ROUND 7: Highlanders v Chiefs (Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa - 2021)

[@patrickjacobsen7805]

The longer DMacs hair grows the better he gets its like hes super saiyan mode.

[@mosesfakatou7943]

That line out move for the Highlanders first try was genius👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@archvermin]

Out of the more junior players I'm really impressed with Ah Kuoi this season. The man got a massive work rate and played for the entire game as well.

[@leobrooker7928]

Absolute work horse he is

[@leobrooker7928]

Been pretty consistent every game

[@neihanadew514]

Line out retention needs work but other than that he’s super solid

[@raypurchase1239]

Good to see mckenzie beasting it weekly again.

[@MatthewOlls]

Mckenzie... Carrying everyone as usual

[@zacharystone8817]

@kook2zz boiii what game are you watching bro. alb and mckenzie put on a show tonight.

[@Flyingsquirrel69420]

Can't say the same about your mum

[@Rugby-union-and-sports]

Third time lucky for DMac missed drop kick missed penalty then a successful penalty won't get that many chances often

[@ss2gora0]

I mean the guy who buckled the ball and won the penalty for the Chiefs won it too...

[@MatthewOlls]

@@Rugby-union-and-sports he barely missed that 1st penalty.

[@tobyhenry6018]

Got to actually meet Aaron Smith after the game, such a lovely guy, thanks for the Mahi tonight :)

[@mickser101]

That Lineout try was amazing

[@porchiaveronica3153]

I love watching the chiefs win or loose always entertain with their mana from South Africa supporter 🖒🖒 for every game 😎

[@nomadicroadrat]

Again, Damian McKenzie has his MOjo working. Great save. Great game. Thanks for the the highlights. Much appreciated. NZ rugby just keeps getting better and better.

[@dvdv2300]

No one speaks about Lienert-Brown, 6 points by penalties thanks to him, one of the victory and his play for the try . For me is one of the best players, I love his confidence in every situation

[@gdavies4]

Super Rugby NZ is something else. Big love from GB.

[@hamishgoodley7208]

There are some pretty good games coming out of japan at the moment too

[@iLAGGbrah]

Difference is japan buys the players

[@hamishgoodley7208]

@@iLAGGbrah All professional teams buy their players. What is your point?

[@iLAGGbrah]

@@hamishgoodley7208 no all blacks *pay* the players not buy them

[@hamishgoodley7208]

@@iLAGGbrah you mean the NZRU pay the New Zealand rugby players, not the All Blacks. Each team below international (test) level eg the Hurricanes, is controlled by salary caps and player eligibility to buy.....sorry, pay their players to make up their team.

[@joeskienz]

Up the Mighty Chiefs! It's been a long time since they won a few games at the death. Normally they're on the receiving end. They were the better team for the entire game and are deserved winners.

[@NESIANMISTIK777]

Always entertaining watching southern hemisphere rugby 👌👍

[@qwerty5682]

Damian Mckenzie probably the form player in the country right now.

[@tomdoyle3615]

In the world

[@leobrooker7928]

Damn right

[@roygradidge7538]

Always rated him, superb player.

[@rugger104]

Dmac is 🤑

[@Nyasalands_Finest]

@@tomdoyle3615 ever heard of Radrada, duPont, Kolbe, Zammit the list is endless..🤣🤣

[@KindaMaoriCuz]

Another gun performance from Dmac, how about ALB with 2 huge turnovers though. Surely ABs first choice centre at either 12 or 13

[@zacharystone8817]

alb is so fkin good and consistent. He is way above any other centre in the picking order at the moment. Based on super rugby performances I would bring in havili at 12 and alb at 13. Both superb. Goodhue, laumape and ioane have been subpar

[@gdavies4]

@@zacharystone8817 agreed but I don't actually know what to say about Havilli at centre.

[@matthewwaaka5983]

Exactly!! He's always consistent even at international level. He's not flashy or show pony, he doesn't one dimensionally run up the guts and he always feeds his outside backs or chooses good options. The fact that he goes looking for turnovers is big feature you don't see most centres do. His defence is superb I will mention he loves to do this rush out the line tackles which can create a huge play and result to a turn over or it's a bad read which cause the opposition to slip through but other than that overall he is our best midfielder.

[@randyschwaggins]

ALB 12. IOANE 13.

[@faigavaega5679]

@@randyschwaggins 🤣🤣🤣 Ioane is rubbish

[@clapadamclap]

When will the Mac get the respect he deserves, his work rate every game is immense, he kicks clean tackles like a demon, his size is irrelevant, world class

[@RioGamer]

Very awesome game. Good on ya chiefs

[@andyanderson5326]

When will the All blacks KZbin post stop showing who wins in their thumb note ? For those that can’t get sky this is the only footage we can get. Just show the team emblems or something. Well done Chief’s great game by the looks of it.

