@Nepia said in Bulls v Crusaders:

@shark Have no fear, 1.9m locks are the standard these days.

There is definitely a general shrinking in NZ thats for sure. Between utility forwards starting at lock, and then comparitive midgets like specialist lock James Blackwell at 1.9m, it's starting to look like club footy at SR level.

How many 2m+ locks are there in NZ SR squads this year? Off hand I can think of Josh Dickson, Paripari Parkinson, Whitelock, Retallick and Tuipulotu.....

@shark

Tuipulotu is just under

Scrafton is 2m

@Duluth said in Bulls v Crusaders:

@shark

Tuipulotu is just under

Scrafton is 2m

Cheers.

I see Michael Allardice is just on 2m, so the Chiefs have two. Do the Canes have anyone on or over 2m??

@shark Geoff Cridge is 2.00m

@Stargazer Bloody hell, I didn't even know he was in the squad.

Goodhue is 1.99, and the yet to be sighted Jacob Pierce is 2.01.

@Tim Robinson is 1.98m, but played 6 this season, but has played majority of his M10 cup rugby at lock.

Plenty of dudes just under 2m.

@ACT-Crusader Not only that worry in the drop off of our props abilities in the 23 the Fuckwits controlling this game worry me.

@Stargazer he has been spotted - I saw him on a news item on 1Sport the other night, Gareth Evans was packing down at 8 so can't be too far away either.

Mounga playing well

Always think the ref sounds like hes aborigine.

Crusaders bringing back the Romi Ropati look

Mo’unga playing really well.

I think Rasta is reffing really well too, so far

Awesome first half from Mo'unga! Havili, Taufua, Dunshea and Goodhue also among the best players on the field.

Do we think bridge is more caleb ralph or more jane/kahui?

Cant make up my mind if he is genuine AB material or not?

That 4th try was almost comical. The whole Bulls defence track across the field following the ball and the Crusaders switch back to find approximately 7 unmarked players.

@Billy-Tell I think he has had good impact in this game. He may not score as many tries as last season, but he enables others to score.

Crusaders playing well - running the Bulls around. Speed of the game at altitude has been a bit like a high stakes poker game - I'll see you speed the game up and raise you. Looks to be working for us.

Mo'unga and Havili among the best for the Crusaders. Couple of poor kicks by Hall. Reece a bit anonymous early on. Forwards playing fast and open - nice finish of the try by Dunshea.

Mouunga is o for awesome. Magnificent game

@Billy-Tell Yes, he's a class apart. Impressive!

Yeah - Richie looking the complete package - goal kicking might still need a bit of work. That Pollard is a metronome.

Sevu Reece came into the the game a bit more.

Bulls handling pretty ordinary.

I don't know why more NZ teams don't just take that quick channel ball in the scrum most of the time. Suits our style and that our propping stocks are looking a bit frail.

Razor got the tactics spot on for that game - implementation was excellent for the most part. The middle 20 minutes of the second half the Bulls had too much of the ball and there were too many penalties given away.