@Steven-Harris said in Blues v Drua:

Just score the try and stop the show pony crap

Settle down gramps

@Tim said in Blues v Drua:

Those out the back moves have been good value this year.

Some have been delicious and effervescent. If that is O'Halloran hopefully he is staying on.

@KiwiMurph if you see some of the crap like this around the club scene you will understand where i’m coming from

@Steven-Harris said in Blues v Drua:

@KiwiMurph if you see some of the crap like this around the club scene you will understand where i’m coming from

I still dont see the issue

This isnt 1950

@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Drua:

@Steven-Harris said in Blues v Drua:

@KiwiMurph if you see some of the crap like this around the club scene you will understand where i’m coming from

I still dont see the issue

This isnt 1950

Especially as he did score the try then went showpony. But I guess gramps was not a fan of Jeff Wilson.

Nice kick Vai

Cripes, Spencer has some wheels eh.

Beautifully done!

@Bones Yeah, tall and skinny but fast.

@Tim said in Blues v Drua:

@Bones Yeah, tall and skinny but fast.

Watching him glide up midfield was crazy, bit Joe Rok.

@Bones Hell yeah. 2015 Beauden kick chasing. Made Barrett look old and slow. Made me feel real old as well.

Handling in perfect conditions has been very poor

@Steven-Harris said in Blues v Drua:

Handling in perfect conditions has been very poor

Looked pretty good when Vai spun the ball after his try.

Everything Wrampling does is loose

More impressed by Che Clark

Jed Melvin on?

@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Drua:

Everything Wrampling does is loose

More impressed by Che Clark

Che Clark has been impressive since coming on.

How Torian Barnes going? Always love the new shiny thing.

@Frank said in Blues v Drua:

How Torian Barnes going? Always love the new shiny thing.

Looked busy, some bruising runs and nice handling early on.

@Bones 13 handling errors in the first half alone 8 from the Blues and 5 from the Drua several unforced

BB too slow to catch up with his tap for an attempted intercept is a lovely summary of where he's at.

Nice finish by Clarke.

Impressive performance by the Blues loose forwards. Not so much the locks.

Also unimpressed by Spencer's debut at fullback too. Especially his donkey effort that lead to the Drua's second try.

@antipodean yeah he was pretty meh to start, but grew into it I thought and ended up at least at the same level as Forbes. Worth persevering.

Much better second half

Segner very impressive

Drua should be better with their squad

Good 2nd half. Che Clark and Segner very good.

Second half was very impressive. Humidity clearly making the ball slippery, lot of unusual drops.

Two howlers from Spencer, but plenty of positives and after my complaints last week about passing quality in NZ, he had two try assists with a perfect spiral pass in front of the player. One left, one right. Seriously quick too.

What is Segner's best position should he able to make the step up to the ABs?
7?

It seems like Che Clark has put a bit of weight on?

Spencer has some promise after all.

@antipodean said in Blues v Drua:

Nice finish by Clarke.

Impressive performance by the Blues loose forwards. Not so much the locks.

Also unimpressed by Spencer's debut at fullback too. Especially his donkey effort that lead to the Drua's second try.

Akhi, Segner, Darry, Beehre and Wrampling led the defence against a pretty brutal attack. We scored some over those classic maul tries that the Drua struggle against. What about the locks didn't you like?

@brodean said in Blues v Drua:

@antipodean said in Blues v Drua:

Nice finish by Clarke.

Impressive performance by the Blues loose forwards. Not so much the locks.

Also unimpressed by Spencer's debut at fullback too. Especially his donkey effort that lead to the Drua's second try.

Akhi, Segner, Darry, Beehre and Wrampling led the defence against a pretty brutal attack. We scored some over those classic maul tries that the Drua struggle against. What about the locks didn't you like?

The amount of ball they dropped or lost with inaccurate carries.

@Bones said in Blues v Drua:

@antipodean yeah he was pretty meh to start, but grew into it I thought and ended up at least at the same level as Forbes. Worth persevering.

Agree he's worth persevering with, but Forbes is a low bar these days.

@antipodean said in Blues v Drua:

@brodean said in Blues v Drua:

@antipodean said in Blues v Drua:

Nice finish by Clarke.

Impressive performance by the Blues loose forwards. Not so much the locks.

Also unimpressed by Spencer's debut at fullback too. Especially his donkey effort that lead to the Drua's second try.

Akhi, Segner, Darry, Beehre and Wrampling led the defence against a pretty brutal attack. We scored some over those classic maul tries that the Drua struggle against. What about the locks didn't you like?

The amount of ball they dropped or lost with inaccurate carries.

That was happening with both teams in all positions. Ball was slippery. It’s uncomfortable humidity in Auckland at the moment

@antipodean said in Blues v Drua:

@Bones said in Blues v Drua:

@antipodean yeah he was pretty meh to start, but grew into it I thought and ended up at least at the same level as Forbes. Worth persevering.

Agree he's worth persevering with, but Forbes is a low bar these days.

Can't say I've ever been very impressed with Forbes, so yeah faint praise but worth it for the blues.

@Frank said in Blues v Drua:

What is Segner's best position should he able to make the step up to the ABs?
7?

Seemed to complement Barnes as part of a trio but just didn't strike me as nuggety enough for an openside. Wasn't watching all that closely though.

@Bones He's kind of a 6.5, I guess. Definitely playing a lot better this year though. Looks to have bulked up a bit.

Much improved this year. Huge work rate, hardly misses tackles and makes a lot of them. Has started making turnovers and is one of main line out targets.

I’ve not seen much of a running game or even a passing game. Doesn’t lose it much hitting the ball up, and hits a lot of rucks.

Super valuable bench option when everyone is fit.

Interesting about Payton Spencer. I haven't been overly convinced by him, but he showed some nice touches towards the end. I think a full NPC campaign will do him good.

And yeah, Segner so far, has improved massively. I wasn't overly impressed by him in previous seasons, but this season, his all round game has gone from strength to strength.

This was a really useful game for the squad.. similar to last week against the Tahs

The team tried to win easy and pretty. Too loose in attack and the defence line was passive. Cotter corrected that at halftime and the team goes back to basic 2024 Blues rugby. The pretty tries come late in the game anyway

Some inexperienced players got some lessons about standards and ultimately responded well. Much more useful than if the opposition had been passive

@Duluth said in Blues v Drua:

This was a really useful game for the squad.. similar to last week against the Tahs

The team tried to win easy and pretty. Too loose in attack and the defence line was passive. Cotter corrected that at halftime and the team goes back to basic 2024 Blues rugby. The pretty tries come late in the game anyway

Some inexperienced players got some lessons about standards and ultimately responded well. Much more useful than if the opposition had been passive

Yeah, you learn more from victories from being in tough moments, and despite the scores looking comfortable in the last 2 weeks, we've had to come from behind in both of them, which I don't mind. The young fellas have stepped up to the plate when asked so far.