[@paultaylor459]

Totally agree.

[@coolstorybro2703]

DONT FKN PRESS IT THEN 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jamessolomontheking]

@@coolstorybro2703 honestly lol

[@sevenhelmets]

@@coolstorybro2703 it shows up in the KZbin feed.... meaning you may not even be intending to see it, but as you are scrolling, it’s suddenly right there.

[@nifokoula1]

I agree. Same gig goes for Super a rugby Aust please.

[@roygradidge7538]

Dmac looks like a mullet with that haircut, but what a magic game he had. Well done Chiefs. Missing Super Rugby in SA.

[@giovannicarpenedo8702]

0:53 legend has it that Brad Weber is still looking for the ball

[@tinomutisi8349]

DMAC at it again with The Xfactor

[@SapientiaHaereticae]

I love you, DMac ! ..and your haircut 😂 ❤️💛🖤

[@sensah3978]

5:46 he knew it was do or die. I love this mans confidence 💯

[@billymack333]

This was a great game...all awesome tries...great rugby. ALB on fire.

[@mikeodonovan9299]

forward pass by dmac at 58 minutes leading up to try

[@kingstontuioti3797]

Every one talking abt dmac but can we please appreciate the amount of work samisoni taukieaho has put in this season absolute fkn beast

[@clapadamclap]

Bolter for sure, he’s been huge

[@mikedangerdoes]

Damn the crowd is immense in this game. And plenty of Chiefs fans too, by the sound of it!

[@dcaotearoa]

It's not often we get the dub over these huas!! Well done ladz, 3 in a row is better than zip te nuk.

[@downtoearth5108]

GREAT GREAT GAME. Both teams deserved the win. If Highlanders had of landed their they would've won the game. Chiefs back to their nuggety grafting best. The Highlanders beating the Crusaders last week was no fluke. Great set plays by the Highlanders.

[@ronaldfurdinhue879]

Best Super rugby season this year.

[@StuAngelaThompson09]

Well done to the Chiefs. My Highlanders had their chances and we certainly didn't take them. Frustrating when Hunt leaves 10 points off the boot and Ta'avao gets a try off a clear forward pass.

[@morriewhaits9290]

The ta'avou pass was fine. The angle the other chiefs player was running made it seem that way

[@jbrown8059]

You beat the crusaders thats all you needed to do

[@njekwaamusaa395]

Great game. Special acknowledgements to Damian Mckenzie and Antoine Lienart-Brown.

[@billymack333]

Mackenzie needs to be a starting AB...one of form players of the comp...and ALB ? WTF ? I had You written off this year.

[@Panaxe15]

Golden point is working out pretty good I see.

[@Coldish_hood]

If McKenzie doesn't get first start on the Full back Jersey this year for the All Blacks then something is really wrong with the All Blacks coaching staff

[@paulveenings6861]

There’ll be a young fella by the name of Jordie he’ll have to get past first . But he is bloody good .

[@PhoenixSunsNZ]

Jordie never plays good for ABs. McKenzie deserves the starting nod.

[@jamessolomontheking]

Na

[@tommawson1119]

@@jamessolomontheking solid argument

[@JDBoyes07]

@High'R Caliber He has much worse goal kicking though? His percentages are the worst in the competition...

[@headweasel93]

What a good match!

[@avalsirithanawat1772]

Like both teams, but isn’t 2:50 forward?? And at the end the ref awarded penalty for ALB but he was off his feet. Lmk

[@barbell_lifter]

Great game! Was that a forward pass from Mckenzie a few phases before they finally scored at 3:24? Why was the penalty which he missed taken at half way, when the high tackle occurred on the 10m line? Annoyed these games aren't covered on Foxtel here in Australia

[@PhoenixSunsNZ]

Line ball backwards motion in my opinion. And he had two penalties, so he decided to take the kick from the center to hopefully have a better angle.

[@barbell_lifter]

@@PhoenixSunsNZ Makes sense, thanks!

[@rhysduncan8676]

Why was the first Highlanders try awarded despite the 8 coming in the side of the maul and taking out the fringe defenders? Why wasn't 19 yellow carded for basically clotheslining McKenzie at 3:18?

[@commentarytalk1446]

@@PhoenixSunsNZ It was a CLEAR forward pass: Hands forward, Trajectory of ball over a significant distance was forward (little wobble also eg wind and momentum). There's no opinion needed here it's a 9/10'er. Howler of a miss. I'm all for NOT using the "bunker" to review but for the big howlers the that IS the bunkers' correct role. The misuse of the bunker is F! over-analysis paralysis of forensic level footage which kills the spectacle and also the refs on the pitch decision-making. This was a big mistake however especially given the forward pass was a critical piece of skill to pull off to get the score which was NOT skill due to such high deviation forwards thus significantly disadvantaging the defence by rule-breaking not by skill.

