Blues v Moana Pasifika

[Tim]

Beehre still putting in hits.

[Duluth]

Blues player of the match voting:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/7304/blues-motm-v-moana-pasifika

[African Monkey]

@Tim said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:

@African-Monkey Papalii has had a very good game today.

Yup, Part of the reason why the Blues have been dominant today.

[Duluth]

Pretty good effort. Strong defence and good discipline, both in terms of penalties and sticking to the game plan. Attack still a little clunky

[taniwharugby]

NIce finish for MP

[African Monkey]

Good performance from the Blues. I thought Moana were a shot today but they had no answer to the Blues set piece and Barrett's game management in general. Blues intensity in defence was a lot better today too, something that has been missing for a lot of this season so far. Fair play to Moana too, well outplayed but fought to the end.

[Duluth]

It might get adjusted later, but Dalton had 18 tackles and no misses. Last week was 25 also at 100%

[Bones]

@Duluth sky had him at 17 for what it's worth.

[Steven Harris]

@African-Monkey the selection of JGB ahead of Pellegrini was odd for Moana ,i think they lack a quality 15 and centre .
They have got some fight but pretty ground down by the Blues ,they needed to be right in the fight in terms of the scoreboard going into the last 15 minutes but for all intensive purposes, they were pretty much toast early in the second half ..
Thought Lam was outstanding in his 50th

[Bones]

@Steven-Harris I reckon Havili is quality, not his best game today though.

[Bovidae]

@antipodean said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:

Is Williams a school teacher in his spare time?

Another ex-halfback. He is there to make Doleman look competent.

[Duluth]

@Bones

Same source.. they adjust up and down a bit after the game. It's 18 at the moment

[george33]

Dalton, Segner, Hoskins

[Bones]

@george33 said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:

Dalton, Segner, Hoskins

Very good prediction for the starting loose trio. Always with the good oil.

[Machpants]

@Duluth said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:

It might get adjusted later, but Dalton had 18 tackles and no misses. Last week was 25 also at 100%

Is he a possible 6 for abs?

[sparky]

@Machpants Yes, but I think 7 is the position he is best suited for.

[taniwharugby]

@Tim enjoy seeing him run hard at the line too, drawing defenders.

[Bones]

@Machpants said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:

@Duluth said in Blues v Moana Pasifika:

It might get adjusted later, but Dalton had 18 tackles and no misses. Last week was 25 also at 100%

Is he a possible 6 for abs?

Played very much like a blindside today, Segner looked like the openside.

[SBW1]

[KiwiMurph]

Finally got around to watching the game

• Riccitelli makes an enormous difference to the Blues. By far their best hooker

• Beehre's workrate is seriously impressive. He has an engine

• Best performance the Blues have got out of their loosies all year

• Beauden's strong form at 10 this year continues

• Lam showing how good he can be

• Assuming there wasn't an off field issue - benching Pellegrini for JGP was just idiotic. Another example of a coach overthinking it

• Blues were finally able to defend without giving away a penalty every 2 phases. Impressive physicality

Can't see the Blues getting that set piece dominance next week vs Crusaders but pleasing they delivered their best performance of the season to keep their hopes alive