Crusaders vs. Hurricanes

[Nepia]

What the hell is up with Gardner tonight, he's so skittery he's penalising anything.

[kiwiinmelb]

Is that a dangerous tackle these days ?

Fuck I’m getting confused

[Machpants]

Apparently it IS tiddlywinks

[pukunui]

Rugby is fucked. Twice there were clear offsides from knock ons and both were called scrum. If you aren't going to rule on it properly change the fucking law so it is a scrum only. We have already seen that law ruled inconsistently at the business end of two major tournaments at crucial times.

And seriously that penalty for the Laumape tackle is just a joke. Just cancel the whole thing if hard tackles are now illegal.

[Chris B.]

Crusaders should be plugging the corners - even from 30 metres out. Things are only going three or four phases before someone turns it over. Pin the Canes back and make them use their lineout.

Canes should be running it from anywhere and making as many fancy offloads as possible. Where's their sense of adventure?!!!

[Damo]

@antipodean said in Crusaders vs. Hurricanes:

Case in point - knock on, clearly offside, deliberately plays at ball. Decision is scrum.

If it's the one I am thinking about it was an excellent call.

The red player (A) knocked it on and by the time the other red player (B) picked it up the (A) was ahead of the B. Therefore B was played onside by A.

Scrum looked the right call to me.

[gt12]

This kind of game is why we continue to have debates about Barrett as a 10.

[Toddy]

Now the Crusaders are consistently falling over the ball on attack to seal it off with Angus just watching on.

[Donsteppa]

That's great goal line defence

[No Quarter]

How did Havili not score there. Jules made him look like a child.

[Higgins]

Are you not even allowed to contest for the ball in the air now?

[Toddy]

Did Jeff just do a massive head high?

[antipodean]

FFS penalising a contest where nothing untoward happened. This is a joke.

[Rapido]

@pukunui said in Crusaders vs. Hurricanes:

Rugby is fucked. Twice there were clear offsides from knock ons and both were called scrum. If you aren't going to rule on it properly change the fucking law so it is a scrum only. We have already seen that law ruled inconsistently at the business end of two major tournaments at crucial times.

Gavin Hastings tears into his microphone in 2015 spooking refs from actually making a decision on accidental Offside.

[gt12]

What? No knock on?

[Canerbry]

BULLSHIT CALL WAAAAAAH

Initial contact was to the head.

27th or so penalty against the Canes, 26 of which for you lot have whinged like Poms.

[antipodean]

@gt12 said in Crusaders vs. Hurricanes:

What? No knock on?

No. Just a player on the ground playing the ball with his hands.

[canefan]

Gardner even said initial contact was on the shoulder then slipped up. It is BS

[Machpants]

@antipodean said in Crusaders vs. Hurricanes:

FFS penalising a contest where nothing untoward happened. This is a joke.

Nah that was a penalty. Savea competed, lost but then grabbed his arm as he came down. Same as in a lineout

[canefan]

Hurricanes making far too many errors. Typical of our season so far, Saders punishing us tonight