Man Rieko is just lacking confidence in any head's up play. Just shovel without even looking up. Held it though!

Great kick for the conditions from Barrett.

@booboo said in Blues v Force:

Proctor would have put Forbes away there

It was a pretty meh involvement from a premier centre. Caught it though, so positive at least.

That didn't look like a knock on...

Blues getting the rub of the green here even when they are on the back foot.

Great tackle Evans. He's proving to be a handy utility.

More shit defence from Perofeta.

Who did Evans replace?

Blues scrum under pressure

Who is the defensive coach? This is disgraceful.

@Tim said in Blues v Force:

Who did Evans replace?

AJ Lam.

@African-Monkey Ah shit.

Good attack... but Blues D needs to be a lot better

@Mattasaurus Sure does!

Clear knock on, no try.

Tackling optional

Lucky.

@booboo said in Blues v Force:

Tackling optional

Lucky.

Time for our kickers to start putting the ball out. Oir kick chase is atrocious.

Another scrum penalty won by the Blues.

Better scrum from the Blues

Blues scrum under so much pressure they win a penalty

@Steven-Harris said in Blues v Force:

Blues scrum under so much pressure they win a penalty

With the tightheard boring in on the angle mind you….

And another useless kick from Beauden, complete with a shit line defence.

Tizano is basically playing like a 2nd 5

Force look pretty good in counter and broken play, but they have nothing in phase play.

@antipodean said in Blues v Force:

And another useless kick from Beauden, complete with a shit line defence.

Does he possess an invisibility cloak for kicking? How on earth does he get away with the majority of his kicks resulting in massive gains for the opposition, with no team mate or coach raising the issue?

@ACT-Crusader said in Blues v Force:

Force look pretty good in counter and broken play, but they have nothing in phase play.

First time I've seen BB called that.

@ACT-Crusader said in Blues v Force:

Tizano is basically playing like a 2nd 5

And a hooker

I'm having trouble following these comments and the play / score reported elsewhere.
37 minutes in, 12-5 to Blues right?

Force rolling maul has been good.

make that 12-7

@nostrildamus said in Blues v Force:

I'm having trouble following these comments and the play / score reported elsewhere.
37 minutes in, 12-5 to Blues right?

12-7

@African-Monkey said in Blues v Force:

Force rolling maul has been good.

They're also very good at creating havoc at the ruck.

@African-Monkey said in Blues v Force:

Force rolling maul has been good.

Very compact and organised.

Proctor would have put Evans in there

The fuck was that from Evans.

I'm well on board the NZ rugby nous is dead train.

12-7 at the half.

Flattering the Blues

Blues up but have a bit of work to do. Force probably had the better of the play.

I wonder if Leon MacDonald has pointed out a few defensive weaknesses in the Blues.

@Tim said in Blues v Force:

I wonder if Leon MacDonald has pointed out a few defensive weaknesses in the Blues.

The coaching rejects of Mcdonald and Donnelly are showing they can produce results with a mismatched and scrappy squad... Maybe the Highlanders and Blues players were just stupid.

@KiwiInLondon said in Blues v Force:

@Tim said in Blues v Force:

I wonder if Leon MacDonald has pointed out a few defensive weaknesses in the Blues.

The coaching rejects of Mcdonald and Donnelly are showing they can produce results with a mismatched and scrappy squad... Maybe the Highlanders and Blues players were just stupid.

Or Vern Cotter ain't that great.