Chiefs v Crusaders
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@sparky said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Dan54 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
Gotta say I loving Tupaea's first to games!
Quinn Tupaea is the Player of the Tournament so far and he was the best player of the All Blacks XV's European tour in November.
If he keeps this up, he clearly should be a key part of the All Blacks set up in 2025. A classy player.
Has mongrel too.
Would love to see him back in black after what that grub Darcy Swain did to him.
Delighted for him today.
@Jet said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@sparky said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Dan54 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
Gotta say I loving Tupaea's first to games!
Quinn Tupaea is the Player of the Tournament so far and he was the best player of the All Blacks XV's European tour in November.
If he keeps this up, he clearly should be a key part of the All Blacks set up in 2025. A classy player.
Has mongrel too.
Would love to see him back in black after what that grub Darcy Swain did to him.
Delighted for him today.
Great photo:
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I thought Vai'i had a bloody good game too. He seemed to be inposing himself on the game with carries etc. Mind you I struggling to pick out any Chiafs that didn't play well. Tight 5 I thought were better, loosies a class above, and in general whole backline I thought looked to be better (which you would expect with forwards beating uo the opposition. I also think Tupaea looks like he really grown into he frame, I so bloody impressed with his game.
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@cliff said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
Simon parker is Abit like Liam squire
For the ABs sake hopefully he's not a flat track bully
@KiwiMurph has a bit more size to him than Squire...he needs to add a bit of aggression to his game and he could make the step up.
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Simon Parker was excellent. His pass to Tupaea was sublime. And his cleaning in the rucks allowed quick ball. Very good ball carrying too.
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@cgrant said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
Simon Parker was excellent.
He looks to have taken a step up this year. Maybe the AB XV tour was the catalyst. Long may it continue.
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@KiwiMurph has a bit more size to him than Squire...he needs to add a bit of aggression to his game and he could make the step up.
@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@KiwiMurph has a bit more size to him than Squire...he needs to add a bit of aggression to his game and he could make the step up.
Yeah his biggest weakness is he looks a bit passive at times. He has such a big frame, he should be bouldering through guys. He needs to throw himself into contact a little bit more (though he obviously had a great game on Friday).
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@KiwiMurph has a bit more size to him than Squire...he needs to add a bit of aggression to his game and he could make the step up.
@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@KiwiMurph has a bit more size to him than Squire...he needs to add a bit of aggression to his game and he could make the step up.
I really don't think there's much size difference from prime Squire.
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
A good night out. I'll watch a replay before reading the whole thread. I'm interested to see how Jacobson got concussed as the TMO was silent.
It might not have been noticeable on TV but the wind was very gusty, particularly in the 2nd half. It made the box kicks a lottery and probably affected the long lineout throws too. I still don't like that the Chiefs don't compete more on the opposition throw.
Penney blamed the wind at halftime and inferred they'd be much better with the wine behind them. Glorious.
@Bones said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Bovidae said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
A good night out. I'll watch a replay before reading the whole thread. I'm interested to see how Jacobson got concussed as the TMO was silent.
It might not have been noticeable on TV but the wind was very gusty, particularly in the 2nd half. It made the box kicks a lottery and probably affected the long lineout throws too. I still don't like that the Chiefs don't compete more on the opposition throw.
Penney blamed the wind at halftime and inferred they'd be much better with the wine behind them. Glorious.
The last thing they should be doing is drinking after that effort.
Quinn Tupea looks the goods. Would be great if he could get himself back in black.
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Vaai has become an excellent lock. Great game from Tupaea too. If nz wants a winger with wheels Carter could be the man. Crusaders looked very pedestrian in the end.
Last word for Justin Marshall “Crusaders put to the sword. Literally”. Um that would be figuratively Justin.
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Crusaders passing was awful and they were lucky not to concede in first half. Aumua really is out of place in super rugby. Chiefs punished the errors in the second.
I thought the tactical kicking was very good, as the wind was gusty. Big disappointment was repeatedly getting pinged on attacking throws in Saders 22. Will have to watch replay to work out what was going on there. Chiefs scrum was very efficient too. Just the lineouts are a concern. -
Aumua looks like the guy who would dominate at amateur club level and walk in tries for fun. But at pro level where being big and strong is not enough he just looks ordinary. Add that to Havili at 12, who I think does his best but that is middling, and you have a non-threatening midfield. If I were penny id consider moving Havili to 15 and Jordan to the wing.
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Aumua looks like the guy who would dominate at amateur club level and walk in tries for fun. But at pro level where being big and strong is not enough he just looks ordinary. Add that to Havili at 12, who I think does his best but that is middling, and you have a non-threatening midfield. If I were penny id consider moving Havili to 15 and Jordan to the wing.
@Billy-Tell if you were Penney, you hopefully wouldn't get the opportunity to do that much longer.
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@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
anyone got a clip of the high shot on LJ
Wasn't a high shot, he was coming down. There was nothing there at all. I think he may of collided with another Chiefs player.
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@gt12 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
Chiefs look like absolute dogshit.
I’m just catching up on this thread now. I have no idea how you could have thought or said this at any point in the game…
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@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
anyone got a clip of the high shot on LJ
Wasn't a high shot, he was coming down. There was nothing there at all. I think he may of collided with another Chiefs player.
@Dan54 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
anyone got a clip of the high shot on LJ
Wasn't a high shot, he was coming down. There was nothing there at all. I think he may of collided with another Chiefs player.
i want to see again so i can make own mind up.
the one that they quicky showed he collected a shoulder and head to head, found it strange did not look at the time.didnt look like a chiefs player to me but would like to see again to confirm -
@Dan54 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
anyone got a clip of the high shot on LJ
Wasn't a high shot, he was coming down. There was nothing there at all. I think he may of collided with another Chiefs player.
i want to see again so i can make own mind up.
the one that they quicky showed he collected a shoulder and head to head, found it strange did not look at the time.didnt look like a chiefs player to me but would like to see again to confirm@ploughboy I thought it was head on head at the time but someone said it wasn't when I asked...but wasn't replayed to check
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@Dan54 said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
anyone got a clip of the high shot on LJ
Wasn't a high shot, he was coming down. There was nothing there at all. I think he may of collided with another Chiefs player.
i want to see again so i can make own mind up.
the one that they quicky showed he collected a shoulder and head to head, found it strange did not look at the time.didnt look like a chiefs player to me but would like to see again to confirm@ploughboy looked like a Cullen Grace hit direct to head. But he didn't milk it like Newell did so they played on.
