SF Crusaders v Blues
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Having met Rob Penny on a couple of occasions in the past I found him a really decent type and it comes through when he’s being interviewed very humble and respectful
Man he copped some unwanted some attention about his coaching credentials this time last year and it’s fair to say he’s answered his critics big time
So I’m actually quite wrapt for the guy , he’s 80 minutes away from carving his own piece of history or dare I say some unwanted history given the 31-0 knockout record
Regardless for mine he’s done a superb job -
@Steven-Harris he's also 80 minutes away from still being the guy that crashed the crusaders after half a decade of absolute dominance.
@Bones said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@Steven-Harris he's also 80 minutes away from still being the guy that crashed the crusaders after half a decade of absolute dominance.
Rob's doing a great job carrying on the legacy - we still haven't lost a play-off match for 9 years!
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@hikastags Highly likely I suspect.
Johnny McNicholl might come in on that wing rather than Springer?
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@hikastags Highly likely I suspect.
Johnny McNicholl might come in on that wing rather than Springer?
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@Chris-B Possibly. I think i'd go Springer personally, but he doesn't offer much of a kicking game.
Fihaki will be quite an underrated loss. He was very solid last night and his clearances will be missed.
@hikastags said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@Chris-B Possibly. I think i'd go Springer personally, but he doesn't offer much of a kicking game.
Fihaki will be quite an underrated loss. He was very solid last night and his clearances will be missed.
I'm not a fan. But he had a good game last night, delivered in a number of crucial moments
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@hikastags said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@Chris-B Possibly. I think i'd go Springer personally, but he doesn't offer much of a kicking game.
Fihaki will be quite an underrated loss. He was very solid last night and his clearances will be missed.
I'm not a fan. But he had a good game last night, delivered in a number of crucial moments
@canefan agreed, he runs hard and straight and has a good boot...not AB material good.but sold super rugby winger
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@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.
With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.
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@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.
With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.
@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.
With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.
Not sure about defence. He has had real issues on defence this year.
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@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.
With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.
Not sure about defence. He has had real issues on defence this year.
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.
With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.
Not sure about defence. He has had real issues on defence this year.
TR put it best. Decent at SR level, no business being in the ABs
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@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.
With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.
Not sure about defence. He has had real issues on defence this year.
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.
With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.
Not sure about defence. He has had real issues on defence this year.
Teams have attacked down his side because he more often than not comes in when he shouldn’t. Hasn’t used the sideline to his advantage either. Not a natural winger and it has shown. Closer in he is more than physical enough but you’d want to see him get a decent NPC campaign in there.
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@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.
With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.
Not sure about defence. He has had real issues on defence this year.
Teams have attacked down his side because he more often than not comes in when he shouldn’t. Hasn’t used the sideline to his advantage either. Not a natural winger and it has shown. Closer in he is more than physical enough but you’d want to see him get a decent NPC campaign in there.
@ACT-Crusader said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@brodean said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
@KiwiMurph said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Fihaki had a couple of nice long passes too.
With his defense and distribution he's more suited to 13 or 15. He offers nothing on attack on the wing.
Not sure about defence. He has had real issues on defence this year.
Teams have attacked down his side because he more often than not comes in when he shouldn’t. Hasn’t used the sideline to his advantage either. Not a natural winger and it has shown. Closer in he is more than physical enough but you’d want to see him get a decent NPC campaign in there.
So he's not a natural winger but will probably be selected to the ABs as a .... winger
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Having met Rob Penny on a couple of occasions in the past I found him a really decent type and it comes through when he’s being interviewed very humble and respectful
Man he copped some unwanted some attention about his coaching credentials this time last year and it’s fair to say he’s answered his critics big time
So I’m actually quite wrapt for the guy , he’s 80 minutes away from carving his own piece of history or dare I say some unwanted history given the 31-0 knockout record
Regardless for mine he’s done a superb job@Steven-Harris The Crusaders are a well-coached and well-led outfit this year.
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Has anyone heard anything about Newell? He went down clutching his knee/leg in the last 5mins.
Pretty incredible he played 80mins...
@hikastags said in SF Crusaders v Blues:
Has anyone heard anything about Newell? He went down clutching his knee/leg in the last 5mins.
Pretty incredible he played 80mins...
I noticed that too. Was down for a while and looked in a fair amount of pain, but when he got up he didn't appear to limp. Will be a massive loss if he is out along with Williams.
