Un-Australian Activities 2018

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^ dominated Rieko last week imo but, yes, much less effective this week although did mostly keep Proctor quiet.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Tuipulotu shown a YC in the third minute, is that a Super Rugby record?

 

[Brumby Runner]

DP, I thought a lot of errors, esp dropped ball, were unforced and not particularly an indication of the pressure being applied by the other team.

 

[Up the Guts]

Did it comfortably in the end but pretty ordinary first half performance from the Blues.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

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The Ioane Bros depart Tokyo Stadium with a boot full ​

of no-fucks-given, GO FUCK YOURSELVES JAPAN​

 

[Rebelsfan]

I have the Blues for a win this week - but I'm nervous

sigh that was nice

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

UAA this week (times are AEST):

Blues v Highlanders 17:35 Friday

Crusaders v Sunwolves 17:35 Saturday

Sharks v Stormers 1:15 Sunday

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

More injury problems for the Bloos, Josh Goodhue & Michael Collins the latest casualties:

https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/s...-michael-collins-josh-goodue-latest-sidelined

TLDR: total of 18 including five gone for the season.

Better news for the CruSadists with Franks & Dagg likely to get at least some minutes off the bench:

https://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/s...at-for-all-blacks-owen-franks-and-israel-dagg

 

[zer0]

By my count 11 of those 18 would've been in the match day 23.

On the two latest injuries, Goodhue has been eager but hasn't had much of an impact, unfortunately. Collins, on the other hand, has been solid and consistent. The potential silver lining of his injury being that Umaga should now be able to play Perofeta at fullback and use him as a dual playmaker in conjunction with Gatland at first five.

 

[KiwiM]

zer0 you get your wish.

Blues team named.

Blues: 1. Pauliasi Manu, 2. James Parsons, 3. Ofa Tuungafasi/Mike Tamoaieta, 4. Patrick Tuipulotu, 5. Jimmy Tupou, 6. Dalton Papalii, 7. Kara Pryor, 8. Akira Ioane; 9. Jonathan Ruru, 10. Bryn Gatland, 11. Rieko Ioane, 12. TJ Faiane, 13. Orbyn Leger, 14. Jordan Hyland,15. Stephen Perofeta.

Reserves: 16. Matt Moulds/Leni Apisai, 17. Ross Wright, 18. Mike Tamoaieta/Sione Mafileo, 19. Ben Neenee, 20. Murphy Taramai, 21. Sam Nock, 22. Tumua Manu, 23. Matt Duffie.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Zero could be coaching the side. Or at least take Alastair-wft-is-it-I-do-exactly's job. Can't be hard sitting in the booth every weekend and doing the fucken crossword.

Looks like I'm out to pasture here:

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[Braveheart81]

Can't be hard sitting in the booth every weekend and doing the fucken crossword.

I'm pretty sure 13 across, 15 down was one of the backline plays they tried against the Sunwolves last weekend.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

It's probably not going to help them much but that backline looks a lot better with Ioane at 11. That said he'd better hope Leger is a passer 'cos I haven't seen much evidence that Faiane is.

 

[KiwiM]

It's probably not going to help them much but that backline looks a lot better with Ioane at 11. That said he'd better hope Leger is a passer 'cos I haven't seen much evidence that Faiane is.

I'm not sure how much you've seen of Faiane. He definitely is a passer. The problem is when he does ball run he's on the small side so despite throwing himself into the defense he generally has a limited impact.

The midfield is probably more a worry on the defensive side than the attacking side - they will be up against a quality midfield pairing too, the Highlanders could really exploit that area with quick ball from Aaron Smith.

 

[zer0]

Orbyn Leger. Orbyn. Why couldn't it have been Obryn? So much lost GoT potential. The Red Viper of Botany Dorne. The Red Viper of Dornemora. The Red Viper of Dorneport.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

yeah i dont mind Faiane at least he7s trying and has some spatial nous about him..... although he really is tiny

Orbyn Leger. Orbyn. Why couldn't it have been Obryn? So much lost GoT potential. The Red Viper of Botany Dorne. The Red Viper of Dornemora. The Red Viper of Dorneport.

The Red Lion of Devonport sounds like a pub if that's any help.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Clan team is out, ASmith benched:

Highlanders: Ben Smith (co-captain), Waisake Naholo, Rob Thompson, Tei Walden, Tevita Li, Lima Sopoaga, Kayne Hammington, Luke Whitelock, Dillon Hunt, Shannon Frizell, Tom Franklin, Jackson Hemopo, Siate Tokolahi, Ash Dixon (co-captain), Daniel Lienert-Brown. Reserves: Liam Coltman, Aki Seiuli, Tyrel Lomax, Alex Ainley, Elliot Dixon, Aaron Smith, Fletcher Smith, Matt Faddes

Hammington's looked OK coming on later in the game so it'll be interesting to see how he goes starting.

EDIT: re: Faiane, I remember him being a bit hungus playing M10, maybe I just saw some of his poorer days. Certainly he & Leger are going to have their hands full with Thompson & Walden.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

UAA9 is up:

http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/un-australian-activities-round-9-2018/

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Dagg & Franks straight back into the XV:

Crusaders: 15 George Bridge, 14 Israel Dagg, 13 Tim Bateman, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Manasa Mataele, 10 Mike Delany, 9 Mitchell Drummond, 8 Tom Sanders, 7 Matt Todd (captain) 6 Ethan Blackadder, 5 Quinten Strange, 4 Scott Barrett, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Ben Funnell, 1 Tim Perry. Substitutes: 16 Andrew Makalio, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Chris King, 19 Luke Romano, 20 Pete Samu, 21 Jack Stratton, 22 Mitchell Hunt, 23 Seta Tamanivalu

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Sunwolves: 15 William Tupou, 14 Hosea Saumaki, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Michael Little, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Hayden Parker, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Pieter Lappies Labuschagne (captain), 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 James Moore, 3 Jiwon Koo, 2 Jaba Bregvadze, 1 Craig Milla. Substitutes: 16 Yusuke Niwai, 17 Shintaro Ishihara, 18 Takuma Asahara, 19 Sam Wykes, 20 Edward Quirk, 21 Yutaka Nagare, 22 Ryoto Nakamura, 23 Semisi Masirewa