Super Rugby: Highlanders vs. Cheetahs in Invercargill (09/03/2013)

[Darwin]

Oh FFS! Are we trying to lose this? This is pathetic! The Cheetahs aren't even playing that well, we are just giving them tries now...

GET SOPOAGA OFF NOW!!!

 

[austingtir]

Game over. You could see this coming... this is HUGE defensive pressure causing these errors.

 

[Darwin]

Game over. You could see this coming... this is HUGE defensive pressure causing these errors.

I don't think it is game over yet... we came back from a similar margin in much less time last year. We will need to improve phenomenally for that to happen though!

EDIT: Here comes Slade. 37 mins too late...

EDIT 2: Slade tries to do a Sopoaga, but the Cheetahs player drops it...

EDIT 3: Send Paringatai back to Japan too. He is a liability.

 

[cyclone101]

The cheetahs are known for a bad defense, I would not write the game off just yet. But a Cheetahs side on fire is going to be hard to stop. But I suspect they will start to fade the second half.

 

[dasNdanger]

Well, at least I can enjoy Justin Marshall...and his newfound respect for refs in pink.


das

 

[Kiwiwomble]

I hate being from Dunedin, only we could play so poorly with a team like this....Justin marshal is a horrible commentator...he seems to have something against nz teams

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

I thought this might happen with the Highlanders coming off a bye and probably thinking they'd walk over the Cheetahs after the way the Chiefs humiliated them in the 2nd half. Cheetahs will be or at least SHOULD be alert to the dangers of slacking off in the 2nd half after last week and the way the Highlanders came back last time these teams met. Hopefully Brussow will make the impact in the 2nd stanza. The bad thing is I'm not the only fool to have picked the Cheetahs for a win in my Superbru pool and picked a close margin.

 

[Darwin]

I hate being from Dunedin, only we could play so poorly with a team like this....Justin marshal is a horrible commentator...he seems to have something against nz teams

I feel for you. Luckily I now live in Brisbane and (after watching the last 40 mins of rugby) support the Reds

 

[Amobokoboko]

Cheetahs are running over the Highlanders ftm. Good stuff

 

[dasNdanger]

I hate being from Dunedin, only we could play so poorly with a team like this....Justin marshal is a horrible commentator...he seems to have something against nz teams

I don't take it that way at all. I think he's just very careful to not show any favoritism, and from where I sit (here in the States), appreciate his chattiness and his humor. It amuses me, especially when he's called out by one of the other commentators for something he's said.


das

 

[Darwin]

Much better there. It is amazing what a difference running straight makes!

 

[dasNdanger]

Much better there. It is amazing what a difference running straight makes!

No, no, no! Serpentine, serpentine!

*wonders if anyone gets the reference*



das

 

[Darwin]

Still too many basic errors by the Highlanders....

 

[austingtir]

104 tackles to 35 and they lead the game by 30 to 12....... those are some crazy stats. Highlanders with all the ball just playing stupid.

 

[Darwin]

104 tackles to 35 and they lead the game by 30 to 12....... those are some crazy stats. Highlanders with all the ball just playing stupid.

Sums it up perfectly!

Ben Smith is still class though

 

[Kiwiwomble]

He over does it though, making everything bad done by nz a professional foul where other team " it was un intentional"

 

[dasNdanger]

Is this only the second game so far for the Highlanders? We can blame it on that like we do with the Crusaders...right? RIGHT??


das

 

[austingtir]

Ref is going to need to start looking at the cheetas players here though they are pushing it a bit at the breakdown imo.

 

[Darwin]

The Highlanders need to learn how to pass.

 

[austingtir]

Joseph should start tenaka next week smith hasnt done anything in these first two games.