@KiwiMurph bit early for mine still 20 to go
@Steven-Harris said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@KiwiMurph bit early for mine still 20 to go
I said should win. Didnt say they would.
While I like the speed of play improvements ... i don't think the lax rulings around the break down and the constant ref coaching of players helps super rugby players at all when they step up to international duties .. I do appreciate the ref coaching can help the flow of the game.... but a simple "hands away now" and then a whistle if hands are not moved should be the extent of it
@Mattasaurus was thinking the same thing but when you pick up the try
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
First super rugby game for me in a while. Yeah no
What an odd comment
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
First super rugby game for me in a while. Yeah no
yup at 30 years, Super rugby is a poor shadow of what it once was..... SA leaving really was the final death blow for me
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
First super rugby game for me in a while. Yeah no
What an odd comment
Not what it used to be. Pedestrian. Not a good advert for the game
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
For all of Blackadder's endeavour hs is very ineffectual at the breakdown
he simply hasn't lived up to the hype in my opinion - especially after been repeatedly broken for extended periods
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
Wow I don’t remember the crusaders being this bad
You clearly didnt watch 2 years ago
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
First super rugby game for me in a while. Yeah no
What an odd comment
Not what it used to be. Pedestrian. Not a good advert for the game
Fishing with dynamite isn't really sport.
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
Wow I don’t remember the crusaders being this bad
You clearly didnt watch 2 years ago
Haha
I don't want to crow too early, but I was called silly for suggesting the Crusaders aren't all that...
@Mattasaurus said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
First super rugby game for me in a while. Yeah no
yup at 30 years, Super rugby is a poor shadow of what it once was..... SA leaving really was the final death blow for me
Weird comment. You’re here commenting every week on almost every game?
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
First super rugby game for me in a while. Yeah no
What an odd comment
He's always trolling.
@Nepia said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
First super rugby game for me in a while. Yeah no
What an odd comment
Not what it used to be. Pedestrian. Not a good advert for the game
Fishing with dynamite isn't really sport.
To be fair it’s the first game of the season. It will probably get better
@Steven-Harris said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@frugby disturbing that a team with 14 All Blacks didn’t front
Think that number is a little misleading. Taylor, Newell, Williams and Jordan are the only regular All Blacks in the playing squad that played today, and that showed.
@Landers92 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@Mattasaurus said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
@W32 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
First super rugby game for me in a while. Yeah no
yup at 30 years, Super rugby is a poor shadow of what it once was..... SA leaving really was the final death blow for me
Weird comment. You’re here commenting every week on almost every game?
And hearing how we miss the South African sides is so painful. Their teams were about on par with today's Aussie teams lol, and had only 1 team of theirs that ever won the comp in 25 seasons.
NZers didn't even watch the SA games most of the time.
Anyway, back to the game thread lol.
@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
Not sure teams will fear playing the 2026 Crusaders under the roof after looking at that.
This is what I’ve been saying. The roof is going to be the worst thing the Saders did in terms of continued dominance.
It’s no surprise they only get dominant when it’s freezing cold in winter and other teams lose that attacking ability because the ball becomes like a bar of soap, and the Crusaders revert to what they are best at - mauling and scrums.
Proof will be in the pudding but it will be interesting to see how things pan out over the next few years. I’ll happily eat my hat if the Saders have three or four titles in the next five years, but I just can’t see it. What I can see is four or five teams winning titles over the next five years.
@Canes4life said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
This is what I’ve been saying. The roof is going to be the worst thing the Saders did in terms of continued dominance.
It’s no surprise they only get dominant when it’s freezing cold in winter and other teams lose that attacking ability because the ball becomes like a bar of soap, and the Crusaders revert to what they are best at - mauling and scrums.
Three of Razor's titles came at Ellis Park, Eden Park and FMG Stadium.