Blues v Waratahs

[antipodean]

Good grinding forward play results in a try. The poodle having a good start to the game.

[Bones]

Darry showing McLeod like improvement this season.

Good to see Clarke actually challenging tacklers too.

[Bones]

Plummer another one showing a new aspect, his abrasive play is completely unexpected.

[Victor Meldrew]

Some good cover D from the Tahs.

[Steven Harris]

Awful from Christie,3 support players to his left but runs too far and misses the opportunity

[hydro11]

Tahs lucky that tackle wasn't reviewed.

[KiwiMurph]

Blues leaving a lot of points out there

[antipodean]

Some entertaining rugby so far. If this keeps up the bench management is going to be key. Otherwise there's going to be a lot of space in the last 20mins.

[Victor Meldrew]

@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Waratahs:

Blues leaving a lot of points out there

Some poor linking play and decision-making for sure.

[Steven Harris]

@Bones personally I’m not convinced on Plummers distribution skills he’s getting some love from Auckland and the Blues coaches at the minute
Explains why Corey Evans wants out of Auckland

[Bones]

Clarke again with the staying on his feet into the tackle. I like this guy! That's going to tell on tired defenders.

[KiwiMurph]

@Steven-Harris said in Blues v Waratahs:

@Bones personally I’m not convinced on Plummers distribution skills he’s getting some love from Auckland and the Blues coaches at the minute
Explains why Corey Evans wants out of Auckland

Evans problem is his size.

[taniwharugby]

@KiwiMurph compared to Plummer?

[KiwiMurph]

@taniwharugby said in Blues v Waratahs:

@KiwiMurph compared to Plummer?

Yes.

[Bones]

@Steven-Harris said in Blues v Waratahs:

@Bones personally I’m not convinced on Plummers distribution skills he’s getting some love from Auckland and the Blues coaches at the minute
Explains why Corey Evans wants out of Auckland

I think it was the last game he was key to getting that backline humming. Hit it up with vigour and made a difference, as well as a lot of tidy up and the "little things".

[taniwharugby]

@KiwiMurph if you go by the blues site, plummer is 3cm taller but 3kg lighter...so yeah, huge diff

[KiwiMurph]

Fucking stupid from Ofa

[Bones]

@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Waratahs:

Fucking stupid from Ofa

Hah yeah he got lucky eh. That might not have ended well if the guy stayed up.

Rieko with a couple of lovely defensive moments.

[hydro11]

@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Waratahs:

Fucking stupid from Ofa

Well-reffed, I though. Not much else Ofa could do there.

[antipodean]

Good call from the ref - any player diving to ground needs to take responsibility for what should be a normal tackle if they stayed on their feet.