crusdaers vs reds live thread

Crusaders15 Israel Dagg, 14 Johnny McNicholl, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 David Havili, 11 Jone Macilai, 10 Richie Mo'unga, 9 Mitchell Drummond, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Matt Todd, 6 Jordan Taufua,  5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Scott Barrett, 3 Mike Alaalatoa, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Wyatt Crockett

Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Joe Moody, 18 Owen Franks, 19 Luke Romano, 20 Tim Boys, 21 Andy Ellis, 22 Ryan Crotty, 23 Marty McKenzie.

Reds15 Karmichael Hunt, 14 Chris Feauai-Sautia, 13 Campbell Magnay, 12 Anthony Fainga'a, 11 Eto Nabuli, 10 Jake McIntyre, 9 Nic Frisby, 8 Curtis Browning, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Hendrik Tui, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Ben Matwijow, 3 Greg Holmes, 2 Andrew Ready, 1 James Slipper (c)Replacements:  16 Saia Fainga'a, 17 Sef Fa'agase. 18 Sam Talikai, 19 Cadeyrn Neville, 20 Michael Gunn, 21 James Tuttle, 22 Sam Greene, 23 Junior Laloifi

 if dagg has another good game, he could be a serious contender for an All Black recall.

with so many caps gone from the All Blacks, All Black players with experience would be a valuable commodity.

holy poos the crusaders have one strong bench,

 Saders should win this one but the reds have some impressive stats in terms of their pack. They are no pushover in spite of a pretty miserable win loss recorded.

Lineouts  % Success

1.    

4.      Saders                           89.9

5

6.      Reds                              89.3

Scrums % Success

1.      Reds                      96.0

2.

Sa    Saders                  95.0

Most think the saders will win by about 20 points. I agree they will win but hopefully it will be an interesting battle.

 great start from tafua, hes a battering ram and a half.

drummond needs to show more agression when clearing those balls.

try time. offloads are being ruthlessly applied in that one.

7 nil saders.

 kicking for touch instead of going for points. not smart IM)O with so much time left.
reds getting worried?\

saders need to watch those penalties, especially in the red zone.

 Who is Johnny Macilai and why is he not in my fecking team ?

 Hello to the Uzimaki clan ! and JW too of course .

Some prelim score on fox fantasy:H Tui - 20 (My bench)C Magnay - 21L Gill - 26

K Read - 11 (My team)C Taylor - 33A Ready - 29J Taufua - 40S BArret - 28R Mo'unga - 32J Macilai - 85I Dagg - 16 (My team)
It is a pitty about Read's yellow card and that Dagg didn't do aswell as the previous 2 games.

 Congrats to the Saders, sounds like reds gave it a shot but as expected they are not in the same league as the Saders.