Chiefs v Crusaders Super Rugby Rnd 3

[boyo]

Seeing as @Sully is slow off the mark

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[ChargerWA]

The Chiefs attacking playing is a little sobering quite frankly. These guys are scary good.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Good work @boyo.

Sonny Bill Fucking Williams does the business, Cruden misses from out wide & it's 6-5 Crusaders, Lowe still in the bin.

Penalty Crusaders, Slade misses.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Chiefs win a scrum penalty 40m out & more or less in front but Cruden misses again. Lowe back on, Retallick gone for the night.

YC Todd, took Lowe out in the air. Cops a facial from Ben T for his troubles.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Crap. Try Chiefs, Pulu under the sticks so it'll be 12-6 & Chiefs a man up for the next 8 or do minutes.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Very good support & determination from the Chiefs in the lead up to that try.

I'm a Matt Todd fan but that yellow was stupid stuff considering he already knew what happened to Lowe doing the same thing earlier. You'd expect your captain to have better awareness.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Slade to make it 12-9. Penalty count 6-2 against Chiefs, I see yellow in their future if they don't tighten up their discipline.

Laulala gives away possibly the stupidest penalty I've ever seen, lucky not to get a YC, you can't stop,a quick lineout by tackling the guy who's likely to get thrown the ball, numb nuts.

Andy Ellis on. GOAT bleeding like the proverbial.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Penalty Chiefs, 15-9 coming up but at least we get Todd back.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

The Tribe are in cruise control. More meat from them. 12. Ngatai crosses the white line with Gilbert.

Rugby is a simple game when played well. Move the ball to where the bad guys aren't.

Chiefs 22 CruSadists 9. 34 minutes.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Taylor fucks up a Cruden grubber, gets turned over & SBW sets up Ngatai for the try. Cruden from 20m in gets it, 22-9 & Crusaders looking a little bit fucked on it, to be perfectly frank. Much, much more mongrel required.

But not THAT kind of mongrel, Wyatt. Fuck me, penalty count must be pretty much even now & there goes our "they've been doing it ALL FUCKING DAY, REF"

Like that right there: Cruden a mile offside & fucks up our ball. If the count is 7-2 or thereabouts he possibly gets a card or at least a warning, at 6-6 it's just a penalty which Slade FUCKING MISSES so 9-22 at oranges. Jaysus X Christ.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Terrible kick Slade.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

It's Oranges says Sir.

No change to the score. 22-9 to the Chiefs as they head to the sheds for a break.

 

[boyo]

Wyatt Earp giving away a penalty?

Say it aint so.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^^ Crusaders playing like the Blues. Oh, hang on, not quite right there, we've had a win this season

 

[boyo]

WTF is going on with the kicks at goal? Cruden & Slade look like they couldn't hit a barn with a handful of gravel.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Messam looks groggy, needs to go off & get assessed.

Penalty Crusaders, kickable but they take the lineout.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

oh shit someone's just run afoul of the 24 hr moratorium on score spoiling

How so? In these parts we're waiting with baited breath for the result of the recent English v Boers rematch at Mafeking..........

Anyhoo, Ellis goes over, Slade converts so it's 16-22 & we're back in this. Kinda.

Penalty Chiefs, Cruden will probably get this, long-range for him but over it goes, 25-16. 30 minutes left, still enough time but needs to start happening RIGHT FUCKING NOW BOYS!

Hosea Gear sideline reckons he's good to go next week.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Even with the goalpost in the way that's obviously a knock-on, Crusaders scrum. Praise the Lord & pass the tray, TMO agrees after a mere 15 replays. FFS. Could be worse, I s'pose, we could've had George Sorry I Boobed in the chair...........

 

[boyo]

Correct TMO decision - lost forward and short of the line.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Another penalty given away, 28-16 coming up.

What the fuck happened to our territory & possession stats? Can't win the game when the other guys have got the ball at your end of the ground!