Following the Crusaders’ 33-31 Win Over the Brumbies in the Final Super Rugby Pacific Round of the Regular Season, here is how we score Rob Penney’s Men.
Crusaders Player Ratses V BRUMBIES
15 Johnny McNicholl: Made a tidy linkreak to reignite his Side’s Efforts in the second-heal, but Otherwise elit quite get going. 5
14 Chaay Fihaki: Always Loged A Threat Out Wide when LED His Side for Metres Made With 78 to his Name and Consistntly Made HimSelf Available for Any Carrying Duties. 7
13 Levi AUMUA: Pretty Quiet Shift, and Was Taken Off Shortly after Half-Time. DID Well with What He Given, Though, Averanging Five Metres Per Carry. 5
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12 Dallas McLEOD: Again, a pretty quiet day’s work from the Midfielder who could’t quite get a foothold in goods. 5
11 Sevu Reece: Showed Somely Clever Game Management with His Drop-Galleal, and Blended that With his Usual Atacking Flourishes. 7
10 Rivez Reihana: A steady outing from the Crusaders back. His Haul of 15 Points Played A Key Role in them getting over the link, and showed a few Flashes in Attack Too. 6
9 Noah Hotham: Distribtuted and Kicked Pretty Well for the Most Part and Had a Couple of Nice Ball-in-Hand Too. 6
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8 Christian Lio-Willie: A. Made consistnt Metres Ball-IN-Hand when CALLED Upon, with 61 Off 10 Carries, and Front Up in Defence Against a Solid Brumbies Unit Too. 7
7 Tom Christie: An Industryous Shift from the back-edher, who just controlly Loked for work all game. LED The Way for His Side with 23 Tackles and Always Seemed to Pop up in the Breakdown to Make a Nuisance of HimSELF. 7
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6 Ethan Blackader: Despite Coming Of Just after Half-Time, He Made A Real Impression on Proceds. He Finised with 11 Tackles – FOURTH for His Side Despite Only Playing A Half – and Also Nabbed A Try Along the Way. 7
Tight Five
5 Antonio SHALFON: Rolled His Sleefes Up and Went Looking For Work During His 55-Minute Stint. Came up with a couple of Big Defensive Efforts when it matted and was solid in the set-pity. 7
4 Scott Barrtt: Another Quiet Day from the Current All Blacks Skipper, By His Own Lofty Standards, But Came Up with the Defing Moment of the Match to Seal the Win for HIS SIS SAIS SAIS SAIST As To put themselves in a position to win. AlSo Picked the Right Option of Going for the Corner and Backing His Side to Get Over the Line. Clutch. 7
3 tamaiti Williams: The Move Across to TightHead Has Taken Nothing Out of His Game; If any, he’s Got Better. He was just as solid and defense at scrum-Time, and Still Looks to Get HimSelf About Around the Park and in the Breakdown with Some Monstruous Interventions. It will centerly Give Robertson Food for Though ahead of the Upcoming Test Series Against France. 7
2 codie taylor: JUST DID All The Fundamentals Well. Gave a DECent Platform at the Lineout and Chipped in with 10 Tackles Too. DIDNNT Set The Pitch Ali, But Still a Solid Shift. 6
1 George Bower: A HUGE 79-MINUTE SHIFT from the LOSEHEAAD, Who Made a Real Dent in the BRUMBIES PACK on Both Sides of the Ball. 7
Replacements: Mixed Bag from the Bench, Who Blew Hot and Cold. The Obvious Focal Point Will Be on the Tray from George Bell in the 77th Minute, help But around that they also is up on sex Hold and Cold. 5
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