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Final: Blues vs Crusaders

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    Machpants
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    That is how you play finals, and test, rugby. Very impressive, and deserved winners.

    Blues really choked in the big spotlight

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      booboo
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      I keep saying 'brutal'.

      Am in awe.

      Well done the bad guys.

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      • DuluthD Duluth

        @Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

        Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.

        Nock is terrible. Always has been

        The problem is the lineout though

        10 lineouts lost

        9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match

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        @Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

        @Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

        Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.

        Nock is terrible. Always has been

        The problem is the lineout though

        10 lineouts lost

        9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match

        What is your problem. Stop blaming someone for the bounce of the ball. Being an Auckland supporter and seeing the Blues come up short year after year seems to make you bad losers.

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          Gunner
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          Well done Crusaders, clinical.

          The Blues let stage fright get the best of them in the second half last week, and tonight they just picked up where they left off unfortunately.

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          • DuluthD Duluth

            @WillieTheWaiter said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

            @Crucial said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

            @WillieTheWaiter said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

            @Canes4life said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

            Both Ioane’s and B Barrett have been awfully quiet tonight.

            Akira thinks his jersey has an 11 or 14 on it.

            I’ve been drinking every time he hits a ruck. Haven’t had to get a beer out of the fridge yet

            Careful. You can’t critique Akira’s work rate around here.

            You need to actually have a work rate to critique! Everything he does is slow mo

            15 tackles 0 misses

            Most runs of any Blues player

            Second only in run metres to the fullback

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            @Duluth of course he’s going to make metres when he’s standing on the fucking wing!!

            Did anything come from those metres? Nope.
            Did you get smashed off the park in the collisions and breakdowns? Yep
            Would having your biggest loose forward at the breakdown help?

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            • K kev

              @Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

              @Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

              Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.

              Nock is terrible. Always has been

              The problem is the lineout though

              10 lineouts lost

              9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match

              What is your problem. Stop blaming someone for the bounce of the ball. Being an Auckland supporter and seeing the Blues come up short year after year seems to make you bad losers.

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              @kev the problem is that Nock went missing at the base of the ruck, as he so often does.

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              • DuluthD Duluth

                The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece

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                Hooroo
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                @Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece

                @Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece

                That was the tassel on the humiliation but I reckon it was forward pack that fucking sucked on open play and scrum. Just crazy compared to the rest of the season they played.

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                • TimT Tim

                  @Bones thought perofeta was decent

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                  @Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                  @Bones thought perofeta was decent

                  Missing for the first twenty minutes I reckon, but did get better. Some aimless kicking early on really didn't help, but might have helped if he had more support.

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                    WillieTheWaiter
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                    #867

                    All you can say is that scoreline flattered the blues that was fucking lopsided

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                    • HoorooH Hooroo

                      @Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                      The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece

                      @Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                      The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece

                      That was the tassel on the humiliation but I reckon it was forward pack that fucking sucked on open play and scrum. Just crazy compared to the rest of the season they played.

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                      Duluth
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                      @Hooroo

                      But the extra work required because of the lineout meltdown. They held on for 35mins. Zero chance without sorting it out

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                        Congratulations Crusaders and fans.

                        Far far too good.

                        They kicked our ass.

                        Whitelock is amazing.

                        Thought Sotutu was Blues best. Perofeta pretty handy in a team that got pumped.

                        Hopefully these Crusaders transition this form to black - they were simply brilliant.

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                        • DuluthD Duluth

                          @Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                          Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.

                          Nock is terrible. Always has been

                          The problem is the lineout though

                          10 lineouts lost

                          9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match

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                          No Quarter
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                          @Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                          @Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                          Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.

                          Nock is terrible. Always has been

                          The problem is the lineout though

                          10 lineouts lost

                          9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match

                          That just absolutely kills any team. Whitelock was huge in that regard, really psyched out Eklund to the point he was just throwing it straight to him at times.

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                            All I can hope is that Fozzie took some notes from Razors masterclass as that is how the ABs need to play.

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                            • TimT Tim

                              @kev the problem is that Nock went missing at the base of the ruck, as he so often does.

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                              @Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                              @kev the problem is that Nock went missing at the base of the ruck, as he so often does.

                              Ofa picked it up for absolutely no reason, can't see why Nock is to blame.

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                                sparky
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                                Wow! Absolutely fantastic finals footy from the Crusaders and their mastermind Razor. The Blues have been superb this season. But the Crusaders were at their very best when it really mattered and go home with the trophy, again.

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                                • BonesB Bones

                                  @Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                                  @kev the problem is that Nock went missing at the base of the ruck, as he so often does.

                                  Ofa picked it up for absolutely no reason, can't see why Nock is to blame.

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                                  @Bones You know the halfback can tell the forwards what to do ...

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                                    chimoaus
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                                    Kinda sucks we can't play Jordan at 15 for the ABs, the kids positional play is excellent and the metres he covers each game is just stupid.

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                                    • WillieTheWaiterW WillieTheWaiter

                                      @Duluth of course he’s going to make metres when he’s standing on the fucking wing!!

                                      Did anything come from those metres? Nope.
                                      Did you get smashed off the park in the collisions and breakdowns? Yep
                                      Would having your biggest loose forward at the breakdown help?

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                                      @WillieTheWaiter said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:

                                      @Duluth of course he’s going to make metres when he’s standing on the fucking wing!!

                                      Did anything come from those metres? Nope.
                                      Did you get smashed off the park in the collisions and breakdowns? Yep
                                      Would having your biggest loose forward at the breakdown help?

                                      I would also add, how many of the tackles were dominate?

                                      It's the same shit we saw from frizzel... Just goes missing when the going gets tough.
                                      what we need is a hard hitting scary mofo in the 6 that can turn the tide in a game like tonight ...

                                      Last one to come close was Squire imo

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                                      • chimoausC chimoaus

                                        Kinda sucks we can't play Jordan at 15 for the ABs, the kids positional play is excellent and the metres he covers each game is just stupid.

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                                        Tim
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                                        @chimoaus He was really good tonight. Had almost every kick covered.

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                                          Machpants
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                                          b3ba621d-e5fa-43c8-9410-4bee2afa09b8-image.jpeg

                                          The Empire Strikes Back Episode Razor's win number Five

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