Final: Blues vs Crusaders
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All you can say is that scoreline flattered the blues that was fucking lopsided
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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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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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@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
@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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@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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@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?@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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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 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.
Have a look. He went in to help BB with up and under and was at the bottom of a previous ruck. Comment like this just reflect bias.
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I always fully believed the Crusaders would be the team to beat despite the run of the blues , I was absolutely staggered that the TAB had the Blues as favourites..they got that totally wrong ..
I was even more confident the they would win after the semi finals last week and when Whitelock was cleared to play I knew he would play a massive part at line out time …no offence to my 2 Northland boys but they were up against a couple of locks that were world class ..Watching Sir John Kirwin has been embarrassing and tells me everything why he should never have coached the Blues ..just a fan boy congratulations to the Crusaders, truly amazing franchise their attention to detail is next level ..
Just wish the All Black team was being selected this weekend ..
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@Crucial I never said that.
@taniwharugby said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Crucial I never said that.
Just feeding off your post.
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Difference was the Saders had a completely simple and unshakeable gameplan. Tackle. Possession. Tackle. Run, Territory. Tackle. Everyone do their job. Did I mention tackle. Hard to see what the Blues gameplan was.
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@chimoaus said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Razor still needs overseas experience?
It was a fucking abysmal decision not to appoint him AB coach after 2019 RWC. Credit to him for staying in NZ would there must have been serious coin on the table for him to go overseas as the muppets at NZR suggested.
I hope he's not passed over for AB coach again.
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@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Bones You know the halfback can tell the forwards what to do ...
Oh. Nock said "Hey Ofa, look around, pick up the ball, look around again and then awkwardly roll the ball through your legs"
I didn't hear it on my feed, sorry.
