Match thread

Parsons poor tackle allowed the offload there

After watching the Blues for last few years..there are 3 words that always come out of my mouth when one of the Blues ball carriers is on the charge...get to him..!,referring to the cleaners..

And then Ruru on the high kick which went out on the full..
No set up with deep ruck, which gives you time clear but at least an extra metre...absolute dumb fucks..!
What do they look at their video sessions...?

Canes4life

Can someone remind me if Parsons has re-signed? The Blues really need someone more dynamic at rake.

@Canes4life unfortunately yes,2 more years of mediocrity..!

Sorry about the language

antipodean

High tackles and neck rolls galore. What are the refs looking at?

Gunner

Clever slowing the ruck ball down a few phases ago by the bulls player.
Pretended to dive back over to his own side of the ruck but didn’t go far enough and left his knees over the ball, perfectly slowing it down.
Wake up ref!

antipodean

That's a try.

@Gunner but once again the cleaners are so slow..!

African Monkey

Fair call imo.

Canes4life

@Stargazer I feel for Blues fans. He is hard to watch and I'm not even a Blues fan.

KiwiMurph

Nicely done.

Akira nice then big red then Ofa.

KiwiMurph

Can we drag Ruru? FFS!

African Monkey

Now please don't crash with Nonu he's dropped 2 in contact so far.

Edit: Don't worry we fucked up the scrum.

Stargazer

@KiwiMurph One of his team mates yelled that the ball was out; Ruru just responded.

KiwiMurph

@Stargazer said in Blues v Bulls:

@KiwiMurph One of his team mates yelled that the ball was out; Ruru just responded.

Do you ever criticise players from Hawkes Bay?

Just asking.

Stargazer

@KiwiMurph He plays for Auckland; he's dead to me.

KiwiMurph

Blues midfield has tits for hands tonight.

taniwharugby

@Stargazer works with the ref all the time...

antipodean

That's better from TJ

African Monkey

Oh Ruru.....

KiwiMurph

Ruru ffs!!!!

Stargazer

Oh Rieko .....

KiwiMurph

Why did the Bulls kick there....equally as dumb.

Stargazer

I know you Blues fans like to blame Ruru for everything that's going wrong, but Faiane, Plummer and even Rieko have had a very poor first half as well.

African Monkey

@KiwiMurph Yeah strange option there. They could have easily worked their way to a kickable penalty at the very least.

KiwiMurph

@Stargazer said in Blues v Bulls:

I know you Blues fans like to blame Ruru for everything that's going wrong, but Faiane, Plummer and even Rieko have had a very poor first half as well.

Rieko 'very poor' you have to be joking he has been good. One knock on which resulted in half time.

African Monkey

@Stargazer He's been very very very shit. Faiane's just been poor and Rieko's barely seen the ball. The last mistake from the chip from Odendaal he made before halftime was a handy one funnily enough.

Stargazer

The weather is just spoiling the whole game. Thumbs up for all fans sitting in the stands despite the rain.

Is the rain still going or even harder or it looks like it is going to stop?

Tim

@KiwiMurph Now, now, it was definitely his fault that Ruru threw a god awful pass to no one.

African Monkey

@Tim Yeah haha what was Rieko meant to do with that god awful pass.

What’s frustrating is not so much about individuals, it more about doing the little things well..playing in the right areas of the ground..why you would even try to play code in your own half on a wet night is beyond me..
The Blues scrum was more solid in the last 10 minutes because Ofa got 3 good hits..which set up easy service for 8 & 9..
Having the blockers in the right place gave Ruru the time to place a superb high kick which was dropped by the Bulls player..once again simple stuff..but it all gets undone with mad headed stuff..

Blues lucky. That should have been advantage over.

KiwiMurph

Well that was a shit passage of play.

African Monkey

Should have taken the 3 Patty.