Wallabies v Lions II
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@Dan54 said in Wallabies v Lions II:
And I agree the whole jackal thing is more dangerous than rucking, why I would be happy for him jackal to be outlawed
the issue is right now it' basically the only way to contest possession. If you forced offensive and defensive teams to stay upright and push over the ball you'd have something closer to the old school rucks. Mind you, it may involved rucking people who are on the ground - another incentive to not go to ground willingly.
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@barbarian said in Wallabies v Lions II:
Ultimately the ref needed to understand the occasion and what people wanted to see. Don't have a feel for the game, have a feel for the series.
With that in mind it should have been a Wallaby penalty, and a yellow card to Owen Farrell.
I agree that if it was a 50 50 call then it should have been a penalty to the Wallabies and a yellow card to Owen Farrell.
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@barbarian said in Wallabies v Lions II:
Ultimately the ref needed to understand the occasion and what people wanted to see. Don't have a feel for the game, have a feel for the series.
With that in mind it should have been a Wallaby penalty, and a yellow card to Owen Farrell.
I think Farrells may of been a red actually baabaa,, and probably a yellow to Itoje?
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@Dan54 said in Wallabies v Lions II:
@barbarian said in Wallabies v Lions II:
Ultimately the ref needed to understand the occasion and what people wanted to see. Don't have a feel for the game, have a feel for the series.
With that in mind it should have been a Wallaby penalty, and a yellow card to Owen Farrell.
I think Farrells may of been a red actually baabaa,, and probably a yellow to Itoje?
Yeah happy with that outcome too, can see why you'd get there, logically speaking.
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@barbarian said in Wallabies v Lions II:
Ultimately the ref needed to understand the occasion and what people wanted to see.
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Which people?
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(And much more importantly) That's not the ref's job. He's there to be the arbiter of law and conduct, not to win a popularity contest.
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@canefan said in Wallabies v Lions II:
Tim Horan had a very balanced view of the game. The Wallabies had it in the bag and let it slip. The final decision could have gone either way, he was disappointed for the Wallabies and their fans, but felt the ref did a good job. Refreshing
He found his way back
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@canefan said in Wallabies v Lions II:
Tim Horan had a very balanced view of the game. The Wallabies had it in the bag and let it slip. The final decision could have gone either way, he was disappointed for the Wallabies and their fans, but felt the ref did a good job. Refreshing
Quade Cooper writing in The Australian blamed the Wallabies for changing their gameplay and trying to close out the game too early.
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@antipodean said in Wallabies v Lions II:
@canefan said in Wallabies v Lions II:
Tim Horan had a very balanced view of the game. The Wallabies had it in the bag and let it slip. The final decision could have gone either way, he was disappointed for the Wallabies and their fans, but felt the ref did a good job. Refreshing
Quade Cooper writing in The Australian blamed the Wallabies for changing their gameplay and trying to close out the game too early.
The comms the other night embarassed themselves big time. The cringiest moment was when they were hammering away at Martin Johnson trying to get him to admit to a conspiracy or something
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@antipodean said in Wallabies v Lions II:
@canefan said in Wallabies v Lions II:
Tim Horan had a very balanced view of the game. The Wallabies had it in the bag and let it slip. The final decision could have gone either way, he was disappointed for the Wallabies and their fans, but felt the ref did a good job. Refreshing
Quade Cooper writing in The Australian blamed the Wallabies for changing their gameplay and trying to close out the game too early.
Probably a bit of sense in that too.
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Just so we have another opinion, Eddie Jones has his say.
Speaking on the Rugby Unity podcast with David Pembroke and McKenzie, Jones made his view crystal clear as he agreed with Farrell.âIf he [referee Andrea Piardi] hadnât allowed that try, then basically, the cleanout would be out of the game in rugby,â said the Japan head coach.
âBecause he couldnât do anything more legal than he did. The argument is that he hit his head. Yes, we know that. But he couldnât do anything more than that.
âIf you donât allow that sort of cleanout, we might as well forget about rucks and have âplay-the-ballsâ.â
Actually so Rassie Erasmus who says he can see both sides!
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@canefan said in Wallabies v Lions II:
Tim Horan had a very balanced view of the game. The Wallabies had it in the bag and let it slip. The final decision could have gone either way, he was disappointed for the Wallabies and their fans, but felt the ref did a good job. Refreshing
He's right, for all anyone screams about the last tackle/ruck, count how many Wallabies are standing there looking and not getting into defensive line. There about 5, that try could and should of been stopped regardless of what happened at ruck.
