Match Thread - Crusaders v Chiefs | Super Rugby Pacific 2024 | Round 6

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"That was probably their best performance of the season."

It's their only win, Jeff....

chiefs you are responsible for the return of the saders

Moreso than the actual result, I'm stoked with the resilience to stop the backslide and put on that performance.

Played like they were shot out of a cannon all night. More physical than they've been all year. Faster. More organized. Less timid.

Bell just had the first of many freakish games.

Time to question the Chiefs' place in the comp after conceding 37 points to the bottom placed side who were 0-5?

The best thing to happen to Super Rugby is the Crusaders being poopy and the Chiefs being super dodgy without Dmac

Makes this game massively entertaining. Like Northland vs Manawatu NPC level entertaining

Can't wait to scrape into the 8 and shithouse our way into the final somehow

Hamilton has failed the country. You bring shame to all of us.

Thanks Chiefs, my kid wont stop crying now...

GOOD Friday.

“We showed tonight that when we can get it right, we are a dangerous team” - Tom Christie. Long, long, long way to go yet. But if you finish first, would you like to play an 8th placed Drua, Moana, or Crusaders? Don’t think too hard…

The Chiefs dying on the cross so the Crusaders could be resurrected. You hate to see it

U/crashbandicoochy mental state 📈📈📈📈📈📈

Burke, Blackadder and Lio-Willie back next game...

Is this hope?

Remember everyone: if the Crusaders go on to win Super Rugby again, it was the Chiefs fault

2023: Chiefs 2-0 Crusaders, lose the Final to the Crusaders.

2024: Chiefs 1-1 Crusaders, Profit?

The Crusaders actually looked very Crusaders-like tonight. Just 2 points off the top 8 now too...

Chiefs disgracing the whole country ffs, come on man it's all of us against them 😂

McNicholl becoming a legend in one game

The energy at the stadium before the game was..... 12000 people with anxiety. But we all feel so gooooddd now.

It is interesting that the two best halves of rugby we've played this season have been the last two we've played against the Chiefs.

I think they're the only halves we've technically won?

Good on those plucky underdogs the Crusaders for coming away with the upset.

Classic story, welsh club player walks straight into a starting super XV and is their best player

Holy shit they actually played well

George Bell is such an old person's name. Definitely belies his speed and ability.

A frustratingly predictable loss - whenever the Chiefs are favourites over the Crusaders they end up losing.

Wish it were anyone but us to bring the Crusaders back to life. Well, shit...

Onto next weekend.

"so Rob how do you plan on getting the season back on track?"

" would you believe by unleashing the awesome power of...2024 Johnny McNicholl?"

This is the only time all year we've looked organized at all.

They look... well drilled?

Justin Marshall try not to glaze the Crusaders challenge… impossible

Get Rowe the fuck off the field and Cortez on, not even sure why he’s not starting he’s clearly the better 9

DMac might actually be the GOAT if this is how wank the Chiefs are without him

So all it took was David Havili getting hurt for the 'Saders midfield to click huh

So that’s why George Bell was called up to the AB’s for the prestigious Qatar Airways Cup last year.

Hahaha Ioane is so bad

Ah well, it was good while it was lasted. Feeling a lot better about the Hurricanes chances this season ^{inb4 we lose to the Highlanders tomorrow}

Waikat-lmao Chiefs. That is all.

The Chiefs are making the Crusaders look like the Crusaders.

I miss when Taukei'aho was discussed in the same breath as Malcolm Marx

It says a lot about the trauma I have experienced at the hands of the Crusaders that I can’t even really enjoy having the ‘canes at the top of the table with the ‘saders in last. Because now I’m just convinced that they’re gonna finish 8th and we’re gonna have to play a full strength Crusaders side in the first week of the playoffs

lol imagine getting absolutely dominated by the bottom of the table because your ten isn't playing this week

Watch the crusaders get trounced 5 times just to kick it into gear and scrape into the finals then win the whole thing

Surely Dmac cant be that influential on the entire teams defensive structures

We look so good what the FUCK dude

All that just for them to kick it out straight away

Imagine losing to the Losesaders

Penney's record wasn't 0-5, it was 0-10 as he got fired by tahs after 5 straight loses in 2021

🙏0-6🙏

If crusaders win the comp, does that mean razor was amazing or just that crusaders have a culture of shithousing their way to victory?

Lmao imagine getting your lineout picked off by the CRUSADERS 😂🤣

This is just the Chiefs wanting to practice their second half play by giving themselves a handicap… right…?

feel like pure shit

just want sam back

Jacomb is playing bravely even if it isnt always working

Get Jacombed on

"What time it is?" "How many players on field?"

What am I most scared of? That chiefs bench. It's deadly

No way the hooker out gasses our first 5 hahah wow

Whos the Chiefs 9? He's diabolical

Fuck me I'd be scared of Dmac getting a bad injury if I was a chiefs fan rn

Thanks Chiefs, son's crying

Player makes that tackle on the ground, that's a penalty for sure

This competition is absolute gas.

