SRP (Super Rugby Pacific) 2022 - NZ & Drua matches with no match thread

[Dan54]

Been ok for first up game WOB. Bloody lot of water around. Apart from getting stripped I think young Roe is going bloody well isn't he, will no doubt give way to Weber soon.
Not a bad background for a game isn't it?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ would love to see Roe v Fakatawa, both future AB 9's all things being equal.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Clan back in this if TMO doesn't rule it forward...

Forward, clearly.

Edit: this time! Kick needs to go over, but... which it does. Game On.

Edit: Clan's discipline let's them down at the death.

 

[Dan54]

^ would love to see Roe v Fakatawa, both future AB 9's all things being equal.

Geez a couple of good young uns there WOB.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Not a bad curtain-raiser, that...

Edit: great to see Lurch looking lean, keen & mean again. Noticed SamC limping a bit there but seemed to get through OK, guess we'll wait & see how he pulls up tomorrow. Impressed with Tupaea's work esp over the ball & geez but PU-J has bulked up somewhat, hasn't he.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

geez but PU-J has bulked up somewhat, hasn't he.

Thats being diplomatic.

Looks like he just decided to.................................... get fat.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ always the diplomat, me. It's a "South Island" thing so you may not have heard of it

Edit: I see what you (correctly) & I (incorrectly) did there. At least it might be easier to tell them apart going forward?

The extra bulk didn't seem to hurt his game too much, though, did it?

 

[Dismal Pillock]

TJ on the Canes: "It's only been a couple of years since they beat us"

"US"

"US"

"Fucking US!"

GODDAMNIT I KNEW IT!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

"Set font size to Dismal"

"But Captain Dismal, if I do that I'll have to disable the Reality Drive"

"Just do it, Byron! Do it NOW!"

"Aye aye, Captain Dismal"

"Ahh, that's better! I can see Loss Bleus' Coronation Procession much better now"

"Your demand is my command, Admiral Dismal"

"Good work, Byron. Why don't you take the rest of the night off? Luke can fill in for you"

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Will Jordan already murdering the Horrorcanes in their sleep.

Goddamnit I cannot stand these refs referring to players by their first names all matey matey chummy like. It's "black 8" not "Ardie".

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ Classically it should be just "which one of you pricks is buying me a beer after the game?" but, yes, fo' sur' this matey-matey stuff gives me the absolute shits. Almost as much as refs providing on-field coaching wrt shit the 1000-strong coaching staff everyone seems to have these days could perhaps have covered off during one of the 500 team meetings convened every match week.

Edit: shit, I'm showing my age, aren't I?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

No try. CruSadists dodge a VERY large bullet & can go into HT only a point & a player down.

Edit: or even two points in front...

 

[Derpus]

Arg. First five minutes of Super Rugby i've switched on this year and i get to see a perfectly good try ruled out by a fucking TMO.

 

[zer0]

"This is why, any opportunity you get to score points against a team like the Crusaders, you've got to take them."

Bit hard to do Mils you lemon when the officials lack basic primary school comprehension. Clear and obvious my arse.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

TJ is high on his own fire. "Gorge Bridge a devastating All Black"? HIS BELOVED CANTABLACKS - MOODY, MOUNGA, BRIDGE, ENNOR ETC - WERE THE ONES WHO SHAT THE BED LIKE STUPID CLUELESS BABIES IN BLACK IN 2021 YOU BIASED FUCKTARD

 

[zer0]

It's not the Crusaders fault the officials are poor, but the commentary oral fellation is un-fucken-bearable. Will have to resume watching Crusaders matches in blissful muted silence.

Their switch play try in the first half was erotic though.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

Umm...tackling optional in this game.

 

[dru]

Strangely vanilla watching a game with no crowd, even on TV. Not a lot of buildup in the commentary.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Cantabs conspire to have 3 Canes tries disallowed then Bazza Pickerill says fuckit, here, take a penalty try Cantabs.

TL/DR,
this entire rugby football match
represented through the medium of GIF:

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

"Grand Admiral Dismal, we appear to have no greater-font-size torpedoes left"

"Fire Greater-font-size torpedoes! All of them!"

"But there are none"

"Don't argue with me, Byron! Or I'll report you to @cyclopath