Was umming and ahhing over whether to keep Harvey in my team or take Jorgensen. Kept Harvey.. to all the other Ferners doing Fantasy... suckers...

@Bones Todd ,McCaw,Christie ,Faiaanuku?
Who knew !

@majorpom I agree, I'm not sure I get the Leicester hate, I don't hold Razors shenanigans against him and I'm happy to see him back. He has one of the most powerful running games in the world, if we can work out how to use that while minimising his weaknesses he can be a real weapon. Getting him closer in is a good idea, whether that be at 12 or in the loose. Could become one hell of a weapon on the bench if he can cover the loose, midfield and wing with that running game.

Nice words Matt Philip. Class act.

@Bones said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

@MajorPom I mean if we're looking for a replacement for Savea, he's doing a good debut job.

That is actually a good comparison. He had a decent game running around doing lots of stuff, but not really doing a 7’s job. More of a roaming 12/13. Funny that.

Still a weird call to make when they had Lee on the bench who has looked decent, even if he did give away a marginal penalty for the Havili non try.

@bones Yep, I sure every other super team is absolutely terrified of facing Leicester f#$@ all at 7

Yeah - I thought Leicester went well - influential.

Though Dom Gardiner had a really good game as well.

Newell, Shalfoon, Kemara and McLeod the others who caught my eye.

Kemara's goal-kicking last year was so awful it kind of blinded me to his other merits. Goal-kicking is much improved and he's got some game in general play.

Generally liked the resolve shown - plenty of determination not to lose this first game in the new house.

Leicester F at 7 makes more sense under the roof as opposed to a wet windy bog of a ground.

We saw the value of Meg as an expert commentator when he talked up Bell winning that breakdown penalty. It was so obvious in real time that both of Bell's hands went pass the ball and touched the ground. Silence when a replay was shown.

Stadium reminds me a bit of Aviva with the glass at the ends

No seats at the ends?

@canefan said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

No seats at the ends?

Temporary stand can go in there for a test match much like Forsyth Barr

@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

@canefan said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

No seats at the ends?

Temporary stand can go in there for a test match much like Forsyth Barr

The top tier looks supported by steel as opposed to concrete. Looks pretty good though, the stands sitting close to the field

I wonder what Oli Mathis is thinking of Leicester’s switch…

@canefan said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

No seats at the ends?

At on end there is a stand at the other end
The other end has cooperate stands etc,
Another 5000 seats go in there for test matches etc.

I saw absoute fucking nothing to show LF can play 7. To the loosies in the squad, get out!
My comments about LF included, giving away the first penalty, while looking completely clueless at the interpretation. Not hitting rucks. No noticeable kick chases. Some carries, nothing of note. A try off a ruck pick up, lots would do that anyway.
Is Corey Kellow unwanted?

@MajorPom said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

@jimmyb said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

@Bones said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

Also just realised he doesn't have his legs strapped for the lineout.

And he smashes over for a try

Marshall “overwhelming success”. Fuck me

Although I agree this rhetoric is slightly OTT, I'm going to go against the grain and think he's played really well.

The thing is that once this was was called, he was always going to be watched like a hawk with folks only looking for actions for confirm their pre conceived bias.

Has he been an amazing 7? No. Has he been a decent enough 7 to play there at Super Rugby level? Definitely. He's been heavily involved, I think Marshall said he''s had 6 more carries than the next best player. Thus, he's unquestionably been much more involved than he would have been at 12. He's always been a strong runner, with huge drive, so playing at 7 does give him more time to get his hands on the ball & he's literally grabbed it with both hands.

Overall, he's been brilliant

Brilliant. Fuck off. He's been as involved as a winger looking for work. As a flanker he's been a non-entity.

Just watched the highlights and hard to see from it but can someone please explain the lead up to the first Tahs YC please?

Looked like the bringing down of the maul was legal because it was a tackle

Then the ref blows for a penalty ????

And as the penalised player is talking with the ref the Crusaders player takes a quick tap, runs into a defender and the defender gets a YC

Can someone make sense of it all please?

@MiketheSnow said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

Just watched the highlights and hard to see from it but can someone please explain the lead up to the first Tahs YC please?

Looked like the bringing down of the maul was legal because it was a tackle

Then the ref blows for a penalty ????

And as the penalised player is talking with the ref the Crusaders player takes a quick tap, runs into a defender and the defender gets a YC

Can someone make sense of it all please?

You can certainly make a case whether there should've been a penalty or not in the first place, but the yellow card was spot on. Miles Amatosero tackles the Crusaders player who takes the quick tap without retreating back 10 metres - pretty blatant.