Stormers v Blues
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Game was there for the taking for the Blues. SBW otherwise had a good game but he completely shelled a pass that changed the momentum.
@KiwiMurph I don't think SBW was that good. One good offload that led to a try, but nothing else that says 'pick me for the ABs'.
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Good intensity by the Stormers. Completely different side to the one that got bitch slapped in the South Island.
Gibson and Faumuina the Blues best. Ofa went well too I thought at loosehead. That's probably the Blues season gone. So close yet so far as it relates to being a contender. Some of the reffing calls were outrageously bad but Blues only have themselves to blame. -
Good intensity by the Stormers. Completely different side to the one that got bitch slapped in the South Island.
Gibson and Faumuina the Blues best. Ofa went well too I thought at loosehead. That's probably the Blues season gone. So close yet so far as it relates to being a contender. Some of the reffing calls were outrageously bad but Blues only have themselves to blame.@KiwiMurph said in Stormers vs. Blues:
Good intensity by the Stormers. Completely different side to the one that got bitch slapped in the South Island.
Gibson and Faumuina the Blues best. Ofa went well too I thought at loosehead. That's probably the Blues season gone. So close yet so far as it relates to being a contender. Some of the reffing calls were outrageously bad but Blues only have themselves to blame.I don't get statements like this. The Blues only have themselves to blame yet this is a precise example as to how a referee completely influence the result of the game with shit calls. Not one shit call but multiple all going against the away team
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It seems that the decisions tend to go against non SA team from SA refs in general just IMHO.
@mencey said in Stormers vs. Blues:
It seems that the decisions tend to go against non SA team from SA refs in general just IMHO.
Haven't seen the game but read a couple of reports. (Campese directly accuses them of cheating in a couple of tweets. Don't hold back David.)
But the point of neutral refs is that incompetence can't be mistaken for bias or something worse.
It removes suspicion.
(BTW @mencey it's "biased". Bias is the concept.
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wow, Matt Duffie with the most ridiculous RC I've seen in quite a while, neither of his YCs were even penalties IMO (he wasn't offside for the first, and the second was not a penalty - unless you get penalised for playing against a fucking midget who cries when someone runs into him)
Or what was the 2nd YC for? Had no sound but looked like a no incident to me
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The second yellow card for Duffie presumably for him flying in for an attempted tackle, which looked like no arms and then knees into the back of the Stormers guy, which Duffie tried to pull out of at the last moment, completely unintentional and didn't look malicious or harmful, perhaps a bit clumsy, card probably a bit harsh but not impossible.
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The second yellow card for Duffie presumably for him flying in for an attempted tackle, which looked like no arms and then knees into the back of the Stormers guy, which Duffie tried to pull out of at the last moment, completely unintentional and didn't look malicious or harmful, perhaps a bit clumsy, card probably a bit harsh but not impossible.
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Only saw highlights but looked like ref had a mare. Stormers players seemed to quite regularly play the ball even though tackled.
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wow, Matt Duffie with the most ridiculous RC I've seen in quite a while, neither of his YCs were even penalties IMO (he wasn't offside for the first, and the second was not a penalty - unless you get penalised for playing against a fucking midget who cries when someone runs into him)
Or what was the 2nd YC for? Had no sound but looked like a no incident to me
@Tordah said in Stormers vs. Blues:
wow, Matt Duffie with the most ridiculous RC I've seen in quite a while, neither of his YCs were even penalties IMO (he wasn't offside for the first, and the second was not a penalty - unless you get penalised for playing against a fucking midget who cries when someone runs into him)
Or what was the 2nd YC for? Had no sound but looked like a no incident to me
His first yellow was a team yellow. It was given after multiple penalties conceded by the Blues. He was just the unlucky one to get the card.
