Super Rugby Trans Tasman Week 2 Force v Highlanders.

Apologies for missing last week. Most of the aussie cricket team was in the Maldives gluing our glorious white sand to their jocks.

Between 2008 and 2014 the Highlanders were our bunnys with the Force Winning 6 straight home and away.

Force v Highlanders - last game, remember it? After a tough match against the Chiefs in Perth on the 22 April the Force travelled to a 2 game tour of South Africa then onto Argentina where they beat the Jaguares then completed a circumnavigation of the globe 35,000km on eight flights over 16 days to arrive back in Perth mid week to meet the red hot Highlanders who had been resting in Perth all week. Thanks SANZAAR.

Still, the Force, without Hodgo and McCalman out to injury and Perth Grant being knocked out in the opening minutes and down 17-6 at half, the fatigue set in and Highlanders ran out winners 55-6.

All water under the bridge now. Apart from blowout wins to both sides once, all games bar 1 between these rivals have been by a margin of less than 13 and most less than 7.

The bookies are tipping a Highlanders win.

X: the curtain raiser was WA Police V ADF. 24-19 to the coppers.

Can someone lend me some vBucks - I have done me dough

On the ADF?

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Originally Posted by shasta

On the ADF?

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I had no idea that match was being played.

Nah I had all my vCash on the Force - on the nose

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Originally Posted by .X.

I had no idea that match was being played. Nah I had all my vCash on the Force - on the nose

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See that's where the brilliance of my strategy comes to play.I saved vcash so I have something to lose next week

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Originally Posted by GIGS20

See that's where the brilliance of my strategy comes to play.I saved vcash so I have something to lose next week

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I guess thats the difference between us mate. I believe that the Force will win each and every week. Will all my heart. And, all my vCash.

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I guess thats the difference between us mate. I believe that the Force will win each and every week. Will all my heart. And, all my vCash.

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I bet 10 million on the force, was that not enough?

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Originally Posted by GIGS20

I bet 10 million on the force, was that not enough?

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Nope - a real fan would have gone all-in.

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Originally Posted by .X.

I believe that the Force will win each and every week. Will all my heart.

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Seeing as how I only bet real money, I rarely bet on our boys - yet. I am however, thinking of investing a few smackers that Perseverence will send conclusive evidence from Mars that proves the Earth is flat. ;)

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Nope - a real fan would have gone all-in.

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And risk not having 10000000 to put on them against the hurricanes?Sounds pretty short term to me

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Can someone lend me some vBucks - I have done me dough

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How do you lend vbucks to somebody?

Could be a long night in Brisbane

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Could be a long night in Brisbane

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Do we have to play the Saders ? How do we default?

Well, if nothing else when they do, the Force can't say they haven't been given more than fair warning about what will happen if they don't contest rucks, continually give or kick them the ball to run back, and just run into the defending players rather than the empty bits between them.

The signature style of the Force circa 2014 was multi-phase, protected play. It wasn't frenetic, but it was constant and controlled. Built on the strength of our backrow. Designed to frustrate. It worked well on the whole against Kiwi teams given the disparity in cattle. It also helped that our defence was rock solid for a most part.

How many tackles did the Crusaders bump off? The Crusaders 4 was a beast. Make your tackles, hold possession with no frills, when you kick, kick shorter and more contestable.