Match thread

Why would he kick that back to the Crusaders? Doesn't make any sense, now they will just wind down the clock.

Yeetyaah

@Landers92 meh talk your shit while there's shit to talk

regardless of the result this has been a great watch... the intent and urgency from both teams has been excellent

said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

Why would he kick that back to the Crusaders? Doesn't make any sense, now they will just wind down the clock.

Weird, Crusaders kicked it back instead.

Donsteppa

@Landers92 said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@Landers92 said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

The chiefs…… how

Same reason they havent won a comp in 13 year

I wasn’t going to say that. Was being mindful of the chiefs fans in here

We're like the Black Caps, good enough to always get close. Not enough top class play to finish it off though.

Now, will that be enough to reverse jinx an 80th minute length of the field play...

Tim

Roe has been slow.

Bones

Who's going to do the chip kick

Canes4life

Kemara has a weak boot

Bones

Chiefs fall asleep after the break! Weird

Donsteppa

Bah. Almost.

Great game of rugby.

Bones

Hey Dave, head south and play fullback

Yeetyaah

Gutted to lose that but what a game

Best game I've watched this season.

Game of the season
Sensational contest from both of these teams
So many outstanding individual performances

Bovidae

I'm reasonably happy with that performance. Getting Narawa, Carter, ENS etc back will be a big help as LCF was a lightweight in this game.

Jacomb with two big errors which proved costly.

So Canes can lock up top spot with any points tomorrow?

Tim

Can't see Parker playing test rugby again.

@Tim throw Jacobson into that conversation as well

Canes4life

@Fale009 said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

So Canes can lock up top spot with any points tomorrow?

Yep but a win will lock up top spot for sure.

Bovidae

The only downside was listening to the Crusaders cheerleaders in commentary. TJ is so annoying.

Landers92

@Bovidae said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

I'm reasonably happy with that performance. Getting Narawa, Carter, ENS etc back will be a big help as LCF was a lightweight in this game.

Jacomb with two big errors which proved costly.

Was thinking the same, you would expect the chiefs get the job done with that lot involved. Should have won tonight, taking the 3 both times in the second half proved to be the difference.

ARHS

Very good game. Chiefs kinda lost that. Critical errors from Jacomb and I thought Ratima lacked decisiveness in first half.

Hope they have a rematch with Dmac and wingers back. The bounce of the ball for the kicks by Roe Jacomb and Havili all went one way and made a telling difference.

Some great touches from Reece and Havili when it mattered.
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Finau Lord and Taukeiaho all very good tonite too.

@KiwiMurph to be honest I have never seen him as test player especially when others have been overlooked
Often been critic of Finau but I though he was very good this evening ,Sititi and Lio Willo were absolutely outstanding and Lester F picked his moments brilliantly
Parker just doesn’t do it for me

Yeetyaah

The fall off of Ratima needs to be studied

Chiefs kinda choked there. The Chiefs forwards did well in the scrum and maul and dominated the lineout. Got to say Ratima and Jacomb aren't ABs material at the moment.

Nepia

@Bovidae said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

The only downside was listening to the Crusaders cheerleaders in commentary. TJ is so annoying.

I can grin and bare through it usually, and Nisbett and the Aussies, well by grin and bare it I mean complain like a mofo, but TJ and Marshall did my head in this match. They fixated on Havilli, LF, and Hutchinson and wanked on about them all night.

I didn't expect the Chiefs to win this one, was bemused with their favouritism going in, so loss slightly less annoying than it would be otherwise.

Bones

@booboo said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@Bones said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@booboo said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@Bones said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Chiefs:

"A good time to score"

As opposed to what Justin?

To be fair, the old adage so often rings true...

Old adage being "Justin Marshall is an idiot"?

If anytime is a good time to score, was it not a good time to score?

My point stands

Even better if it stands either side of halftime.