‘We came out as shellshock’ – Reds Reveal Slow Star as Crusaders cruise for victory

Defeating the Crusaders is hard enough when you win the lineout and scrum that your win in modern, professional rugby game is almost mandatory.

However, leave that possession to the South Island Super Franchise and you’ll be pushing a big bar of Blaber on top of a big hill.

After leaving the lineout five meters from the Canterbury line and giving a scrum to the head five meters away from themselves, there was a hill that the Reds certainly could not scale; Among other things they don’t play badly against a team that has dropped to 21-0 against a team that has kicked everything in their path.

“Not the vintage performance of the Crusaders, but they were quite clearly in control when they got their noses in front.” Sky Sports Analyst Jeff Wilson suggests.

“It was very clear that the Reds had enough firepower to keep them away.”

Sad but true.

The Reds were level for the first 10 minutes, until the Crusaders scrambled against the head after a good push by their eight and anyone in Queensland gave the ball a toe in the way of their opponent.

The ball went to the right, the ball went to the left, the ball went to the fifth-eighth Fergus Burke, who went over.

After a crushing tackle, strong counter-push and pressure from the Crusaders, they find themselves with the ball again. In-form fullback Will Jordan usually follows delicious support play and ball handling before the end. Suddenly it was 14-blot. The Raiders made two mistakes.

Tate McDermott was usually busy and tried to spark something, anything, with a tackle following a sign, reflecting with Giant No. 11 Leicester Finganaku. Admirable game – but it didn’t work.

The inevitable tide of the Crusaders’ corpses was flowing downwards and the Reds could do nothing but produce now. McDermott climbed above Brody McAllister, who went low and over for the score.

Burke nailed his third conversion and the score was 21-3.

The Reds were 18 points lower and advanced towards the shed with more chances to prevent airborne Ebola.

“Our ball has to be valuable,” Reds assistant coach Jim Mack told reporters during the break.

“We all know, everyone knows, they stop turnover. But we are fighting, we are proud and we must continue.

“Fix some things in the second half and hopefully put some pressure on them.”

Pablo Matera, Argentina’s Mostachiode Hardman who looks like a rented gun from a movie about Pablo Escobar, picked up Jordan Petia from a mall in a clean-out and threw him around his neck.

The mothers left for 10 minutes. Punishment for good has worked less.

Rugby has followed a period that will never find its way into one of the ‘101 Great Rugby Trials’ that you can once find in VHS video stores. Ironically, there have been two attempts, one by Reds reserve hooker Richie Asiata, who was immersed as a good reserve hooker, and the other by Orange Theory after many replays on the big screen by reserve flanker Tom Christie.

“There were 58 kicks in 64 minutes. Put more ball in your hand than that, ”Wilson said, and one can only agree.

Even when Harry Wilson scores in the corner after a quick hand from Connor West and Fraser McWhite, playing like a back line, there can still be some life in the competition.

Yet it was too short and too late. The Crusaders left again but were not allowed. And the crowd border was rendered silent. Because they knew their team played like a dude and effectively dialed victory, and the rugby gods cried silently.

And what they announced: It was a blazer.

Yet Sulisi Bhunivalu was seen shaking hands with the front and even the back with which he had very little contact.

Yes, the Reds were missing something; Not least James O’Connor. But the common misconceptions against the Crusaders at home are always going to be problematic, even if the locals are seen to go through the motions.

The Reds won the second half 12-7. So that was.

McDermott said the whole time, “We lost the area of ​​communication, really.

“We came out shocked and if you give a team, especially the Crusaders a 21-point head start, it is definitely not ideal.

“We’re really proud of how we got back into it and we’ll take that message forward.”

Why the improvement?

“It simply came to our notice then. When we stuck together as a team and worked hard, putting in phases, it was nice to see us. It’s about doing it for the long haul, ”McDermott said.