And the Chiefs look really shit on paper again.
Surely you’d have Stevenson over the Aussie at the back, has the Aussie played much 15?
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Never like seeing the word injury in the same sentence as Brodie Retallick. Hopefully it is nothing major with his hand.
@sparky said in Chiefs vs Lions:
Decent looking 23. The Lions look like the side mostly capable of denying the Crusaders the title.
Seriously? Have you seen how the played the last few rounds? They're not even a shadow of the teams that played in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 finals.
@taniwharugby said in Chiefs vs Lions:
@Duluth good to see Debreczeni back, interesting they got him running at FB...should chuck his name in the AB10 mix....
Sheesh, any old dude washes up in Taniwha country and you're proposing him for the ABs. It's like you're northern Cantabrians. 
@Stargazer I have. Point I was trying to make is I suspect they'll get better.
@Stargazer I can't see him being at the Chiefs next year. I'm hoping we pick him up.
Listening to Cooper on RS, TTT has been released to play club footy.
Tried to sell it as a good thing; to get 80mins and it is his clubs centenary.
Match Chiefs v Lions @ FMG Stadium, Hamilton
Referee Brendon Pickerill
AR1 Mike Fraser
AR2 Rasta Rasivhenge
TMO Shane McDermott
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Chiefs vs Lions:
Match Chiefs v Lions @ FMG Stadium, Hamilton
Referee Brendon Pickerill
AR1 Mike Fraser
AR2 Rasta Rasivhenge
TMO Shane McDermott
That's a scary combo.
Is Angus Ta'avo a liability? He got pinged a lot last week early and he's given away one already tonight.
Both Taylor and Coles would have continued running if they'd made a break like Marx just did.
Very lucky there. No release from the 9 for me. I guess he might argue he wasn't part of the tackle, but I thought he was.
@Damo said in Chiefs vs Lions:
Is Angus Ta'avo a liability? He got pinged a lot last week early and he's given away one already tonight.
Maybe because he's wearing the 1 jersey instead of 3?
@Stargazer said in Chiefs vs Lions:
@Damo said in Chiefs vs Lions:
Is Angus Ta'avo a liability? He got pinged a lot last week early and he's given away one already tonight.
Maybe because he's wearing the 1 jersey instead of 3?
Yeah I didn't realise that. Why is he playing loosehead then?
@Jailbreak7 said in Chiefs vs Lions:
Well fuck. Why all the 50/50 passes.
Fifty fifty? Throwing it backwards whilst not looking is not fifty fifty! It's just stupid
@Damo said in Chiefs vs Lions:
@Stargazer said in Chiefs vs Lions:
@Damo said in Chiefs vs Lions:
Is Angus Ta'avo a liability? He got pinged a lot last week early and he's given away one already tonight.
Maybe because he's wearing the 1 jersey instead of 3?
Yeah I didn't realise that. Why is he playing loosehead then?
Cooper be Crazy?
@Machpants said in Chiefs vs Lions:
@Damo All Black's call, maybe
Not a great call if it is. He's obviously fooled the refs into thinking he has a problem keeping his bind up.
@Jailbreak7 I've no idea just a guess, probably not correct
@Machpants You're possibly correct though. Idiocy from Cooper otherwise.
@Damo said in Chiefs vs Lions:
@Stargazer said in Chiefs vs Lions:
@Damo said in Chiefs vs Lions:
Is Angus Ta'avo a liability? He got pinged a lot last week early and he's given away one already tonight.
Maybe because he's wearing the 1 jersey instead of 3?
Yeah I didn't realise that. Why is he playing loosehead then?
Because injury crisis or the Chiefs coaches are shit?
Pretty sure it’s the ABs asked him to swap sides. Ofa and Karl did it earlier in the season
One of the (likely) 5 RWC props will need to cover both sides
@Duluth said in Chiefs vs Lions:
Pretty sure it’s the ABs asked him to swap sides. Ofa and Karl did it earlier in the season
One of the (likely) 5 RWC props will need to cover both sides
The results of the experiment appear to be in.