Game on

Who fucked up to let Proctor take the wrong defender that time?

Oooo

The needless intercept put us down there. Oh wait, that's not a try

No way is that a try? That’s ridiculous.

TMO getting a hotdog?

Doleman sucks

Loved the replay of Springer not diving on JB. No definitely not.

Doleman is putting on quite the red and black display today.

@Yeetyaah said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Doleman sucks

That was on the TMO surely

@canefan can't come in unless called upon right? Regardless Doleman is still shit.

@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Loved the replay of Springer not diving on JB. No definitely not.

Doleman is putting on quite the red and black display today.

Yup. Barrett had both knees on the ground when Springer dives on him.

JB looks like a blindside playing second five, LF looks like a centre playing openside. What a pair

David Havili match fixing....

Thanks Havili!

Thanks Dave. On your bike mate

Why do NZ rugby players kick the ball away? Dumb

In his 150th hahahaha 149 too many

Who has had a worse game tonight? Havili or the TMO?

Wow Havilli. What the fuck

That sums Havilli this evening congratulations on 150 x games but definitely not his best work

Havili you deadshit

Poor Havili, had almost as bad a game as Doleman. I said right at the beginning he looked out of his depth. And he just got worse. I don’t usually complain about the ref but he shouldn’t be at this level.

Congrats to the hosts
Crusaders need to be holding the ball as opposed to kicking it away
Reihana needs to start he’s your 10 that got you a championship last year

@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Havili you deadshit

Top 3 in the man of the match conversation. For us....

@Steven-Harris said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

@brodean who would want to be referee ?
the official seems to be the talking point during and after every game

I'm reffing tomorrow.

My main problem is BoK and Doleman. Apart from that I'm good with most refs. I mean Damon Murphy can be a bit average but he's mostly harmless.

The TMO/ref blunders were one for each team. Incompetence all around.

@brodean isn’t this a bi product of the game itself? , so bloody subjective we have the luxury of slow motion replays where as the referee’s are literally metres from the play and have got to make quick decisions
There was a clear hand in a ruck ripped the ball missed by the 2 officials that’s were metres away which I can assume was missed and yet at International level the TMO would have intervened no question

Possibly 2 or 3 other subjective decisions but in the main it’s the players I focus on more and DPK summed it up nicely it was quite a scrappy game

@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Cahill is a big improvement at lock for Crusaders

Yes, he looks to have bulked up and is now more physical.

@KiwiMurph said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Cahill is a big improvement at lock for Crusaders

Looks to be everything Hannah isn't.

@Bovidae I wonder if they should have started with Gardiner ?,thought he was very effective

@Steven-Harris Gardiner was certainly more effective than Blackadder.

Disappointed there weren't a few more scrums.

Crusaders had very good continuity early. Strange how they went away from that

Pretty happy with that a lot better performance from the Crusaders we could have won that some shocking ref decisions Gardiner didn’t score and 2 Canes tries from forward passes.
We get Jordan and Barrett back that was a lot better performance away against the form team,
Quite a bit to build on going forward.
I thought we might get smoked the way we were playing a bonus point is ok for me,

Weird game. I thought the Crusaders looked the better side, but they were just always behind. Terrible reffing throughout.
Blackadder and Lio Willie and Leicester looked the better loose forward combination. Lakai a bit anonymous by comparison. Flanders some nice touches when he came on.
Surprised to see Hotham getting praise - other than the well-taken try, I thought his decision-making was pretty shit, went the wrong way several times.
Cahill is a good player eh, Gardiner too.
Canes front row look the real deal. Hope Aumua isn't injured. Brutal line from Tuputupu, love it. Like several other tries, that one could easily have been called back (Kirifi holding Leicester down outside of ruck).
Fehi dangerous as. Love was a bit disappointing, some good stuff still but some errors creeping in too.
A few bad errors gave up tries: the soft one to Reihana with players biting in, Mcdonald not staying wide, and Dearns drifting off Roigard. Good to see players taking advantage of those mistakes though.

@antipodean said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Another example of Proctor's defence?

Unpleasant undertones of Twickenham, which happened right in front of where I was sitting.

Just got back from the game. 17K fans turned up tonight which isn’t bad for a Friday game, pretty good atmosphere and an epic fireworks display at halftime. Good to see the Canes and Hnry stadium putting in the effort.

On the rugger, after a lot of aimless kicking in the first 20 by both teams, it was a pretty brutal game from the stands. Kirifi was noticeable when carrying, has absolutely no respect for his body.

I thought Love had a mixed bag, did some things really well but then let himself down with some aimless kicking. I thought Barrett and Proctor weren’t as sharp as what we’ve seen from them earlier in the season. On the Canes, I was impressed how they kept a cool head despite going down by 7 early. Roigard and Love are really good in that area, not getting carried away when we are down and not getting too big headed when we are up. Two cool heads calling the shots which is good to see.

Overall, really enjoyable game but I think a lot of those Canes first stringers really need a rest. Four weeks of big games have taken a toll.

What happened to Aumua? Anyone hear?

Good game of footy. Enjoyed.

@reprobate said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Blackadder and Lio Willie and Leicester

Maybe for the first 5-10 minutes. I don't know what you were watching for the rest of the match.

Delaney carried with oomph today eh, must read my posts.

Cahill looked like Holland.

@Bones said in Hurricanes vs Crusaders:

Delaney carried with oomph today eh, must read my posts.

Cahill looked like Holland.

If Delany was slightly taller he’d be in the conversation. So consistent.