Western Force out to end Crusaders' finals hopes

[jono]

I'll take those odds for $50 at the TAB.

However, I'm thinking this week will hurt. A lot.
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[Stone Cold]

I just hope we keep our pants on...

[slomo]

we'll get pumped this week.........!

[WF2006]

to guarantee them a finals birth!!

Wife and I went down the vasectomy route, but whatever..........

[Burgs]

...We have too many injuries, too many club players, too little culture and confidence and were playing the saders at home...

Sounds like the perfect storm for an upset to me!

[Hansie]

Have we got a game plan?

First scrum - PEK to lean forward, pucker-up and give Ben Franks or whomever a smooch on the cheek.

Brownie to give ritchie a tap on the buttocks

Honey Badger to blow a kiss and maybe a follow-up rasberry to Zac.

[hertryk]

But The InnFORCEers will be on tour, certainly stacks the odds in our favour

Our worst defeat in Christchurch (2007) was 53 to nil, and according to my mates old man from Christchurch, "we were lucky to get the nil".

Just hope Sharpie get's a final run!

Anyone heard anything on Sharpie?

[WF1964]

Anyone heard anything on Sharpie?

What are the odds - need a book on it?

[jargan83]

Anyone heard anything on Sharpie?

Out of todays West Australian on page 45:

"Sharpe will not know whether he has pulled on the Force jumper for the last time until later in the week after treatment on his back"
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[SinBin]

The noose has been loosened.

Having escaped from death row following their 28-21 victory over the Chiefs, the Crusaders can extend their distance from the Super Rugby gallows if they can defeat Super Rugby's perennial strugglers, the Force, on Saturday night.

The Crusaders' mission statement, as they seek to confirm their place as the top-placed "wild card" team, should be basic: win.

Then they can begin preparing for another arduous march through the finals system.

Lose and the ramifications for Richie McCaw's men could be unspeakably ugly. It leaves them in danger of being run over by the four other teams – the Bulls, Sharks, Reds and Hurricanes – chasing the three "wild card" spots.

A draw should save the Crusaders' necks.

Earning two competition points would leave the door slightly ajar for the trailing pack but the Reds and Hurricanes would require bonus-point wins against the Chiefs and Waratahs and massive winning margins to swing the points differential their way.

Victory against the Force, a ragged bunch without Wallabies openside flanker David Pocock, is already considered in many corners of New Zealand to be a given.

The Western Australians have only managed three wins and since head coach Richard Graham was sacked midseason after accepting a job with the Reds, they have sucked the mud with the rest of the bottom feeders.

Full story here

[SinBin]

"The Western Australians have only managed three wins and since head coach Richard Graham was sacked midseason after accepting a job with the Reds, they have sucked the mud with the rest of the bottom feeders"

Wouldn't you just love the "ragged bunch" to rub that mud in their faces

[shasta]

Have we got a game plan?

First scrum - PEK to lean forward, pucker-up and give Ben Franks or whomever a smooch on the cheek.

Brownie to give ritchie a tap on the buttocks

Honey Badger to blow a kiss and maybe a follow-up rasberry to Zac.

.......and if that doesn't work the InnForcers could start a riot, get the game abandoned and challenge them to a Guiness drinking contest to decide who gets the points.
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[jargan83]

Pffft how many wins did we manage with RG at the helm
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[brokendown gunfighter]

.......and if that doesn't work the InnForcers could start a riot, get the game abandoned and challenge them to a Guiness drinking contest to decide who gets the points.
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its not like I haven't been training for this

[Burgs]

its not like I haven't been training for this

Cometh the hour, cometh the lush