Match thread

Bones

If the ref has called use it and another player joins the ruck it should be a scrum to the opposition.

Bones

Lovely work Tuipulotu

booboo

Tupou playing his way out of the Lions series

Backline finally engaged after 16 games.

BB has been pretty good today.

booboo

Still high, first contact notwithstanding

How did the Chiefs lose to this lot?

booboo

Lam is not doing his chances any harm

taniwharugby

@booboo absolutely, earnt a chance.

Tim

Man, the Waratahs are terrible.

Bones

@Tim yeah doesn't exactly feel like the blues are putting on a clinic, but the scoreboard says so.

nostrildamus

@booboo said in Blues vs Waratahs 2025:

Lam is not doing his chances any harm

We seem to rather recently have a bit of choice at 12 (although not sure about QT's health there is also JB and a couple of others). Which is encouraging.

Time to bench Christie.

nostrildamus

38-6 to the Blues at 60 minutes in is rather surprising.

@Bones said in Blues vs Waratahs 2025:

@Tim yeah doesn't exactly feel like the blues are putting on a clinic, but the scoreboard says so.

Nah this is the most fluid play from the Blues this year.

nostrildamus

Riccitelli must be one of the better NZ players never an AB contender.

sparky

Good performance by the Blues. Far too good the Waratahs. Heading to the playoffs.

booboo

Taken the gummies off

taniwharugby

nice by Ioane, PT if he hadnt I reckon

edit - pen only

antipodean

He's having quite the game

Yeetyaah

See you guys at FMG next weekend

Tim

Man that Ioane is shit. Looking forward to more great posts in the AB thread.

Duluth

@booboo said in Blues vs Waratahs 2025:

Taken the gummies off

On that earlier one, I think he was looking too hard for the try assist and missed the chance to put the foot down and score himself

Bones

@Tim said in Blues vs Waratahs 2025:

Man that Ioane is shit. Looking forward to more great posts in the AB thread.

Playing like I just dropped him from my fantasy team. If he can play a whole one game that's quality for the ABs this year he might be player of the year. Would definitely win most improved.

booboo

@Duluth said in Blues vs Waratahs 2025:

@booboo said in Blues vs Waratahs 2025:

Taken the gummies off

On that earlier one, I think he was looking too hard for the try assist and missed the chance to put the foot down and score himself

Was actually talking about the grubber chase for the try.

Looked normal speed Rieko for that last try.

Tim

He was good for the ABs last year, especially against Ireland. He attracts some irrational comments.

sparky

Reiko Ioane responds to all the (IMHO some of it justified) criticism he's received with a hat-trick. Good for him!

antipodean

Tahs kicking possession away like they're trying to entice Beauden to Sydney next year.

Bones

@Tim said in Blues vs Waratahs 2025:

He attracts some irrational comments.

No he doesn't. He attracts criticism in the same way a shit Cody Taylor or Scott Barrett does.

Landers92

Baffles me that the tahs have the amount of $$ and wallabies as they do and they end up like this every season. Even with some of the rebels landing with them itโ€™s the same old tahs

sparky

Dalton Papalii's been massive this game. Actually he's been great all season for the Blues.

antipodean

Nice captaincy by Rieko to hand Harry a final moment for his time at the Blues on Eden Park.