Everything Wrampling does is loose
More impressed by Che Clark
Blues
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Drua
@KiwiMurph said in Blues v Drua:
Everything Wrampling does is loose
More impressed by Che Clark
Che Clark has been impressive since coming on.
@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.
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.
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.
@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.