Blues v Rebels

[KiwiMurph]

<p>Blues named<br><br>
1 Prattley 2 Parsons 3 Faumuina 4 Tuipulotu/Matenga 5 Beckhuis 6 Kaino 7 Latimer 8 Luatua 9 Hall 10 West 11 Li 12 Francis 13 Moala 14 Rieko Ioane 15 Visnia<br><br>
Bench 16 Macdonald 17 Mayhew/Waa 18 Ofa T 19 Akira Ioane 20 Pryor 21 Guyton 22 McGahan 23 Duffie/Nanai<br><br>
So Tuipulotu and Mayhew are possibly back and Moala starts at 13. I'd like to see Nanai get the bench spot over Duffie but im pleased Moala is 13 and not Sau.</p>

[taniwharugby]

<p><strike>worst </strike>lowest NZ side vs <strike>best</strike> top Aussie side....</p>

[KiwiMurph]

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<p><strike>worst </strike>lowest NZ side vs <strike>best</strike> top Aussie side....</p>
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<p>Yep - pretty comparable sides i'd say. If Blues win this they'll have 4 wins and a draw vs the Rebels 5 wins.</p>

[Dice]

<p>Tana seemed pretty confident on the news that Tuipulotu will be playing.</p>
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<p>Nanai has a small injury, but hopefully he's good to go.</p>
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<p>Would've liked to have seen Ram get a go off the bench to see what he's about. He has a bit more physicality and versatility than Pryor.</p>

[broughie]

<p>Nice Parsons. </p>

[Stargazer]

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<p>Nice Parsons. </p>
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<p>Did he even look where he was passing the ball? He just handed the Rebels that try.</p>

[broughie]

<p>Not at all.  Bonehead play. </p>

[Bones]

And then again, with a bonehead penalty.

[broughie]

<p>Maybe Parsons should have stayed at home.</p>

[Stargazer]

<p>Hmmm, and now he scores a try. Maybe good that he didn't stay at home.</p>

[Bones]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="broughie" data-cid="575833" data-time="1461994103"><p>Maybe Parsons should have stayed at home.</p></blockquote>
Parsons scoring all the points this match! Now another try, for the blues this time.

[broughie]

<p>Partial redemption.  He needs to write 100 lines after the match with one pen.</p>

[kiwiinmelb]

I reckon this blues team might be the best worst team we have had

[Stargazer]

<p>The top Aussi team is getting a hiding from the lowest placest Kiwi team.  :mocking:</p>
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<p>Hope the Blues can keep this up during the second half.</p>

[Tim]

Calling a scrum penalty after the ball is out?

[African Monkey]

<p>Fuck sakes how are the Rebels still in this</p>

[Stargazer]

<p>Oh, did I speak too soon ...</p>
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<p>Half time: 24-18 to the Blues</p>

[Frye]

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<p>I reckon this blues team might be the best worst team we have had</p>
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<p>Sorry, what?</p>

[taniwharugby]

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<p>I reckon this blues team might be the best worst team we have had</p>
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<p>you mean the 'on paper' team or just how they are playing? Agree if the former, but not really the latter.</p>

[kiwiinmelb]

<p>have we had many last placed teams that are better than this one ? that is what I meant , </p>
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<p>If this is our worst team , our rugby isnt in too bad shape </p>