Final: Blues vs Crusaders
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Crusaders just too good, strangled the blues across the park, started with whitelock owning the lineout.
@taniwharugby said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Crusaders just too good, strangled the blues across the park, started with whitelock owning the lineout.
You mean that geriatric guy who shouldn’t be in the ABs anymore?
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@WillieTheWaiter said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Crucial said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@WillieTheWaiter said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Canes4life said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Both Ioane’s and B Barrett have been awfully quiet tonight.
Akira thinks his jersey has an 11 or 14 on it.
I’ve been drinking every time he hits a ruck. Haven’t had to get a beer out of the fridge yet
Careful. You can’t critique Akira’s work rate around here.
You need to actually have a work rate to critique! Everything he does is slow mo
15 tackles 0 misses
Most runs of any Blues player
Second only in run metres to the fullback
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Brilliant!
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@taniwharugby said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Crusaders just too good, strangled the blues across the park, started with whitelock owning the lineout.
You mean that geriatric guy who shouldn’t be in the ABs anymore?
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Nice one saders! Probably the best game of the season for them.
Not to take it away, but the blues were pretty dire. Big players all sat down and no leadership. If everyone had played like Lam and Telea they probably would've cruised it.
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@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.
Nock is terrible. Always has been
The problem is the lineout though
10 lineouts lost
9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match
@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.
Nock is terrible. Always has been
The problem is the lineout though
10 lineouts lost
9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match
What is your problem. Stop blaming someone for the bounce of the ball. Being an Auckland supporter and seeing the Blues come up short year after year seems to make you bad losers.
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@WillieTheWaiter said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Crucial said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@WillieTheWaiter said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Canes4life said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Both Ioane’s and B Barrett have been awfully quiet tonight.
Akira thinks his jersey has an 11 or 14 on it.
I’ve been drinking every time he hits a ruck. Haven’t had to get a beer out of the fridge yet
Careful. You can’t critique Akira’s work rate around here.
You need to actually have a work rate to critique! Everything he does is slow mo
15 tackles 0 misses
Most runs of any Blues player
Second only in run metres to the fullback
@Duluth of course he’s going to make metres when he’s standing on the fucking wing!!
Did anything come from those metres? Nope.
Did you get smashed off the park in the collisions and breakdowns? Yep
Would having your biggest loose forward at the breakdown help? -
@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.
Nock is terrible. Always has been
The problem is the lineout though
10 lineouts lost
9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match
What is your problem. Stop blaming someone for the bounce of the ball. Being an Auckland supporter and seeing the Blues come up short year after year seems to make you bad losers.
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The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece
@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece
@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece
That was the tassel on the humiliation but I reckon it was forward pack that fucking sucked on open play and scrum. Just crazy compared to the rest of the season they played.
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All you can say is that scoreline flattered the blues that was fucking lopsided
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@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece
@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
The storyline of the final is the lineout. So much extra possession to the Crusaders from that set piece
That was the tassel on the humiliation but I reckon it was forward pack that fucking sucked on open play and scrum. Just crazy compared to the rest of the season they played.
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Congratulations Crusaders and fans.
Far far too good.
They kicked our ass.
Whitelock is amazing.
Thought Sotutu was Blues best. Perofeta pretty handy in a team that got pumped.
Hopefully these Crusaders transition this form to black - they were simply brilliant.
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@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.
Nock is terrible. Always has been
The problem is the lineout though
10 lineouts lost
9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match
@Duluth said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
@Tim said in Final: Blues vs Crusaders:
Blues decision making has been terrible. Nock went missing several times. Awful play.
Nock is terrible. Always has been
The problem is the lineout though
10 lineouts lost
9/19 vs 11/11. An extra possession every 8mins. That’s the match
That just absolutely kills any team. Whitelock was huge in that regard, really psyched out Eklund to the point he was just throwing it straight to him at times.
