Super Rugby Final 2024. Blues v Chiefs, June 22.

[fatprop]

I think the Blues defence will be the key

There is a hardness and ruthlessness about them

I just can't see the Chiefs finding the space they did on Saturday

 

[Dan54]

I think the Blues defence will be the key

There is a hardness and ruthlessness about them

I just can't see the Chiefs finding the space they did on Saturday

Hard to argue with that logic, it's one of many reasons I look forward to the game, and why I not confident of picking a winner. I wonder with the strength of the Blues front row etc may help tie up Chiefs loosies etc.

 

[Dan54]

I actually think first 20 will be a cracker, both teams seem to have learnt the idea of steamrolling physical starts.

 

[KiwiM]

Eden Park sold out

Sounds like they might try and squeeze in a few more in temp seating

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[zer0]

Got my tickets last night Could see entire chunks of seating disappearing at a time.

@Marce can cease clutching his pearls.

EDIT: Hopefully those disappearing chunks are legit and not scalpers, who should be lined up and shot.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Must be a heap of bogans heading up from Hams, Naras & Huntly, everyone knows Auckland's a league town now...

(I'll be watching it with 15-20 of wifey's whanau, some of whom are rabid Chiefs fans. Hence I'm no longer aboard the Loss Bleaus Coronation Express).

 

[Marce]

Must be a heap of bogans heading up from Hams, Naras & Huntly

Is Bogan also a Kiwi slang?

everyone knows Auckland's a league town now...

Are u serious?

 

[Dan54]

Na Bogan not really a saying over here Marce, just probably by the likes of me and WOB who have lived in Aus for a little while.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Is Bogan also a Kiwi slang?

More a stereotype. Think Bill & Ted or Beavis & Butt Head. As Dan says it's more an Aus thing but say Bogan in NZ & everyone knows what you mean.

Are u serious?

Not really but some Aucklanders get really defensive if you point to the relative crowds for Loss Bleus & The Wahs over the last year or two. Which of course makes it hilarious...

 

[Marce]

Na Bogan not really a saying over here Marce, just probably by the likes of me and WOB who have lived in Aus for a little while.

What's the word for Bogan in NZ? Are the Chiefs supporters rednecks?

I met a Kiwi from Waikato when I lived in Western Sydney. He was a bus driver and he talked me cause in those days I used to wear a 2015 Chiefs jersey:

 

[LeCheese]

What's the word for Bogan in NZ? Are the Chiefs supporters rednecks?

I met a Kiwi from Waikato when I lived in Western Sydney. He was a bus driver and he talked me cause in those days I used to wear a 2015 Chiefs jersey:

Pretty impressive you manage to post on here without a head

 

[Marce]

More a stereotype. Think Bill & Ted or Beavis & Butt Head. As Dan says it's more an Aus thing but say Bogan in NZ & everyone knows what you mean.

Bogan is in Oceania what Americans call Redneck? And in every corner of the world you go, everybody knows what redneck means

Not really but some Aucklanders get really defensive if you point to the relative crowds for Loss Bleus & The Wahs over the last year or two. Which of course makes it hilarious...

I heard that Dan Carter childhood's hero was Andrew Johns but Dan isn't from Auckland. Are there some League neighborhoods in Canterbury? Now Dan is supporting the bid for a NRL club in the South Island. Funny cause the arrive of the NRL in the South Island can hurt the ABs pathways

Maybe most of the Kiwis who lived in OZ for a while and came back to NZ are now League supporters like the Pacific Islanders in OZ. Most of the Kiwis I met in OZ support the QLD Maroons. I don't know why, maybe cause they have been the winner side in the last decades

 

[Marce]

Pretty impressive you manage to post on here without a head

Actually I'm not the only one user who post without a head

@Equalizer has the same problem

I learned from him how to erase my head lol

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Dan isn't from Auckland.

Dan Carter retired an Auckland Blues legend.

 

[Marce]

Dan Carter retired an Auckland Blues legend.

Yeah but he won nothing over there lol

 

[Bullrush]

Bogan is in Oceania what Americans call Redneck? And in every corner of the world you go, everybody knows what redneck means



I heard that Dan Carter childhood's hero was Andrew Johns but Dan isn't from Auckland. Are there some League neighborhoods in Canterbury? Now Dan is supporting the bid for a NRL club in the South Island. Funny cause the arrive of the NRL in the South Island can hurt the ABs pathways

Maybe most of the Kiwis who lived in OZ for a while and came back to NZ are now League supporters like the Pacific Islanders in OZ. Most of the Kiwis I met in OZ support the QLD Maroons. I don't know why, maybe cause they have been the winner side in the last decades

Most kiwis who like union also like league. We are not as either/or as Australians are about the codes.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Stuff

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Blues: Stephen Perofeta, Mark Tele’a, Rieko Ioane, AJ Lam, Caleb Clarke, Harry Plummer, Finlay Christie, Hoskins Sotutu, Dalton Papali’i, Akira Ioane, Sam Darry, Patrick Tuipulotu (capt), Marcel Renata, Ricky Riccitelli, Ofa Tu’ungafasi. Reserves: Kurt Eklund, Joshua Fusitu’a, Angus Ta’avao, Josh Beehre, Adrian Choat, Taufa Funaki, Bryce Heem, Cole Forbes.

Chiefs: Shaun Stevenson, Emoni Narawa, Anton Lienert-Brown, Rameka Poihipi, Etene Nanai-Seturo, Damian McKenzie, Cortez Ratima, Wallace Sititi, Luke Jacobson (capt), Samipeni Finau, Tupou Vaa’i, Jimmy Tupou, George Dyer, Tyrone Thompson, Aidan Ross. Reserves: Bradley Slater, Jared Proffit, Reuben O’Neill, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, Simon Parker, Xavier Roe, Quinn Tupaea, Daniel Rona.

 

[RemainingInTheGame]

Patrick Tuipulotu (capt),

That is bloody brilliant!

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

That is bloody brilliant!

Provided he doesn't go down in a heap 20 minutes in...

 

[zer0]

Very surprised to see Tuipulotu back. Hopefully it's legitimate and not a needless gamble.

Good to see Heem back as well.