[@tinoeverson1178]

On the penalty situation... they were playing under advantage,so when the second penalty (high tickle) happens they have to rest at the original call (offside advantage) at the halfway line.

[@totokirotototokiwaho8679]

Waikato!!🔥🔥🔥

[@danfromnz5966]

Great game!

[@center__mass]

How good was that? Old brown seems a bit of a slow learner

[@joeskienz]

Brown is a penalty magnet. Put on Pita Gus instead.

[@center__mass]

@Laxx Axal at this level to give away stupid penalties like that, imagine what the coach must be thinking

[@rhysduncan8676]

It was a real weird thing to suddenly crack down on, considering they'd been so lax on it the whole season

[@center__mass]

@@rhysduncan8676 as kids in the 70s and 80 s we all knew this ,how professionals get pinged for this today is just mind blowing

[@rhysduncan8676]

@@center__mass clearly they know the rules, but the refs usually don't ping you for advancing a single metre so they players are usually fine to do it, O'keefe just decided to ping everything for some reason

[@mistagrove4349]

i like that tee that Dmac uses. anybody know what its called?

[@elizabethmakarytaiseni6174]

Can you do a full game

[@Username-ze1ux]

The smiling assassin strikes again

[@bykkaze2792]

Dmac is on form right now 🖤❤️💛

[@rhysduncan8676]

Good clothesline on Dmac at 3:18

[@brianoliver5640]

Yeah boyz, go lienert brown our new breakdown specialist 😎

[@kpfpv8515]

He'll be double teaming with Lachlan Bosher next week and someone called Jacobson..up the Chiefs 💪🏽

[@TALI_NZMUSIC2024]

How bout that McKenzie fwd pass 👀

[@cascade3769]

It was flat.

[@KiwiPepega]

Blues fan here but that last try to the chiefs, leading to a potential penalty and ultimately a try was forward, maybe even twice and uncalled on. That was a big factor. Unfortunate errors like that, unnoticed by the TMO led the Chiefs to win.

[@Goldih]

Maul attack is getting absurd. The 8s blocking for the Highlanders try....

[@THEKiNGHAZElMAN]

Man that was forward pass😂😂😂

[@dylanvallely5229]

0:54 Webber got absolutely sent

[@struancavers4701]

Mckenzie before a kick: 😏

[@kierandoherty1600]

Whats peoples opinion of Gatlands time at Chiefs?

[@Sulu-sw3zo]

Which Gatland?

[@naia3003]

DmaC💯

[@timkruse9912]

THIS IS WHY NZ RUGBY IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!!!

[@dylanvallely5229]

I wish they would give better angles for the kicks

[@dantemon6952]

Great kicking Mckenzie

[@tanataotengahere5978]

Something..'a-miss' n this comp...since it started??!!!. Kaare-ano-e-take'!!?..fnkx

[@Tee.NZ.07]

Dmac was given so many chances to win the game I wonder if it would be a different opinion had the Highlanders scored first in golden point

[@kallumdellow3862]

someones salty

[@bobporzin8064]

yeah but they fuckin didn’t 😂 damoooooo came in clutch when they needed him to

[@sunnysamuel5215]

@@bobporzin8064 Hahahaha say that again Cmon my Chiefs

[@elizabethmakarytaiseni6174]

You should tell damian McKenzie to do a goal kicking video

[@sanjayawijenayake9851]

The big DMaC for the win....

[@sophie3185]

idk why the landers didn't go for a scrum when they got a penalty on the 5 meter and most likely would've scored

[@Ocean_Addiction]

Up the chiefs

[@mattdrifts]

hunt will be slotting balls all week to sort that out

[@zacharystone8817]

I beg Foster 9. smith 10. beaudy 11. clarke 12. havili 13. alb 14. jordan 15. dmac 21. weber/tj(will he be back?) 22. moounga 23. jordie Jordie or dmac can swap between them but this is by far the best team at the moment

[@qwerty5682]

It might be clearly obvious to you and I mate, but these idiots don’t know fuck all it seems.

[@jamessolomontheking]

Leicester for Clarke

[@nicktorea4017]

No Chiefs first fives were caught up in any highlanders post try celebrations during the filming of this game.

[@seanyshepfit]

Lachlan obviously got the better jackal genes 😂

[@kiwiboii6204]

Woohoo Chiefs🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🤙🤙

[@jsphcle]

Damian McKenzie 💪

[@morriewhaits9290]

DMacs pass to ta'avou wasn't forward. The other chiefs player that was running a dummy line made it seem that way.

