I admit that when I go to a Blues game I want to be entertained and to me, personally, I like to see a fast game with the ball being played through the hands, big hits and big runs. At the same point, I love Rugby Union and in certain games a grinding forward battle is just an enthralling as flowing backline moves.
What I saw was a Sharks team, a team with a heap load of guts and balls playing 70 odd minutes away from home, in Christchurch, a man down, and win. I don't really care how they won, they ground out a tough result and deserve kudos, celebrations at the end said it all.
Was so dissapointed with the Saders, the minute that red card dropped they should have dropped the aimless tactical kicking garbage and actually run at the team a man down, stretch them and it would have opened up towards the end. Sumo has said it before on the TV, Dagg as a fullback wants nothing more to run, the massive bombs and kicking game is being coached into their game plan, however they just aren't doing it very well all the time! Just seems such a waste, to have all that flair in the team and play that way, and they seem so hit and miss at the minute.
As for the Super Rugby arguments, yes each country plays its own brand of rugby, they have their own fans with their own expectations in terms of how they want them to play. The competition, from a competitive and player progression stand point would be the worse without any of them, SA, AU or NZ.
