Quarterish Final Prediction thread

Crusaders will grind the Reds into the snow for a comfortable win in the end.

Blues Chiefs is going to be close, Chiefs should be too strong at home with DMac leading them, but I'm going to go with the Blues who have quietly hit some very good form, and if Hoskins continues his form he'll cause some real problems. Going to be an absolute cracker of a game this one.

Canes are red hot and will run the Brumbies off their feet, Proctor to score 2 and set 2 more up. Roigard to have a stormer to shut up the haters.

All the home teams to win I reckon, it makes a big difference in playoff's footy.

Crusaders Chiefs Brumbies.

Reds Blues Hurricanes.

Who do you think will win?
Crusaders v Reds - Reds for a historic win. There is too much talk about an inevitable Crusaders win. I am jinxing the jinx with this prediction.
Chiefs v Blues - Chiefs by a thousand
Brumbies v Hurricanes - Canes because I reckon they have better individuals than the Bum-boys, but they'll have to overcome the biased coverage, (expect multiple replays of Canes indiscretions) , an under pressure ref (to give the Bum-boys preference) and a crowd that is the most feral in the world of rugby. Reference 2023 game for how hard to win in the shithole (disallowed try, etc).
Who do you want to win?
Crusaders
Chiefs
Canes

Reds
Blues
Canes

Chiefs, Crusaders, Canes
Blues, Reds, Canes

Going for the all NZ sweep:
Crusaders, Blues, Canes

Blues, Crusaders, Brumbies
Blues, Crusaders, Canes

looks like chiefs are the underdogs

chiefs/crusaders /brumbies
chiefs /red/and don't care a fuck

Chiefs - Crusaders - Brumbies
Chiefs - Crusaders - Hurricanes

Hurricanes will have to face 27 men. I reckon it is too much for them.

Crusaders, Chiefs, Brumbies
Crusaders, Chiefs, Brumbies

I think that is the best road to the Final for the Crusaders.

Saders, Chiefs, Brumbies

Saders, Blues, Canes

@cgrant said in Quarterish Final Prediction thread:

Hurricanes will have to face 27 men

Ah, the ol' Calcio storico fiorentino-rules, interesting.

The game starts when the pallaio throws and kicks the ball toward the center line, then at the first whistle as the ball first rests on field, 15 forwards or corridori, begin fighting in a wild mixed martial arts match- punching, kicking, tripping, hacking, tackling, and wrestling with each other in an effort designed to tire opponents' defenses, but which often descends into an all-out brawl. They try to pin and force into submission as many players possible. Once there are enough incapacitated players, the other teammates come and swoop up the ball and head to the goal.

Well, it should be entertaining, at the very least. Just a pity that Dane Coles is retired, he would've loved this.

@Mauss said in Quarterish Final Prediction thread:

@cgrant said in Quarterish Final Prediction thread:

Hurricanes will have to face 27 men

Ah, the ol' Calcio storico fiorentino-rules, interesting.

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The game starts when the pallaio throws and kicks the ball toward the center line, then at the first whistle as the ball first rests on field, 15 forwards or corridori, begin fighting in a wild mixed martial arts match- punching, kicking, tripping, hacking, tackling, and wrestling with each other in an effort designed to tire opponents' defenses, but which often descends into an all-out brawl. They try to pin and force into submission as many players possible. Once there are enough incapacitated players, the other teammates come and swoop up the ball and head to the goal.

Well, it should be entertaining, at the very least. Just a pity that Dane Coles is retired, he would've loved this.

That and the Palio, that crazy horse race in the the square in Siena would be a sight to see

@booboo said in Quarterish Final Prediction thread:

Two questions:

1. Who do you think will win?
2. Who do you want to win?

Crusaders v Reds
Chiefs v Blues
Brumbies v Hurricanes

My picks
1.. Saders Blues Brumbies
2. Saders Blues* Canes

• Chiefs get a second shot

Two from two.

Hope I'm wrong about the third.