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Immediate reaction: What Twitter thought of the Sunwolves beating the Blues

New lows for the Blues

A few weeks ago, Blues fans were feeling like their side had at least salvaged something out of the 2017 season when they downed the British & Irish Lions at Eden Park.

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That seems a long, long time ago now. The lowly Sunwolves gashed them for eight (!) tries in Tokyo this afternoon, on the way to a landmark 48-21 win.

Needless to say, fans back in Auckland were not happy:

https://twitter.com/mtewhatu/status/886083672746610688

https://twitter.com/EdwardElder/status/886105070395203584

https://twitter.com/HYPRSPORT/status/886103587012489216

This guy couldn’t resist a dig at a certain All Black’s kicking form:

While plenty doubled down by having a crack at the Auckland-based and equally disappointing Warriors NRL side:

https://twitter.com/Rockypelupelu/status/886091587473653760

https://twitter.com/StuTasmantuna/status/886086868336492544

Some pretty flawless logic from this guy, who was clearly searching for some positives:

However, like pretty much everything that’s happened this season, the last laugh can be had at the expense of Australian rugby:

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Nickers 24 minutes ago
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I thought we made a lot of progress against that type of defence by the WC last year. Lots of direct running and punching holes rather than using width. Against that type of defence I think you have to be looking to kick on first phase when you have front foot ball which we did relatively successfully. We are playing a lot of rugby behind the gain line at the moment. They are looking for those little interchanges for soft shoulders and fast ball or off loads but it regularly turns into them battering away with slow ball and going backwards, then putting in a very rushed kick under huge pressure.


JB brought that dimension when he first moved into 12 a couple of years ago but he's definitely not been at his best this year. I don't know if it is because he is being asked to play a narrow role, or carrying a niggle or two, but he does not look confident to me. He had that clean break on the weekend and stood there like he was a prop who found himself in open space and didn't know what to do with the ball. He is still a good first phase ball carrier though, they use him a lot off the line out to set up fast clean ball, but I don't think anyone is particularly clear on what they are supposed to do at that point. He was used really successfully as a second playmaker last year but I don't think he's been at that role once this year. He is a triple threat player but playing a very 1 dimensional role at the moment. He and Reiko have been absolutely rock solid on defence which is why I don't think there will be too much experimentation or changes there.

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