SR Final - Blues v Chiefs
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Weather forecast has turned wet - probably during the game.
Probably edge to the Blues with a wetter game? But I'm wearing wet weather gear tonight anyway (even if it looks like it'll be towards the end)
@nzzp said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
Probably edge to the Blues with a wetter game?
If it does rain I think it blunts one of the Chiefs chances
I think the Blues looked their most vulnerable this year when the Reds got the ball into the wide channels.. The Blues set up quite narrow and RI's pace covers a lot of ground. It wasn't just the tries it was moving the big pack around
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Chiefs just have to bank on a game that runs the forwards across the park, and maybe have Finau stationed out wide for contestables, and Sititi charging up the middle. If it is all played in set piece and the middle of the park, then Blues have a very big advantage. One imagines the penalty and card count will determine the winner, as the pressure to infringe to stop momentum will be huge. Am heading up to Eden Park shortly
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More evidence rugby is doing as bad as the NZ-Oz media/Devlin make it out to be ...
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/21/industrial-action-by-train-staff-paused-for-super-rugby-final/
Go the Chiefs!
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I think the Blues will be way too strong for the Chiefs. I think they will get a number of PKs at the scrum and will do well at lineout mauls. The backlines are about even and will cancel each other out.
I hope I am wrong as I live in Chiefs country now but I see this as Blues by 15-20 points and largely over by half time.
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I think the Blues will be way too strong for the Chiefs. I think they will get a number of PKs at the scrum and will do well at lineout mauls. The backlines are about even and will cancel each other out.
I hope I am wrong as I live in Chiefs country now but I see this as Blues by 15-20 points and largely over by half time.
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@Damo media are consistently picking against the Blues or a narrow Blues win.
I hope you're right! We should win if we play to our potential.
@nzzp said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Damo media are consistently picking against the Blues or a narrow Blues win.
I hope you're right! We should win if we play to our potential.
It could be close, Chiefs could get up if things go their way - anything can happen in sport.
However I don't know why people would be picking against the Blues. They have been good all year and won pretty convincingly against Chiefs only a few weeks ago.
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@Damo media are consistently picking against the Blues or a narrow Blues win.
I hope you're right! We should win if we play to our potential.
@nzzp said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Damo media are consistently picking against the Blues or a narrow Blues win.
So basically the media are saying either the Blues or the Chiefs will win. That's Fern level genius.
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@nzzp said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Damo media are consistently picking against the Blues or a narrow Blues win.
I hope you're right! We should win if we play to our potential.
It could be close, Chiefs could get up if things go their way - anything can happen in sport.
However I don't know why people would be picking against the Blues. They have been good all year and won pretty convincingly against Chiefs only a few weeks ago.
@Damo said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@nzzp said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Damo media are consistently picking against the Blues or a narrow Blues win.
I hope you're right! We should win if we play to our potential.
It could be close, Chiefs could get up if things go their way - anything can happen in sport.
However I don't know why people would be picking against the Blues. They have been good all year and won pretty convincingly against Chiefs only a few weeks ago.
everywhere ive seen have been picking the blues
to be honest im not confidant of a win for the chiefs -
Let's just hope that we don't have a repeat of some of the comments against the ref that we saw last time. Some of the stuff from the Chiefs fans last year was pretty rabid.
I ended up with a bunch of it in my inbox. All forgiven and forgotten now but stay off the sauce this time lads.
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A fair contest would be a good start. No marginal cards to take the tarnish off the winner (in the eyes of the losing fan base anyway) please
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@Frank said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
Blues plan - get DMac!!
They better not break him for the test season.
@Nepia said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Frank said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
Blues plan - get DMac!!
They better not break him for the test season.
Beaudie would be at 10 after Finau destroys Plummer
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@Nepia said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Frank said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
Blues plan - get DMac!!
They better not break him for the test season.
Beaudie would be at 10 after Finau destroys Plummer
@KiwiMurph said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Nepia said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Frank said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
Blues plan - get DMac!!
They better not break him for the test season.
Beaudie would be at 10 after Finau destroys Plummer
Sheesh, don't make it worse.
(Unless of course 2016 BB appears this year).
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@nzzp said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Damo media are consistently picking against the Blues or a narrow Blues win.
So basically the media are saying either the Blues or the Chiefs will win. That's Fern level genius.
@Crazy-Horse said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@nzzp said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Damo media are consistently picking against the Blues or a narrow Blues win.
So basically the media are saying either the Blues or the Chiefs will win. That's Fern level genius.
Blues are hot favourites at the TAB. But the media seem determined to talk it up as a contest - you'd have to think th eBlues are favourites, and that it'll take a special performance for the Chiefs to get there. But hey, it's sport - ya never know.
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@Crazy-Horse said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@nzzp said in SR Final - Blues v Chiefs:
@Damo media are consistently picking against the Blues or a narrow Blues win.
So basically the media are saying either the Blues or the Chiefs will win. That's Fern level genius.
Blues are hot favourites at the TAB. But the media seem determined to talk it up as a contest - you'd have to think th eBlues are favourites, and that it'll take a special performance for the Chiefs to get there. But hey, it's sport - ya never know.
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I think the Blues will be way too strong for the Chiefs. I think they will get a number of PKs at the scrum and will do well at lineout mauls. The backlines are about even and will cancel each other out.
I hope I am wrong as I live in Chiefs country now but I see this as Blues by 15-20 points and largely over by half time.
@Damo this is the type of thinking that means Chiefs win by about 6
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Form doesn't mean fuck all in a one-off final. Chiefs have the sting from last year, Blues have the weight of expectation which comes with the favourites tag.
Chiefs 13+
Mana too strong
