@shark said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
The biggest problem in 2003 was that Mehrts, Leon MacDonald, Caleb Ralph and Mark Robinson were replaced by carthorses. The resulting team had a distinctly flaky, non-Cantablacks look to it and after some flashy substance-lacking footy we bombed out in the game that mattered.
Not bad, slightly overdone, and loses points for the flashy carthorse paradox
2/10 would not bite
Am watching "Road to the Final" at Sky Sport 4 and AMI Stadium is full of .......... fog. Geez, hopefully that won't happen tomorrow!
@shark said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
That 2003 team was actually quite divided, or at least cliquey (sp). I was living in Melbourne at the time and the couple of times I saw the ABs around and/or in pics in the paper, there was a Canterbury group, an Auckland group, and the rest.
Were the Canterbury group all passing the phone around to talk to grandad?
Head to $1.09 / $7.50
Crusaders been there all week Lions slipped from $7.00 earlier in week.
Has there been another final where one team was supposedly gonna walk it so easy before?
@taniwharugby Perfect for an insurance bet!
I don't expect the Crusaders to lose, but an early red card and the whole landscape changes.
@chris-b said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@taniwharugby Perfect for an insurance bet!
I don't expect the Crusaders to lose, but an early red card and the whole landscape changes.
Yep.
If I were the Lions, I'd be throwing up a lot of contestable high kicks early, and getting people up in teh air to get it. One small misjudgement, and someone cops a red. If it's you - c'est la vie. If it's the Saders, you're probably goign to win.
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@taniwharugby where from?
Great that it's a full house tonight.
But let's be fair, if it wasn't that would be a piss poor effort.
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
what was that Lions fella standing upright in the maul moaning about
Pushing before catches got to ground. I thought he had a point.
I still remain astonished teams double defend against Owen Franks. He falls to the ground when you touch him.
Big difference between the teams is the speed at the breakdown. For the crusaders the ball appears almost immediately, but the lions take an age to recycle.
that pulling it down call is BS, that maul was splintered, not under control and the Crusaders get pinged.
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
Jantes with a howler
Test player who doesn't know a simple law. Astonishing brain fart.
@billy-tell said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
Anyone see the show on after the gane? Rugby101 with your host Elton Jantjes.
That last one was a pretty good kick, tbf.
MOunga!!!
If that wasnt a try, that Lions guys coulda been gone for 10 for diving off his feet
@donsteppa well I was wondering if thier forwards had anything other than a drive, luckily they did!!
Jantjes has always been a flake.
Moody conceding penalties - bit of a common theme for him this year...
Gotta love Jantjies. His team lose so much faith in him that he doesn't even get a touch that whole period of play before their second pen.
Really dislike the bias towards the attacking team for mauls. Lions maul disintegrating with players going to ground and in the side, crusaders get penalised for collapsing the maul when two lions players break off and fall over.
@taniwharugby said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@donsteppa well I was wondering if thier forwards had anything other than a drive, luckily they did!!
How much better did they do too! Bet they keep trying for mauls though.
@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
Jantjes has always been a flake.
Moody conceding penalties - bit of a common theme for him this year...
Moody’s becoming a blundering oaf when it comes to dumb/foul play.
@donsteppa said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
Jantjes has always been a flake.
Moody conceding penalties - bit of a common theme for him this year...
Moody’s becoming a blundering oaf when it comes to dumb/foul play.
Id like to see his AB starting spot under pressure.
@taniwharugby understandable! He even knew he was doing wrong when he was trying to get away with the 22 but spazzed out and thought he could fool everyone! Please select him for the boks.
@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@donsteppa said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
@kiwimurph said in Super Rugby Final 2018:
Jantjes has always been a flake.
Moody conceding penalties - bit of a common theme for him this year...
Moody’s becoming a blundering oaf when it comes to dumb/foul play.
Id like to see his AB starting spot under pressure.
Until his injury last year he was just about ABs best player.
