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Super Rugby News - New Zealand Conference

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waiopehu oldboy

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Ardie Savea out for a month:

"He split his finger, the joint came out, so he's had to have that re-done" according to coach Boyd.

Sounds yucky.
 
waiopehu oldboy

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Chiefs 23 (James Lowe, Tom Marshall tries; Aaron Cruden 2 conversions, 3 penalty goals) Blues 16 (Jerome Kaino try; Dan Bowden conversion, 2 penalty goals; Ihaia West penalty goal).

Extremely ugly game & almost (almost) feel sorry for Blues as they were possibly less shite than in previous weeks.
 
qwerty51

qwerty51

Stirling Mortlock (74)
As silly as it sounds the Blues haven't been that shit, they've been right in all their games, just can't win any.
 
ChargerWA

ChargerWA

Mark Loane (55)
I don't know, I just get the feeling the Blues pull their usual jail break basketball shit and when the opposition doesn't curl up and die they lose all heart.

They look mentally weak to me.
 
waiopehu oldboy

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
^^^^^^^^ jailbreak basketball shit can only work if (a) the grunters are doing their shit (which currently they're not) & (b) your 9 & 10 have got it going on (which currently they don't). In the absence of (a) & (b), y'all might as well be the Reds :) that said, when that particular cripple fight occurs my money's on the Reds.
 
ChargerWA

ChargerWA

Mark Loane (55)
I looked at the team sheet for the Blues and Jesus wept. The Force would kill for a team like that.
 
waiopehu oldboy

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Match 53: Crusaders v Highlanders
Venue : AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Date : Saturday 11 April 2015
Kick Off local: 19:35 local, 17:35 AEST, 09:35 SAST
Referee: Glen Jackson
Assistant Ref 1:Kane McBride
Assistant Ref 2:Shane McDermott
TMO : Glenn Newman

Crusaders:
1. Joe Moody , 2. Ben Funnell , 3. Owen Franks , 4 .Jimmy Tupou , 5. Sam Whitelock ,6. Jordan Taufua , 7. Matt Todd , 8. Kieran Read (c) ,9. Andy Ellis , 10. Colin Slade , 11. Nemani Nadolo , 12 .Ryan Crotty , 13 .Kieron Fonotia , 14 .David Havili , 15 . Israel Dagg

Replacements : 16 Codie Taylor , 17 Alex Hodgman,18 Nepo Laulala , 19 Scott Barrett , 20 Richie McCaw , 21 Mitchell Drummond , 22 Dan Carter , 23 Nafi Tuitavake

Highlanders:
1. Brendon Edmonds , 2. Ash Dixon , 3. Josh Hohneck , 4. Tom Franklin , 5. Joe Wheeler , 6. Elliot Dixon , 7. James Lentjes , 8. Nasi Manu ( c ) , 9. Aaron Smith , 10. Lima Sopoaga , 11. Patrick Osborne , 12. Shaun Treeby , 13. Malakai Fekitoa , 14. Waisake Naholo , 15. Ben Smith ( c )

Replacements : 16. Liam Coltman , 17. Daniel Lienert-Brown , 18. Pingi Tala’apitaga , 19. Mark Reddish , 20. Dan Pryor , 21. Fumiaki Tanaka , 22. Marty Banks , 23. Jason Emery

NZ TAB head to head market: Crusaders $1.30 Highlanders $3.30 with an 8.5 start.

Weather-wise should be 11C & clear with a pretty decent 23kph breeze.

Crusaders by <10 but we'll need to be up by 15+ going into the last 20 as teams returning from SA seldom finish well....................
 
waiopehu oldboy

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Well that was rather a shit performance all round weren't it? Goodbye NZ Conf (not even the Horrorcanes of old could lose 5/9 after being 7/7) therefore goodbye Super Rugby. Title #8.
 
waiopehu oldboy

waiopehu oldboy

Stirling Mortlock (74)
On a brighter note I've done the inter-Conf stats:

SA teams 7/8 v Australian (88%)
NZ 6/8 v Aus (75%)
NZ 9/13 v SA (69%)

NZ 15/21 v SA & Aus (71%)
SA 11/21 v NZ & Aus (52%)
Aus 3/16 v NZ & SA (19%)

Not pretty reading if you're an Aussie.............
 
Ruggo

Ruggo

Mark Ella (57)
I hate the cliche but I suspect that was the loss the Canes had to have. As a Reds fan I fear how they will bounce back.
 
Dan54

Dan54

Tim Horan (67)
I bloody hope so Ruggo, as a Canes man. Though I suspect this week will be used to rest a few ABs, so maybe no Conrad, J Savea and Jane?
 
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