Blues v Brumbies
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Real scary part is seeing an Aussie team win at Eden Park
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Does Declan Meredith look like James Lowes ?..or do i need to go to spec savers
@Steven-Harris said in Blues v Brumbies:
Does Declan Meredith look like James Lowes ?..or do i need to go to spec savers
Spec savers I reckon.
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@Steven-Harris said in Blues v Brumbies:
Does Declan Meredith look like James Lowes ?..or do i need to go to spec savers
Spec savers I reckon.
@Canes4life haha i think your right
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@African-Monkey said in Blues v Brumbies:
Without trying to pick on the guy, Segner made 27 tackles! People will wank on about it like it's some mammoth effort, but for me , as the prime ball winner out there, he's making way too many tackles. He simply dies not attack the ball at breakdown time. It's fine if we had others out there who are specialists at winning ball, but we don't, and the Brumbies did well taking him out of the game. He's well behind Papali'i and Choat for me when they're fit.
He just seems like another Tom Christie. Makes tackle after tackle but doesn’t do much else.
@Canes4life said in Blues v Brumbies:
@African-Monkey said in Blues v Brumbies:
Without trying to pick on the guy, Segner made 27 tackles! People will wank on about it like it's some mammoth effort, but for me , as the prime ball winner out there, he's making way too many tackles. He simply dies not attack the ball at breakdown time. It's fine if we had others out there who are specialists at winning ball, but we don't, and the Brumbies did well taking him out of the game. He's well behind Papali'i and Choat for me when they're fit.
He just seems like another Tom Christie. Makes tackle after tackle but doesn’t do much else.
He really is.
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@Bones said in Blues v Brumbies:
Blues seem to be really missing Ioane and Paps/Choat.
Mostly Ioane. Blues are making the tackles but he was the guy that would kill the oppositions momentum
@Duluth said in Blues v Brumbies:
@Bones said in Blues v Brumbies:
Blues seem to be really missing Ioane and Paps/Choat.
Mostly Ioane. Blues are making the tackles but he was the guy that would kill the oppositions momentum
I feel like his leadership is missed out there too.
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Cairns boy scores 13
I mean, shit club, but it's still cool
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Just watched. Christie and Beehre were impressive. Lam good too and Rieko much more prominent. Shame about the godlkicking as BB looked threatening with ball in hand.
Brumbies will be a threat when they get Valetini and Lolesio back. But Scott and Meredith were very very good tonight. -
Bring back Akira t-shirts out now!
@nostrildamus said in Blues v Brumbies:
Bring back Akira t-shirts out now!
I'll buy one. He was a monster for us.
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@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Brumbies:
Got my tip right
I had this picked for Home 17+ and biggest margin. Eesh...
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Just watched. Christie and Beehre were impressive. Lam good too and Rieko much more prominent. Shame about the godlkicking as BB looked threatening with ball in hand.
Brumbies will be a threat when they get Valetini and Lolesio back. But Scott and Meredith were very very good tonight.@ARHS said in Blues v Brumbies:
Brumbies will be a threat when they get Valetini and Lolesio back. But Scott and Meredith were very very good tonight.
Very interesting to see how they've rebalanced the pack without Valetini - Cale is pure link man on the edge and they're getting more out of Hooper through the middle, along with Scott who is quietly cementing his place with a really good all-around game.
Slipper and AAA = experience as well as knowing how to roll their sleeves up. Lonergan and Pollard interchangeable at hooker. Locking pair just grafting.
The ceiling on that pack might not be as high as some teams, but the floor isn't far away.
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That’s now four weeks in a row where the opposition have out-carried and outmuscled the Blues, the Brumbies carrying 151 times (to the Blues’ 121) and forming 138 rucks (to the Blues’ 88).
A real blueprint is starting to take shape for beating them as well: 1. Take on their forward pack directly, through the set-piece and the breakdown; 2. Disrupt the lines of their cleaners, through off the ball 'bumps' or by rolling into the space of the oncoming cleaners; 3. Keep possession for lengthy spells, which takes away the Blues’ possession game; and 4. Kick contestables, which removes their counter-attacking ability (see the Barrett try in the first half) and puts pressure on their (apparently fragile) high-ball ability.
There aren’t any real easy solutions for the Blues either. They simply need to massively up their accuracy and physicality, in pretty much every area.
