Crusaders Vs Waratahs

Crusaders

Finlay Brewis, Codie Taylor, Fletcher Newell, Antonio Shalfoon, Tahlor Cahill, Dom Gardiner, Leicester Fainga'anuku, Christian Lio-Willie, Noah Hotham, Taha Kemara, Macca Springer, David Havili (c), Braydon Ennor, Sevu Reece, Johnny McNicholl

Replacements: George Bell, George Bower, Seb Calder, Jamie Hannah, Johnny Lee, Kyle Preston, Rivez Reihana, Dallas McLeod

Waratahs

Isaac Kailea, Folau Fainga'a, Siosifa Amone, Matt Philip (c), Miles Amatosero, Angus Scott-Young, Charlie Gamble, Pete Samu, Jake Gordon, Jack Debreczeni, Sid Harvey, Lawson Creighton, Joey Walton, Andrew Kellaway, Max Jorgensen

Replacements: Ioane Moananu, Tom Lambert, Dan Botha, Angus Blyth, Clem Halaholo, Jamie Adamson, Teddy Wilson, Triston Reilly

He did seem to not turnover ball on every carry last week, so maybe they've been working on it.

On the face of it though, this seems retarded. Still, makes for an interesting watch I guess!

should be fun (intense) a game with a packed crowd at the new stadium and both sides fighting to stay in the playoff hunt

Mathis must be wrapped to coming down there

@ploughboy said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

Mathis must be wrapped to coming down there

Wrapped in cotton wool it seems

Maybe the Scots are sniffing around Mathis too!

You'd be pretty frustrated if you were an actual 7 in that squad.

@African-Monkey said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

the guy who is supposedly locked in to the ABs 13 spot where he is?

According to?

@taniwharugby said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

You'd be pretty frustrated if you were an actual 7 in that squad.

Kellow should feel the most annoyed.

@canefan said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

@Landers92 said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

@Chris yeah honestly he could be having his tit pulled but I thought it was too good not to share. Either way I think the Crusaders will thump the tahs

Maybe they are trying to flush out spies by releasing bad intel?

Maybe not

Leicester Fainga'anuku, at 7 this will be interesting one of his strengths is getting on to the ball for turn overs he is hard to move.
This may go down in history as the biggest most stupid mistake EVER made by the Crusaders, or a piece of pure genius.
Intriguing to say the least.
I have no idea which one it will be.

@Chris said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

Leicester Fainga'anuku, at 7 this will be interesting one of his strengths is getting on to the ball for turn overs he is hard to move.
This may go down in history as the biggest most stupid mistake EVER made by the Crusaders, or a piece of pure genius.
Intriguing to say the least.
I have no idea which one it will be.

ah yes good point.

@Chris said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

This may go down in history as the biggest most stupid mistake EVER made by the Crusaders, or a piece of pure genius

Or neither of these two things and a footnote in future.

and thought the craziest thing crusaders have done was the team they run out last week.Next week they may have topped it

@Chris said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

Leicester Fainga'anuku, at 7 this will be interesting one of his strengths is getting on to the ball for turn overs he is hard to move.
This may go down in history as the biggest most stupid mistake EVER made by the Crusaders, or a piece of pure genius.
Intriguing to say the least.
I have no idea which one it will be.

I think it's an interesting punt. He has quite a high error rate though - particularly around defence which isn't ideal for 7.

@taniwharugby

There are virtually no trad 7s on SR rosters atm.
The coaches dont seem to be deeming them as essential, and did not bother with any of the NPC25 7s.

Was wondering how the teams were going to fill this position as the season rolled on.
So a move like this is not overly surprising.
The SR26 hookers are starting to look more like a trad 7 than the other SR26 looseforwards do.
Leicester will be fine; except maybe at lineout time, that might be worth a watch.

Someone like Mathis probably would have had more chance at making a full SR roster this season as a winger.

@Chris said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

Leicester Fainga'anuku, at 7 this will be interesting one of his strengths is getting on to the ball for turn overs he is hard to move.
This may go down in history as the biggest most stupid mistake EVER made by the Crusaders, or a piece of pure genius.
Intriguing to say the least.
I have no idea which one it will be.

I know which way I'm leaning.

@mohikamo said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

@taniwharugby

There are virtually no trad 7s on SR rosters atm.
The coaches dont seem to be deeming them as essential, and did not bother with any of the NPC25 7s.

Was wondering how the teams were going to fill this position as the season rolled on.
So a move like this is not overly surprising.
The SR26 hookers are starting to look more like a trad 7 than the other SR26 looseforwards do.
Leicester will be fine; except maybe at lineout time, that might be worth a watch.

Someone like Mathis probably would have had more chance at making a full SR roster this season as a winger.

Thats a fair call actually. The only outright 7s getting gametime currently would be Kirifi and Lasaqa.

@DurryMexted said in Crusaders Vs Waratahs:

Thats a fair call actually. The only outright 7s getting gametime currently would be Kirifi and Lasaqa.

Was guna mention them as the only two.
Good to see that someone else is right on it.

Super Round roll call? I'm going down and I'm fizzing.