Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021)

Bones

@broughie said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@bones I hear an echo from last week. I concur.

Anonymous

@bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

Maybe Tuipulotu should spend more time training and less time practicing non English speeches

But he should spend more time trying to find a better chinese knock-off Blues jersey to play in though. It's clearly a different colour on the front!

Yeetyaah

Fucking stoked. Chiefs did a great job shutting down the Blues' backline.

broughie

@bones I have been impressed with him for a while. Cane is looking like an old horse. He is beat up and worn out.

Crucial · @tim said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@nzzp said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@crucial said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@tim said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

Well done Chiefs. Blues were off their game and didn't take the penalty kicks.

Pretty sure that GCT was fine though.

That was an obvious obstruction. No excuse there.
He would have been fine if it hadn’t splintered though

If every maul was refereed that way I'd agree with you. Not much wrong with it to be fair - transferring the ball doesn't create an offside player in front.

It does if you transfer to a player that is detached or then detaches and runs into the player in front.

nzzp · @tim said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@crucial said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@nzzp said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@crucial said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@tim said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

Well done Chiefs. Blues were off their game and didn't take the penalty kicks.

Pretty sure that GCT was fine though.

That was an obvious obstruction. No excuse there.
He would have been fine if it hadn’t splintered though

If every maul was refereed that way I'd agree with you. Not much wrong with it to be fair - transferring the ball doesn't create an offside player in front.

It does if you transfer to a player that is detached or then detaches and runs into the player in front.

I'll have to watch it again - looked like the same maul with one eye

KiwiMurph

@bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

Maybe Tuipulotu should spend more time training and less time practicing non English speeches

Weird take.

broughie

@yeetyaah the blues back line has not been that impressive. They have an average 5/8s and inconsistent halves. Who is coaching them?

KiwiMurph

@broughie Halangahu the Aussie I think

ACT Crusader

Blues lacking a little on-field leadership.

Intense game and quite physical. Papali’i and Jacobsen two of the best out there.

Winger

Great game. And well done the Chiefs. Now do the same next week

Bones · @bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@kiwimurph said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

Maybe Tuipulotu should spend more time training and less time practicing non English speeches

Weird take.

My thoughts exactly. I imagine he doesn't spend any time practicing languages he speaks.

broughie

@act-crusader who else could they have as captain. If you look at the Crusaders you could rattle off several names without thinking. Therein lies the problem. Talent but no leadership.

sparky

17 tackles from Dalton Papalii tonight, 15 from Sam Cane. That's your battle for the All Black starting Number 7 Jersey right there.

Crucial

@bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

Maybe Tuipulotu should spend more time training and less time practicing non English speeches

You mean speeches in his other language?
You’ve been out of NZ too long. Quite common for other languages to be used now.
It has also just been rugby pasifika week in which it was encouraged.
All adds to our unique NZ culture IMO. We aren’t a little Britain anymore

Bones · @bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@crucial said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

Maybe Tuipulotu should spend more time training and less time practicing non English speeches

You mean speeches in his other language?
You’ve been out of NZ too long. Quite common for other languages to be used now.
It has also just been rugby pasifika week in which it was encouraged.
All adds to our unique NZ culture IMO. We aren’t a little Britain anymore

Jesus. It was a pisstake.

Stargazer

This quite sums up the night for several players, not just Otere Black.

While the game was exciting in the last quarter, it wasn't a great game. Far too many errors. Cringeworthy many errors.

https://twitter.com/ultimaterugby/status/1375720334268248069

Crucial · @bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@crucial said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

Maybe Tuipulotu should spend more time training and less time practicing non English speeches

You mean speeches in his other language?
You’ve been out of NZ too long. Quite common for other languages to be used now.
It has also just been rugby pasifika week in which it was encouraged.
All adds to our unique NZ culture IMO. We aren’t a little Britain anymore

Jesus. It was a pisstake.

Ok. It whooped right over me. Was it a reference to someone else’s comment or something?

broughie · @bones said in Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021):

@crucial I don’t think the criticism is about the language but his poor performance on the field. It’s comparing a pretty speech to a useless performance. What should he work on?

Crucial

When the teams weee announced someone doubted Daltons ability to get turnovers.
Good to see TSF analysis is still bang on.

The Silver Fern

Chiefs v Blues (27 March 2021)