[@hamishgoodley7208]

Must have been pretty bloody close. Did they relook at this during the game? Still think they should they should get rid of this "momentum" bs too.

[@kpfpv8515]

@@hamishgoodley7208 throw a ball backwards out of a moving car and see where it lands and then we can talk about momentum It's simple physics

[@hamishgoodley7208]

@@kpfpv8515 no shit.

[@Starbuzzed164]

mckenzie is literally the fly half

[@kumeroa77]

Up the mighty chiefs

[@lyricrhyme]

I like damlan McKenzie

[@sunnysamuel5215]

My Chiefs have been rock bottom for awhile but the only way is up now😉

[@KiwiBronco96]

Chiefs try was forward and clear as day. Landers should of won that. And I'm a neutral fan

[@KernowekTim]

Some game.

[@davidcaro2986]

There's no way they're payimg Dmac enough for this

[@dionhutchinson4183]

Well done Chiefs

[@falagi11]

Crusaders celebrating 🤣🤣🤣

[@Syafiqsarudin]

It was a poor drop goal and penalty from Dmac.. Anyway he slotted it when it needed the most.. Luck is with them tonight

[@Frosty_RpT]

Mckenzie giving them 3 chances

[@commentarytalk1446]

Ugh Highlanders giving away possession and offensive initiative and penalty count so many times in this match trying to make something in the backs. Talk about scuttling your own game management to set up a cushion as the clock winds down... Poor.

[@patch1er]

How fitting that the game was decided by a penalty. Rugby has become the most boring game in the last 2 years, its basically Nfl with all the stoppages. Impossible to watch and enjoy a game as a neutral

[@newremote]

I enjoyed the whole match. If you think it was boring then yes, it's not the sport for you.

[@patch1er]

@@newremote I used to be able to watch every game of union and league. But in the last few years with a stoppage every 10 seconds it's become unwatchable, especially compared to league which flows alot better. I'm a neutral fan (since northland doesn't have a super team) but I can still watch almost every nrl game while only supporting the warriors

[@newremote]

@@patch1er: Fair enough. I watch all types of football including a lot of AFL and NRL, in fact ALL types. But I think what these things often boil down to is what game you've played the most and most identified with over the years, and which has given you the most pleasure (and pain). For me it's rugby, and for all its different issues (it's got a few), I get a bigger kick out of a good rugby football match than any other sort. Enjoy your footy.

[@bubblesleon5736]

McKenzie smiles like a.....

[@ferilabrown6153]

King

[@paulveenings6861]

Cheshire Cat

[@zahra0207]

winner

[@harrycurrie9664]

An assassin.

[@shaneunuwai4035]

Shot big C

[@Mathabu]

Losing chiefs is not funny. They beat us up physically. Hunt was bad bad today

[@floziq8117]

Y are ppl hyping up dmac like he's the best player in the world lol?? I ain't seen nothing special from him other than his clutch kick. He threw a forward pass which then lead up to a try & missed a bunch of goal kicks?? Relax, landers shoulda won that game btw

[@Ocean_Addiction]

Chiefs 2021

[@grahamhutton1633]

I hate golden point. What ever happened to accepting a draw

[@cascade3769]

Thanks nrl.

[@caneanukunuku8269]

Sooooo the landers beat the sayders last week now the cheifs beat the landers... Stranger things are coming lol

[@kkim5342]

Mitch hunt is only capable of 1 good match each year like last week against crusaders.he is just sucked and it’s not from yesterday..why selected him!

[@pawspaw3003]

Nz teams are entertaining to watch. The Aussie teams however are zzzzzzz

[@RioGamer]

First

[@eugeniocostasoares1768]

Does mckenzie really need to smile/grin prior to kicking the ball... Such a cringe....

[@raygraham966]

Favours for the chiefs thanks to the refs

[@paultaylor459]

Is there an unwritten law in NZ rugby, that all teams must have some players with stupid haircuts.

[@coolstorybro2703]

It’s the players hair. They can have any hairstyle they want. Got a problem with it. Go tell them 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jamessolomontheking]

@@coolstorybro2703 I think hes baldy 🤣

[@paultaylor459]

@@coolstorybro2703 The question was written in jest. Got a problem with it . Ha ha.

[@locominyana8916]

@@paultaylor459 Ask a stupid question, you get a stupid answer.

[@paultaylor459]

@@locominyana8916 Obviously from a stupid person.

[@-_-DAVe]

Sorry ref but that was a bs game from you.

[@mattdrifts]

was one of the best reffed games in a while...its never going to be perfect

[@newremote]

@@mattdrifts : I agree. Pretty well reffed.

[@TillyOrifice]

Looked like a good game, but I lost interest when it went to golden point.

[@AD-xi9hy]

Gay