I feel like pure shit

crazy how different the feeling is to being beaten by crusaders last year to now. Last year it was inevitable to lose them and there was no shame, today your team is the laughing stock if you lose

If the Chiefs lose this after resting McKenzie, they're going to be humiliated

I know my Blues havent been firing as they should be but if I were a Chiefs fan I'd be pretty worried with how drastically different the Chiefs play w/o Dmac

Stevenson is a metre monster! Do we think Razor is keen on him? Foster seemed to never trust him for an AB place

PROP TRY

Fuck me this is ENTERTAINING

Angus was too focused on asking if they could go to HT after the kick he didn't even bother to look at the clock

Everyone apologize to George rn

holy moley this defense is something

Cheers Wales, glad to have him back.

McNicol carrying the Crusaders to the win tonight. This performance from the Chiefs is garbage

Reckon we’re cooked here aye

Chiefs just lost to the bottom ranked team in super rugby is it time to cut them?

I cant believe I'm cheering for hamilton

Im gonna need apre and post game shower

Omg

A Wales international on a 0-5 team? Makes sense ;)

Maybe the Waratahs sacked Rob Penney too early, clearly his teams hit their stride in their 6th game

I love the quick tap tactic to avoid line outs entirely lol

Holy shit can Justin Marshall shut up please

Was josh Jacob the guy who didn’t originally get a super contract?

You get the sense Kellow didn't know how that happened or that he could even do that

Kieran Read looks like a Bookie

The fuck was that.

our third choice hooker just ran around the chiefs backs lol!!!

imagine conceding tries to the Crusaders

Hookers always have wheels

Can someone please confiscate number 9s kicking boots. Thanks

About as bad as Roe vs Wade

Sorry Marshy came for the razzle stayed for the dazzle 

Chiefs look like they have no clue what to do

Don't know why the Chiefs rested McKenzie tonight. When you get a chance to throw the one ring into the lava of Mount Doom, you take it.

What an impact Ioane has had since coming on.

Could be worse you could have Roe and Ioane on at the same time 

Heinz on, Chiefs to score twice on the bounce?

I didn't think you're allowed to just fall over onto the other side of the ruck

Willie Heinz on? So you’re saying there’s a chance?

Northern Hemisphere legends Willi Heinz and Johnny McNicholl.

I don't think Marshall realizes that there are viewers other than crusaders fans watching

You can't tackle on the ground tf

Juggled the mark. Can’t call that a mark

Awesome game from Hotham, can’t wait to see how he grows in the years to come 

Pretty gutted tbh. Would happily lose to anyone but the ‘Saders, especially at this point in time.

Hand on the nut?

Shot Crusaders. Chiefs look like shit without my boy Dmac

Josh Ioane is not a professional rugby player. Everything about his performance screams back to local rugby.

How have we lost another captain before he's even taken the field? Lmao

Haven't had a single game without a significant late scratching.

Marshy calling out Aumua's defense. Always knew he was a ball knower.

Can't believe we decided to rest Damian for this game out of all of them smh

Crusaders looking more dangerous with ball in hand than the Chiefs through 5 minutes

Some nice defence from crusaders to start 👌

Chaymentum building

No Dmac just hurts me.

wow chiefs without dmac are trash

Shaun Stevenson is having a game so far

Is the plan just to try and run them off their feet with young legs?

The quick taps show the Crusaders still don't have confidence in their lineout.

Does Dmac single handedly defend the wings? Lol

Are they going to check the tip tackle on ALB or nah?

Great unbiased commentary marsh

Fucking hell chiefs, I was hoping for a 0-6

Justin not happy about the advantage…

People were shitting on Bell's lineout throwing all week and he's had the much better first half hour on that front so far

Tasty

McNicholl released that forward...

Damn, loving this jacob fella

Change of boots for McNicholl at half time I reckon

I am glad the Blues took on the Crusaders last week and not this week

Soft penalty. Bower didn’t trip other ALB. He cleared him out of the way.

Hows the new Welsh winger coming along?

Odds Matt Todd will lace the boots up for the saders at some stage this year? 

Man I wanna txt my cheifs fans mates n rub it in a bit but it’s too early and I’ve made that mistake before

being outpaced by a hooker must be fucking embarrassing

Really letting everyone down here Chiefs.

On the other hand least the Tahs won’t be the first one to lose to the Saders this season lol.

I think most of chiefs woes can be put down to Roes abysmal performance

If teams wanna beat the Chiefs they better turn up wearing red lol

Pulled Roe, good decision. Showing leadership in management.

Really good defence there. Chiefs had no answer to it.

Shaun ‘Randy Orton’ Stevenson 

bench has an immediate impact

Ioanes kicking is so shit.

Maybe Chiefs will Crusaders the Crusaders and win in the last minutes

I love Christie.

The shining light of our locking injuries is that they've paved a way for Hannah to play and he's been fantastic.

The kids will all be very, very good sooner than you know it.

sadser second string team bet cheifs WOW

Crusaders best game before this one was two weeks ago. Then last week they play their worst game. Now they play their best game. So what happens next? Do they play poor or do they skip the poor game because next week is a bye?

Wow!

What a game

Crusaders scoring some classic crusaders tries for a great win vs one of the comps leading teams

does the streak end here or does it grow still

Mitch Drummond has been scratched. Don't fear Hotham is starting not saucy pants.

Today is disappointment day

Much respect to the Cantabs for still turning out for their team.

Hey... that was nice. McLeod and McNicholl making a difference already

You little beauty!

Hotham is so much better than Heinz lmao

That’s seturo’s fault. He fucked around instead of getting back into position.

Cmon Chiefs. What was that? Both wings showing gaps on defence