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Super Rugby: Hurricanes - Chiefs in Wellington (13/07/2012)
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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 517074" data-attributes="member: 38640"><p>I'm a big Beuden Barrett fan, but in honesty I thought Cruden had a better match. Barrett didn't have his best game in my opinion. His biggest asset this season has been his decision making but there were quite a few times when he passed to a forward to take contact when there were options out wide. Part of this is clearly because Frae Wilson and to a lesser extent Chris Eaton are not up to it in terms of distribution, so he didn't get as much time with the ball as he could. He wasn't bad, but I thought the Chiefs put him under a lot more pressure, which the Canes scored from patient pick and goes and setmoves near the line, than their usual counter attacking magic and fast ball play (which was still alright, but not as good as it has been).</p><p></p><p>A similar thing could be said that Aaron Cruden's delivery was a little laboured. Kerr-Barlow is a very good runner and I'd take him over Leonard any day of the week, but I think compared to Peranara and especially Aaron Smith, his delivery is quite slow, often taking a step before passing.</p><p></p><p>Also Larksea, I don't understand your dislike of Aaron Cruden. It's fantastic to have both Cruden and Barrett at this stage, but every criticism I'd have had of Cruden has been changed. I use to think he'd take the ball to the line too often before setting up a play, but I'm pretty sure he's in the top five players in try assists and has now shown very good vision both in passing and tactical kicking. His goal kicking has improved massivly, I wouldn't say he's got amazing range but he usually very consistant. He can also clear a ball considerably further than he could a few seasons ago. You also claim defensively he's too small (a claim you made about Conrad Smith a couple of seasons ago). Realistically I think he's been the Chiefs best player my some distance and is the reason they are in the playoffs when last season under Donald I'd be suprised if they didn't finish behind the Highlanders.</p><p></p><p>I sometimes feel that you look for the faults in players like Kerr-Barlow and Cruden because of your admiration of Leonard and Donald. I think most would agree that in both performance and potential, the former are better than the latter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 517074, member: 38640"] I'm a big Beuden Barrett fan, but in honesty I thought Cruden had a better match. Barrett didn't have his best game in my opinion. His biggest asset this season has been his decision making but there were quite a few times when he passed to a forward to take contact when there were options out wide. Part of this is clearly because Frae Wilson and to a lesser extent Chris Eaton are not up to it in terms of distribution, so he didn't get as much time with the ball as he could. He wasn't bad, but I thought the Chiefs put him under a lot more pressure, which the Canes scored from patient pick and goes and setmoves near the line, than their usual counter attacking magic and fast ball play (which was still alright, but not as good as it has been). A similar thing could be said that Aaron Cruden's delivery was a little laboured. Kerr-Barlow is a very good runner and I'd take him over Leonard any day of the week, but I think compared to Peranara and especially Aaron Smith, his delivery is quite slow, often taking a step before passing. Also Larksea, I don't understand your dislike of Aaron Cruden. It's fantastic to have both Cruden and Barrett at this stage, but every criticism I'd have had of Cruden has been changed. I use to think he'd take the ball to the line too often before setting up a play, but I'm pretty sure he's in the top five players in try assists and has now shown very good vision both in passing and tactical kicking. His goal kicking has improved massivly, I wouldn't say he's got amazing range but he usually very consistant. He can also clear a ball considerably further than he could a few seasons ago. You also claim defensively he's too small (a claim you made about Conrad Smith a couple of seasons ago). Realistically I think he's been the Chiefs best player my some distance and is the reason they are in the playoffs when last season under Donald I'd be suprised if they didn't finish behind the Highlanders. I sometimes feel that you look for the faults in players like Kerr-Barlow and Cruden because of your admiration of Leonard and Donald. I think most would agree that in both performance and potential, the former are better than the latter. [/QUOTE]
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