Chiefs v Highlanders

[taniwharugby]

@Bones ah I see he is still on with the other 9 out there too...immediately a running 9 and they make some metres though

[chimoaus]

@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Bones speaking of 9s, why would you play AS this long in a losing battle?

They ran out of reserves I think with Hunts injury.

[Yeetyaah]

Big injury toll for the Landers this game sheesh. They'll pulling people straight from Allhambra

[ACT Crusader]

@Canes4life said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

Is this the worst Landers back three ever?

Well it's not even in the same universe as Goldie, Brian Lima plus one other or Bender, Naholo and Fish n Chips

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Bones speaking of 9s, why would you play AS this long in a losing battle?

Because they had to move him to 10, with Hunt being replaced by the Landers' other halfback. They had no other subs left on the bench.

[antipodean]

I really though the Chiefs would put more points on this Highlanders team who currently remind me of the Force: Limited skills but if you don't make your initial dominance pay, drag you down.

[Machpants]

@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Bones ah I see he is still on with the other 9 out there too...immediately a running 9 and they make some metres though

I hope Smith remembers how to run this year, the literal couple of times he did it last year for the abs he was devastating

[Canes4life]

@antipodean said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

Roigard should be given the opportunity to start. His running game is looking as good as Weber's, his passing is better.

Agreed, looks to be the most suited to test level rugby out of the young halfbacks running around. Someone said on here that Roigard looks like a young Joost VW. Would be pretty stoked if he ended up as good as him.

[taniwharugby]

@Stargazer yep, I commented on that above

[ACT Crusader]

Hunt scores and it's 21-14 to the Chiefs and its game on. Very costly not getting that

[chimoaus]

3 from 3, well done Chiefs and they have plenty of improvement left.

[Bones]

Silver linings.

We get to see the young tens from next week.

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Sorry for being slow at posting.

[taniwharugby]

@ACT-Crusader least they kept them under 30

[Canes4life]

Chiefs always going to win that. Highlanders a sorry state but good on them for sticking at it.

[ACT Crusader]

@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@ACT-Crusader least they kept them under 30

The DMac factor who seemed incessant in giving ball away or making poor choices

[ACT Crusader]

@Bones said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Duluth said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

Paea made 2 tackles, missed 8

So powerful he was just blowing on them to allow others to make the tackle.

With stats like that he's a future player development coach. Doing all he can to develop his team mate's tackling

[Steven Harris]

@ACT-Crusader when you consider the injury list the Landers have at the minute this is not a surprise that they are struggling even with a full strength team when they have everybody on board they are still the weakest of the 5 NZ Franchises
To be asking the question if this there worst Landers back 3 is quite disingenuous given their circumstances

There was some good individual performances from the Landers but I thought it was more the Chiefs dropping their standards

Thought Dawai and Borgado were good and Nuggy excellent
De Groot good value as well
Highlanders are not my team ,but I for one won’t be putting the boot in

[SouthernMann]

Looks like Burns, Hunt, Parkinson and Ma'u are off to the sick bay. Add them to Nareki, Gilbert, Lowe and Tu'u out of our starting side. We don't have anywhere near the quality to deal with these injuries. Looks like Millar will need to start next week. No back up 10 available. Faleafaga might debut for the landers before Otago. It is all looking very grim.

[Bones]

@SouthernMann said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

Faleafaga

Keen to see him really, he's not going to be any worse than Hunt. Canes young tens coped alright.