Round 10 : Reds v Blues

[Confucius Say]

McReight back next week. JB has done well.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

It's crazy that he's still an employed rugby union footballer who gets selected for a Super Rugby side.

Perfect for the All Airport XV though. If you saw him walking through an airport you'd think "there's no way anyone could catch or tackle this guy, given his physique he must surely be one of the very best rugby players in the world............"

 

[NCT]

Yeah well - you can't blame Vunivalu for continually getting picked.

Now that the Reds have discovered a genuine winger in Ryan maybe they can select a winger who chases in defence and runs hard in attack on the other wing too. Vuni just jogs when someone has gone past him and when Hoskins Sotutu left him for dead it should be used by Kiss as a training video.

 

[Derpus]

Now that the Reds have discovered a genuine winger in Ryan maybe they can select a winger who chases in defence and runs hard in attack on the other wing too. Vuni just jogs when someone has gone past him and when Hoskins Sotutu left him for dead it should be used by Kiss as a training video.

It should be used to sack Kiss in my view. Fucken garbage selection decision.

 

[Jimmy_Crouch]

At the game. Ref was getting hammered. Reds lost it with four shit kicks. Two exits down the middle from Creighton, the Werchon box kick and the blues flyhalf who fucked it and hit the post to which they then scored from

 

[PhilClinton]

The Tim Ryan hatrick is the kind of play that should be posted all over Fox Sports, great story in a starting debut.

Instead I feel it will be lost and not get the fanfare it deserves. That loss feels more deflating than the Hurricanes one for me as a fan because we really dropped the bag.

 

[Oracle83]

Creighton as 10=match loser and Werchon box kicks shit form oh yeah let’s give it to them to score FFS.

 

[PhilClinton]

Kiss with a little jab “maybe a better kick here or there”.

I feel for him. I reckon he’s a good coach, feels like he understands what matters to this group. Player execution let us down.

 

[Derpus]

The Tim Ryan hatrick is the kind of play that should be posted all over Fox Sports, great story in a starting debut.

Instead I feel it will be lost and not get the fanfare it deserves. That loss feels more deflating than the Hurricanes one for me as a fan because we really dropped the bag.

4/9 is a hell of a lot better than 2/9. Wanna swap?

It's the losses to MP (Moana Pasifika) and Force that perplex.

 

[NCT]

Perfect for the All Airport XV though. If you saw him walking through an airport you'd think "there's no way anyone could catch or tackle this guy, given his physique he must surely be one of the very best rugby players in the world............"

Agreed, surprises me how easily he goes to ground when tackled.

 

[Coleman Rees]

Honeymoon well and truly over for this Queensland side. Must play the whole 80. Too much drifting in and out of games.
Muscle up men in red

 

[Jimmy_Crouch]

Creighton has just f*cked Aussie 20s chances by making sure HMP gets picked for the reds

 

[PhilClinton]

I have to say, I’ve gone back and watched the match drawing try from the blues because live I thought it was an obstruction.

Not sure what other thoughts are but the 17 who’s essentially a lead runner makes direct contact with Creighton and takes that whole space which the 16 then runs into and scores.

I know this isn’t league but why doesn’t the 17 have to run through the defensive line instead of taking Creighton out? I thought for certain it would be called back.

 

[RugbyReg]

Shame for the Reds. Their management in the final stanza of that game was...interesting. Having done so well to get a decent lead, they handed too many opportunities to the Blues.
Ryan is quite something!

Agree about match management. It’s where Creighton and Jock needed to step up. Lawsons kicking was aimless and I didn’t see much of Jock at all.

 

[PhilClinton]

As much as I’m upset with the Reds, holy shit do NZ rugby have players who know how to win games.

Clark came on and destroyed us. Even the kick he did in 78th minute was good.

 

[PhilClinton]

Agree about match management. It’s where Creighton and Jock needed to step up. Lawsons kicking was aimless and I didn’t see much of Jock at all.

Was Campbell on at the end? Where was he playing?

 

[RugbyReg]

I’ve mapped out the rest of the season and thought this would be a bonus point loss for us. I thinks we got 2 from it? So better than expected. A win could have had us leaning to a top 4 but we should be 5th from hereon I reckon.

 

[RugbyReg]

Was Campbell on at the end? Where was he playing?

Fullback I assume. Flook was last off for Aubrey.

 

[Derpus]

I have to say, I’ve gone back and watched the match drawing try from the blues because live I thought it was an obstruction.

Not sure what other thoughts are but the 17 who’s essentially a lead runner makes direct contact with Creighton and takes that whole space which the 16 then runs into and scores.

I know this isn’t league but why doesn’t the 17 have to run through the defensive line instead of taking Creighton out? I thought for certain it would be called back.

I dunno - I thought the wildly obvious offside cleanout from Wilson that led to a Reds turnover early in the second half adequately demonstrated the level of nuance Doleman is capable of applying to a game. Just fucken cheat because you'll only get called back 10% of the time.

 

[drewprint]

I have to say, I’ve gone back and watched the match drawing try from the blues because live I thought it was an obstruction.

Not sure what other thoughts are but the 17 who’s essentially a lead runner makes direct contact with Creighton and takes that whole space which the 16 then runs into and scores.

I know this isn’t league but why doesn’t the 17 have to run through the defensive line instead of taking Creighton out? I thought for certain it would be called back.

Just rewatched it then. Creighton goes to ground pretty easily, but yeah that’s often called. But Doleman was all over the shop all night.