Crusaders v Highlanders
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Crusaders media release:
Crusaders Team Named for Super Round v Highlanders
The Crusaders have named the squad that will take on the Highlanders at Super Rugby Pacific’s Super Round in Melbourne. The team run out onto AAMI Park on Friday 3 March at 6:00pm AEDT (8:00pm NZDT).
After a starring debut at Orangetheory Stadium last week, Christian Lio-Willie takes a spot in the starting XV, while Cullen Grace undergoes further assessment after sustaining an injury versus the Chiefs.
Nothing about Newell's injury. It was his shoulder, wasn't it?
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@Stargazer said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
Crusaders media release:
The Crusaders have named the squad that will take on the Highlanders at Super Rugby Pacific’s Super Round in Melbourne. The team run out onto AAMI Park on Friday 3 March at 6:00pm AEDT (8:00pm NZDT).
After a starring debut at Orangetheory Stadium last week, Christian Lio-Willie takes a spot in the starting XV, while Cullen Grace undergoes further assessment after sustaining an injury versus the Chiefs.
Nothing about Newell's injury. It was his shoulder, wasn't it?
Knee injury
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pretty fucking gutless from the Highlanders to rest their 3 highest profile players on the same weekend.
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@mariner4life said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
pretty fucking gutless from the Highlanders to rest their 3 highest profile players on the same weekend.
I hate the decision. Especially when you consider the following
- Crusaders looked off their game in week one
- Highlanders won the pre-season match between the sides (3 weeks ago)
- Last time they played competition match it was only 17-14 to the Crusaders
- It's just two years ago that the Highlanders won by 21 points in Christchurch
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@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@mariner4life said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
So i can understand the 9 and 10 getting rissoled.
But what's with half the pack getting the chop?
Highlanders presumably using a likely L to rest ABs De Groot and Frizell rather than rest them in a more winnable week?
Did the Landers coaching staff not watch us last week. We are there for the taking big time.
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@Duluth I guess the Super coaches have probably already mapped out the AB player resting program weeks ago and they had all but conceded this match when they put thier plan together? But you'd think after last week, the Highlanders would have had a contingency.
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@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@Duluth I guess the Super coaches have probably already mapped out the AB player resting program weeks ago and they had all but conceded this match when they put thier plan together? But you'd think after last week, the Highlanders would have had a contingency.
The said weeks ago that the resting has been all mapped out and set player by player due to individual needs. Obviously that can change if injuries intervene.
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@Crucial yeah I dont read much outside of TSF, and I mean I only knew Super rugby started last week through TSF tipping!
Hoping to get some love back for super rugby this season, and then the ABs
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@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
@Crucial yeah I dont read much outside of TSF, and I mean I only knew Super rugby started last week through TSF tipping!
Hoping to get some love back for super rugby this season, and then the ABs
So you fall squarely into the category of “uninformed AND misinformed “
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@mariner4life said in Crusaders v Highlanders:
So i can understand the 9 and 10 getting rissoled.
But what's with half the pack getting the chop?
They've given up. A little strange given that the Saders are still playing away.
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Damnit, if I knew the Highlanders were going to wave the white flag I would have changed my picks for this week. I had the Crusaders 10-16 or whatever it is but definitely think it will be more than that now unfortunately.
