Super Rugby 2024: NZ, Drua & Moana matches

[waiopehu oldboy]

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Week 14:

Friday 24/05 Chiefs v Hurricanes 7:05 NZST

Saturday 25/05 Crusaders v Blues 7:05

Expecting smack talk from @Dismal Pillock & his apprentice shit-poster @zer0 here:

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

There's a lot riding on this one, not least a signature/ avatar bet between yours truly & @Dismal Pillock. Based on last week I'd say he's the favourite...................

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Sunday 26/05 Highlanders v Drua 2:05

 

[zer0]

They didn't teach razzmatazz numberings at Onehunga's premier educational institution, so I'm relying on @waiopehu oldboy to crunch the numbers to tell me the mathematical probabilities of the Crusaders making the playoffs.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^ your user name but spelled correctly.

I see your "I See Nothing" emoji above @zer0 but your very next post proves my point, dunnit?

 

[Dismal Pillock]

@Dismal Pillock & his apprentice shit-poster @zer0

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Chiefs: Shaun Stevenson, Emoni Narawa, Anton Lienert-Brown, Quinn Tupaea, Etene Nanai-Seturo, Damian McKenzie, Cortez Ratima, Luke Jacobson (c), Kaylum Boshier, Simon Parker, Tupou Vaa’i, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, George Dyer, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Aidan Ross. Reserves: Tyrone Thompson, Jared Proffit, Sione Ahio, Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Wallace Sititi, Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, Josh Ioane, Rameka Poihipi.

Hurricanes: Ruben Love, Josh Moorby, Billy Proctor, Jordie Barrett (c), Kini Naholo, Brett Cameron, TJ Perenara, Brayden Iose, Peter Lakai, Devan Flanders, Isaia Walker-Leawere, Justin Sangster, Pasilio Tosi, Raymond Tuputupu, Xavier Numia. Reserves: James O’Reilly, Pouri Rakete-Stones, Tevita Mafileo, Caleb Delany, Te Kamaka Howden, Richard Judd, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Salesi Rayasi.

 

[Pokinacha]

Tupou Vai’i on the receiving end of some foul play for a change

 

[Upthenuts]

soft red,

 

[Sully]

I have no idea what the Canes hooker was supposed to do to avoid that. the Chiefs player ducked into his tackle and he was already lowered for the tackle.

 

[Pokinacha]

Proof Williams has no idea. Canes 5 is never behind the last feet in that ‘turnover’

 

[Upthenuts]

if we are being soft Stevenson needs a yellow for head high no mitigation there

 

[Pokinacha]

Proof Williams has no idea. Canes 5 is never behind the last feet in that ‘turnover’

And a clear forward pass in lead up to that try.
Hey NZ, do you even play Rugby or is it some bastardised hockey/rugby combo?

 

[Dan54]

By geez this is a fun game. How good is bloody Love at 15?

 

[zer0]

Bring Rayasi on you cowards.

EDIT: He's on. Excellent. This will either be brilliant or disastrous for the Canes. Hopefully the latter.

 

[zer0]

Rayasi is such a no-fucks-given rocks or diamonds player. I love it. All we needed was for him to be responsible for that knock-on to get the full experience.

 

[zer0]

Pretty lame penalty to begin with. Doubly so to decide a (good) game on.

 

[Dan54]

Pretty lame penalty to begin with. Doubly so to decide a (good) game on.

That is a penalty everyday, I agree they harsh, but always a penalty regardless. What a bloody great game to watch.

 

[zer0]

No it isn't. Referees regularly refuse to award not rolling penalties when the tackler is deliberately pinned by the offensive cleaners, as happened here. Jacobson is quite clearly deliberately pinned by three Hurricanes players (Lakai, Mafileo, and Naholo) and is making an even clearer effort to roll away, as evident by his legs flailing around like a fish out of water. The only reason he cannot roll away is because of deliberate play by three Hurricanes players. Naholo is the most obvious as he collapses down and pulls Lakai down onto Jacobson with him.

 

[Dan54]

Yep understand that but I have seen that penalised most times as refs usually don't like tacklers getting itno that position. I reckon it's harsh, but still reckon that is penalised (rightly or wrongly) much more often than it not. When they don't is when they pull tackler on top of player, Jacobson's problem was it was just a good domiant tackle and he couldnt move away.
But anyway he was penalised and good guys won!

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Pretty lame penalty to begin with. Doubly so to decide a (good) game on.

Top flight matchup, of course the sport hates itself so the match is ruined by the ref awarding a non-penalty at the death, game over. Dipshit. The sport just does itself no favours.

ALB rolling back the years.

Do NOT want to see an amped up out of his brain Flapanara reprising his bug-eyed 80-minute cajoling of the referee in test match rugby football.

Proctor should get a shot at AB centre, showed more than Rieko this season. Last couple of seasons really