - I think they got pinged a couple of times for players in front of the (Crusaders) kicker failing to retire.
Can't really recall the instances with the Highlanders kicking.
