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2014 Super Rugby Semi-final: Crusaders v Sharks
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 659900" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>You can only play as well as your opponents let you play. Yes the Sharks were awful, but some credit for that sure has to go to the Crusaders for the way they systematically shut the Sharks out of every aspect of play, especially the areas where the Sharks are usually so dominant. The Crusaders out-scrummaged, out-mauled and out-ruck them. They were dominant at the breakdown and their line-out operated at least as well as the Sharks'.</p><p></p><p>As I pointed out earlier, the Sharks rely on dominating the set pieces and the maul, and when that doesn't happen, they have nowhere else to go because they effectively have a kick-oriented back-line. That last Crusaders try from a line-out drive and rolling maul really was a case of rubbing salt into an open wound. </p><p></p><p> Also, sorry Sharks fans, but squirrel's comment earlier is right on the money; Pat Lambie ain't no Dan Carter, and IMO, based on what I have seen of him so far, there is not much prospect of him ever becoming one. He looks like a Chocolate Soldier to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 659900, member: 20605"] You can only play as well as your opponents let you play. Yes the Sharks were awful, but some credit for that sure has to go to the Crusaders for the way they systematically shut the Sharks out of every aspect of play, especially the areas where the Sharks are usually so dominant. The Crusaders out-scrummaged, out-mauled and out-ruck them. They were dominant at the breakdown and their line-out operated at least as well as the Sharks'. As I pointed out earlier, the Sharks rely on dominating the set pieces and the maul, and when that doesn't happen, they have nowhere else to go because they effectively have a kick-oriented back-line. That last Crusaders try from a line-out drive and rolling maul really was a case of rubbing salt into an open wound. Also, sorry Sharks fans, but squirrel's comment earlier is right on the money; Pat Lambie ain't no Dan Carter, and IMO, based on what I have seen of him so far, there is not much prospect of him ever becoming one. He looks like a Chocolate Soldier to me. [/QUOTE]
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