SHORT: Super Rugby's most frustrating team?
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Why are the Highlanders struggling in tight matches?
Highlanders also having to play themselves back into contention. They're seven points outside. You know, they've had a bit of a tough run. They've got the Waratahs at home, the Chiefs away, the Hurricanes away, and a bye. It feels like it's just a little bit too far after losing to the Drewa.
Yeah, I think that would probably be the most disappointing result for them through the whole year. I think with what was on the line, and even though I picked them to go to... Sorry, I picked the draw to win, but I think with what was on the line, and considering how the competition was going with teams losing, it was a good opportunity for them to be able to try and get some points for the playoffs. But yeah, I just think... Just their turnovers, Ross. I think there's a stat you're in there, 24 turnovers or 22 turnovers within our emails that we received. But some of the... That last 20 minutes, like, I know the draw did very, very well, but, like, I think from the 52nd minute to maybe, like, the 77th minute, they were, like...
13 or 14 turnovers within that time so like yes they probably you know they got into the position where they're probably chasing the game but you know anytime you're going to have those kind of um those unforced errors you're not going to win games especially in fiji so yeah I think it's been a little bit of an Achilles heel with them Ross I think that being in the 22 area and being able to execute you know I think when the Highlanders were going very very well you know a few years ago when they got into the 22 they were efficient and they were able to score points but unfortunately probably this year it's been an area where it hasn't been great for them and if you look on the weekend just their high turnover rate it just kind of led to the drill being able to to pick up a very good result like you know I know
they can't win away from home and even though they have been able to to break that cycle but geez you know they've got one more one at home you'd have to think they'd win that and if they can win one more game away from home you know that's a that's a great turnaround for the drawer who we probably thought at the start of the year we're going to be in this kind of position
you are the oracle, you pick the force, but I don't think picking the drower for this match was that surprising. I think we all picked it purely because when the drower are under the pump, they go to bar. I think they see certain games where they're like, we need to win these. And when they go to bar, I saw some of the Highlanders training, the oil leaking off some of those forwards during the week. It's not a play, I'm not making excuses, but that is a, the error rate is purely conditions-based and not being, I suppose, in as good a position as the Drua.
What role do turnovers play in the Highlanders' losses?
And that's the beauty of the Drua playing at home. That is their strength. And they played really smart and they got the result. But you just feel for the Highlanders. It was probably just a game that they would have liked maybe in Masuva or even Laotoka.
But once again, once they get at the right end of the field, they just... I don't know what happens to them. Is it a mental thing now for the Highlanders? Do you think, Bruno, that they get into the 22 now and they kind of freeze?
Probably just the efficiency. And I just think if we look at the Fiji Enduro as a perfect example, like the conditions like Ross, playing in Fiji is difficult. Like you can't prepare for it. You don't get the time to be able to climatise to be in Fiji. You're going over there a week after playing, you know, on a Saturday or Sunday, you're flying out on the Monday, sorry, on the Wednesday or the Thursday, whatever it may be. And It's just hard. Like, you know, we talk around going to South Africa and when we were playing, being at the high valve, yes, that's really, really difficult, but sometimes you actually were able to climatise if you got your schedule right and you weren't playing in Pretoria or Joe Berger's first week playing in Cape Town, you were going to be okay in that second week.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why are the Highlanders struggling in tight matches?
0:00–2:23
2
What role do turnovers play in the Highlanders' losses?
2:23–3:53
3
How does playing in Fiji affect the Highlanders' performance?
3:53–5:29
4
Is there a mental barrier affecting the Highlanders' gameplay?
5:29–8:09
5
What statistics reveal about the Highlanders' close losses?
8:09–10:47
6
How does the bench impact the Highlanders' performance?
10:47–12:01
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