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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1178153" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>Hard to know what to make of things so far, as previously said I missed round one but saw the international preseason games. This week I watched (sort of - reception was bad) Moana vs drua and all the games with NZ teams.</p><p></p><p>Blues still looking pretty good, chiefs pretty good but that was some poor defence by the brumbies, canes and highlanders not too bad, crusaders awful</p><p></p><p>Crusaders set piece oriented game plan needs a good kicking game, and they're missing the X factor mounga and jordan could provide (under robertson they were not great whenever mounga wasn't playing).</p><p></p><p>Canes doing pretty well considering they are missing their looseforward trio from last year plus the guy who came in this year to replace ardie (shields). Iose is getting bigger and stronger every year. Numias scrummaging continues to improve.</p><p></p><p>Liking ratumautavuki kneepkins fir the highlanders. Hope PPP is ok, was starting to look like he did before his run of injuries. Hoping nareki comes back to his old form too, and Fakatava.</p><p></p><p>Always liked perofeta at ten with zarn at fullback combo for the blues, they complement each other well.</p><p></p><p>Thought the reds look a lot better than last year - when they were already starting to show signs of improvement toward the end, at the ruck and on defence. Waratahs not looking too bad either.</p><p></p><p>Surprised that moana pacifika isn't looking too bad given the players they lost. Drua will take a few games to hit form I think, as they lost quite a few players but ravutaimada is still ripping it up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1178153, member: 65365"] Hard to know what to make of things so far, as previously said I missed round one but saw the international preseason games. This week I watched (sort of - reception was bad) Moana vs drua and all the games with NZ teams. Blues still looking pretty good, chiefs pretty good but that was some poor defence by the brumbies, canes and highlanders not too bad, crusaders awful Crusaders set piece oriented game plan needs a good kicking game, and they're missing the X factor mounga and jordan could provide (under robertson they were not great whenever mounga wasn't playing). Canes doing pretty well considering they are missing their looseforward trio from last year plus the guy who came in this year to replace ardie (shields). Iose is getting bigger and stronger every year. Numias scrummaging continues to improve. Liking ratumautavuki kneepkins fir the highlanders. Hope PPP is ok, was starting to look like he did before his run of injuries. Hoping nareki comes back to his old form too, and Fakatava. Always liked perofeta at ten with zarn at fullback combo for the blues, they complement each other well. Thought the reds look a lot better than last year - when they were already starting to show signs of improvement toward the end, at the ruck and on defence. Waratahs not looking too bad either. Surprised that moana pacifika isn't looking too bad given the players they lost. Drua will take a few games to hit form I think, as they lost quite a few players but ravutaimada is still ripping it up. [/QUOTE]
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