Fruean is such a frustrating player, he has the potential to be world class and is a very powerful ball runner and tackler (sometimes). And yet his work rate is just hopeless!
We did it!!! Can't believe the Canes pulled that one off, massive win with a bye coming up.
Crusaders probably should have kicked for touch at the end there, I wouldn't trust the Canes to avoid conceding another penalty from there to be honest.
That was horrible defending by Barrett and Taylor for the Guildford try, good thing Conrad was there to fix things up afterwards :p.
I've been pleased with the Canes performance though, they deserve the lead imo.
Pirlo had nerves of steel to do that, and it was perfectly executed too.
Really looking forward to the semi's. The four teams all deserve to be there, although I hope Portugal can get past Spain who can be fairly dull in their game plan.
It will be interesting to see what changes are made for the third game. On one hand Hansen and co. will want to play a lot better than they did last night, but there are a few guys who haven't had any game time yet. I think Nonu will get a start, and Romano should be on the bench by default...
Yeah that was very ugly from Paulo, and right in front of the camera too. The Blues could easily lose him for the last three weeks of the season.
Also I've noticed Coles always seems to be on the edge of belting someone, maybe he needs to sort out his aggression if he wants to compete for the...
Great to see Aaron Smith playing well. I can't wait until they pick Perenara too (just a matter of time surely), will be an awesome halfback combination, and definitely a lot more impact off the bench than we saw last night, regardless of which of them starts.
I assumed they were just trying...
Nisbo's a pro he can handle it. Marshall on the other hand...
I agree with the team though, they could put Ellison on the bench instead of Nonu if they want more flexibility.
Nice try Savea, beautiful conversion by Barrett too.
Canes should be able to win this if they stop the silly kicks, Waratahs haven't looked too flash on defense.