SF Chiefs v Brumbies
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@ACT-Crusader said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@Bones said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
McAllister putting his hand up too. Be nice to see teams other than the crusaders get bench players selected.
Beaudie will be on the bench.
Nah DMac is clearly the superior player, so I can't see him even making the 23. BB to start at ten.
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@Bones said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@canefan said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Carter could be another multifaceted player like Cory Jane
Stop stealing my material
Great minds...
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@ACT-Crusader said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
Nah. Just got to get lower or pull out of it if you think the other tackler has him.
In real time he's on a hiding to nothing - the attacker is literally bounced into him so he has no time to react. What should just be a penalty is turned into a ludicrous YC on review, so a referee deemed too shit to be an AR could upgrade it to a RC.
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@ACT-Crusader said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Carter went off his feet there…..
A room full of Brumbies supporters agreed with you.
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@ACT-Crusader said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Brumbies lineout has been poor.
And leniently ruled by Berry - a number of contested lineouts that should have been penalised he let play despite going to the outside shoulder.
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@Frank said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@canefan said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Finau playing well
Stands out when his team is on top.
Other times, not so much.Perhaps his team is on top when he stands out. He had a very good game tonight.
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Cracking semi-final
Both teams came to play
As well as Cortez played I thought Roe made a huge difference when he came on
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@sparky said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@canefan said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Rugby can be exciting when they aren't playing force back and the ref isn't taking over
That for me is Rugby's biggest problem.
Which young person is ever going to pay to watch three middle-aged blokes have a lengthy conversion about some technicality between themselves while thirty athletes have a breather in the background?
World Rugby are insane if they don't realise that pompous "superstar refs" are killing their product.
Wayne Barnes writing a book tells you all you need to know about the state of the game.
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@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
The sport is a fucking joke. Its roulette now.
Cane got a red for that in the RWC final.
If they are really worried about the head, the tackled player should be sent for a HIA.
Are the players still wearing those interactive gum shields?
I havnt heard much chat on that front since ALB-gate.
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@Jet said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
The sport is a fucking joke. Its roulette now.
Cane got a red for that in the RWC final.
If they are really worried about the head, the tackled player should be sent for a HIA.
Are the players still wearing those interactive gum shields?
I havnt heard much chat on that front since ALB-gate.
They have. Players were sent for HIAs based on the data during the match
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@ACT-Crusader said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
Nah. Just got to get lower or pull out of it if you think the other tackler has him.
I hear you......BUT.
Back in the olden days nobody got sent off. A lot of shit got missed or hand waved away but there was a level playing field and to a certain extent the game was self policed (from a thuggery perspective).
The level of pedantry from refs now, only opens them up to accusations of inconsistency and hypocrisy.
If Cane gets red, Kolisi has to get red. Etzebeth has to get red for leading with the elbow etc etc.
I dont mind making the head sacrosanct in principle. Of course the game should be safer.
But there should have been 4 or 5 blokes sent off in the RWC final in that case, not just one.
THATS the problem.
