Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021)
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Was that some tough justice or karma at the end? Blues best player by far escapes yellow card for knockdown in try zone then misses final tackle on McKenzie for the game. Still worried about Chiefs substitutions. Too slow at base of ruck late in game and Taukeiaho should have been kept on. Wonder if he is behind the scrum improvement with pressure on Tolai or was it the locks behind?
@arhs said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
Still worried about Chiefs substitutions.
I thought that moving Tupaea to the wing (again) was going to be a poor decision as he was the most dangerous Chiefs back on the field. Tiatia looked at home on the wing but that wasn't the team (in those positions) you want on the field to end a game.
Wonder if he is behind the scrum improvement with pressure on Tolai or was it the locks behind?
Taukei'aho is a good scrummager. I've got to applaud the effort of both Ross and Ta'avao as I expected the Chiefs scrum to struggle. You wouldn't have known it was the Blues scrum that had 4 AB props in it.
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@arhs said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
Still worried about Chiefs substitutions.
I thought that moving Tupaea to the wing (again) was going to be a poor decision as he was the most dangerous Chiefs back on the field. Tiatia looked at home on the wing but that wasn't the team (in those positions) you want on the field to end a game.
Wonder if he is behind the scrum improvement with pressure on Tolai or was it the locks behind?
Taukei'aho is a good scrummager. I've got to applaud the effort of both Ross and Ta'avao as I expected the Chiefs scrum to struggle. You wouldn't have known it was the Blues scrum that had 4 AB props in it.
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Some disappointing Performances from some Blues ABs in this game
Laulala,Hodgmen,Patty T, Akira
Clarke too lacked some spark today
Sotutu got through a large amount of work not always productive,Dalton P was massive
Reiko even though his outside vision is not there his pace in defence was very good today he shut a lot down from behind.
Plummer was good
Robinson and Ofa big impact of the benchJacobsen,Taukeiheo,McKenzie, Dodds,Ah Kuoi,Tupaea
We’re massive for the chiefs
Trask also I though went well -
@bovidae aidan was very close to being a ab a few years ago .playing awesome again
@cpt-kumera said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
@bovidae aidan was very close to being a ab a few years ago .playing awesome again
Ironically the year his replacement (Big Karl) made the ABs. Ross was lost for the season due to friendly fire from Ta'avao but the Chiefs scrum was very good that season.
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@stargazer said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
@yeetyaah Because Stevenson missed the tackle?
It was Trask that missed the crucial on Robinson.
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@stargazer said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
@yeetyaah Because Stevenson missed the tackle?
It was Trask that missed the crucial on Robinson.
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@cpt-kumera said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
@bovidae aidan was very close to being a ab a few years ago .playing awesome again
Ironically the year his replacement (Big Karl) made the ABs. Ross was lost for the season due to friendly fire from Ta'avao but the Chiefs scrum was very good that season.
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@chris agreed except Plummer was not good. Blues looked much better once Faiane came on.
@kiwimurph said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
@chris agreed except Plummer was not good. Blues looked much better once Faiane came on.
I thought Plummer was ok considering Black inside him was poor,I will have a closer look when I watch the replay
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@bovidae Ross was great. Chiefs scrum was surprisingly good. Honestly if the Chiefs had a decent line out they'd be a better team. I'm feeling a bit confident going ahead now.
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@bovidae yeah that was my bad, I was on the other side of the stadium so didn't really see it properly.
@yeetyaah said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
@bovidae yeah that was my bad, I was on the other side of the stadium so didn't really see it properly.
I thought Stevenson had already gone missing in defence in that sequence of play when Caleb Clarke broke down his wing and it was left to Weber (and someone else?) to do the work in cover.
That said, Trask could learn a bit about attitude on defence from DMac. Sometimes he's very good and sometimes he's not.
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Is Josh Lord out for the season ? I think that with a few additional kgs he could be awsome.
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@kiwimurph said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
@chris agreed except Plummer was not good. Blues looked much better once Faiane came on.
I thought Plummer was ok considering Black inside him was poor,I will have a closer look when I watch the replay
@chris said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
@kiwimurph said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
@chris agreed except Plummer was not good. Blues looked much better once Faiane came on.
I thought Plummer was ok considering Black inside him was poor,I will have a closer look when I watch the replay
Fair. Black was not good.
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The absolute best thing about this game was that we won and that (most of) the Blues players who I want to see play well, did do so. Both Paps and Robinson were awesome, and I think that Rieko is starting to get the defensive issues sorted as a 13 (which is fucking hard). If Rieko can sort out when to distribute and do it well, he could be an absolute weapon at 13 for the ABs.
For the Chiefs, I was really impressed by the work rate of the second rowers - both of whom are really 6s, and I was happily surprised by the performance of the scrum. The lineout is still a fucking mess, and our exits are a shambles. I can't help but wonder whether we'd be doing Trask a favor by putting him at 15, but either way I'd like it if he showed bigger effort on defense - he lets through some easy ones.
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Without rewatching that, in the world of competent officials Blues won.
The GCT obstruction is pretty ludicrous. The maul laws are built around legalised obstruction. To not give that makes a mockery of a mockery. Granted, if ref had blown real time, slightly harder to complain.
As for final awarded non-try, on a close watch the ball was plainly marginally forward. It wasn't clear and obvious, and it wasn't much forward, but it WAS forward.
So the ref misses a forward pass because it wasn't clear and obvious, and awards a try. But because the forward pass wasn't clear and obvious (as it wasn't in the first place) the TMO can't overturn it.
Almost a paradox.
Two wrongs do not make a right.
The rules need to be amended to state that if there is a mistake, even if not clear and obvious, the decision is overturned.
Having said that, apalling performance by the Blue. The fact they were the legitimate winners is not excuse for the huge dropping of standards.
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The absolute best thing about this game was that we won and that (most of) the Blues players who I want to see play well, did do so. Both Paps and Robinson were awesome, and I think that Rieko is starting to get the defensive issues sorted as a 13 (which is fucking hard). If Rieko can sort out when to distribute and do it well, he could be an absolute weapon at 13 for the ABs.
For the Chiefs, I was really impressed by the work rate of the second rowers - both of whom are really 6s, and I was happily surprised by the performance of the scrum. The lineout is still a fucking mess, and our exits are a shambles. I can't help but wonder whether we'd be doing Trask a favor by putting him at 15, but either way I'd like it if he showed bigger effort on defense - he lets through some easy ones.
@gt12 said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):
The absolute best thing about this game was that we won and that (most of) the Blues players who I want to see play well, did do so. Both Paps and Robinson were awesome, and I think that Rieko is starting to get the defensive issues sorted as a 13 (which is fucking hard). If Rieko can sort out when to distribute and do it well, he could be an absolute weapon at 13 for the ABs.
For the Chiefs, I was really impressed by the work rate of the second rowers - both of whom are really 6s, and I was happily surprised by the performance of the scrum. The lineout is still a fucking mess, and our exits are a shambles. I can't help but wonder whether we'd be doing Trask a favor by putting him at 15, but either way I'd like it if he showed bigger effort on defense - he lets through some easy ones.
From an AB perspective, on the Chiefs side Cane, and Jacobson in particular, looked good in forward. Tuapea looked very promising in backs. DMac and ALB seemed good in parts.
For Blues Paps test quality performance, and Robinson on fire when he arrived. AIoane and Sotutu both a bit off boil. Christie very sharp. RIoane seems to me to run away from support still. Thought Perofeta was classy.
Wonder what Foxy and Fozzie made of it?
