Crusaders v Blues a.k.a. NZ's festum odii

[Dismal Pillock]

Huge test of Blues front 5 after Cantabs scrum steamrolling it last weekend.

Narawa and Kneepkens will feel a bit ffs after getting looked over in favour of some bloke from outside the squad who jetted in from France a fucken fortnight ago.

I fully expect "Ethan Blackadder" to be pregnant with Akira Ioane's octuplets by the end of this game.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Rieko Ioane departs the Blues compound on matchday
morning, bound for Eden Park.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

T-minus 2 hours for ignition sequence start on Blues 2021 Apollo Jailbreak Torchpass 2000

Boosters, stable.

Valves, stable.

Weather's looking real nice up here Houston, all systems are a go.

Houston: "Checking command modules..."
Dismal: "GO"
W.Oldboy: "55% GO"
KiwiM: "GO"
Z.Ero: "GO"
Cyclo: "Why do I continually get tagged into these silly little launch sequen
Dan54: "GO"

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Onside? Check
+ Grounded? Check
= T-R-Y, bay-bee!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Two scrums two penalties & that's with our "A" front row.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

That was more like it until someone went full handbags.

Edit: was Taylor, gotta be better than that even if provoked.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

haha roidrage Codie taylor. Cantabs again backing themselves to infringe with impugnity and rack up enough points anyway.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Last pass forward.

LOL, TMO says backwards out of the hands.

 

[zer0]

Got them under a warning already, so would say that's a strategic win from the battle at the scrum.

 

[zer0]

Last pass forward.

Now I'm biased af, but I think Clarke facing backwards makes it look horrendously forward live (which I was also sure it was). As it is, I wouldn't say it's clear and obvious in either direction so could only ever be that the officials decide on-field. Fortunately for the Blues they awarded it, but really should've been looked at by the officials rather than the Crusaders having to ask and lose.

 

[Derpus]

Rieko butchered a try and nearly butchered that one too. He still looks like a winger playing 13 to me.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Well that was somewhat inevitable Really need the extras here. You beauty!

 

[Dismal Pillock]

fffs plus we have to put up with TJ's raging shrieking fanboi bullshit for his 6-toed heroes

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Rieko butchered a try and nearly butchered that one too. He still looks like a winger playing 13 to me.

Needs a kicking game. Non'u developed one so it's at least possible Reiko could too.

 

[zer0]

Jeez Mo'unga just needs to shave 5m off those long penalty kicks. It's never worth trying to grain an extra 5m at the risk of losing 20 when it doesn't go out and the opposition return it downfield.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Not sure +9 is enough but it's better than it looked like being early on so I'll take it & hope that it is.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Cantabs must love having Ruru out there. All the time in the world to set themselves on D and knock em down.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Shaping up as a classic moment of magic/ moment of madness second 40.

Gibson gone which is a bonus for my lot, I feel. Edit: hope he's OK, of course.

Slowly building the lead I believe they'll need in last quarter.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

That, too, looked somewhat inevitable.

 

[zer0]

Think that halfback substitution was about 57 minutes late.