Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final
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@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
Now can someone explain how the officials missed the foot trip on nanai?
Clear red card.
Probably the same one that sat and watched Trainor hold it on the ground for like 10 seconds while no Auckland players attended and 2 Welly players tried to get it off him. And then only awarded a penalty.
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@bones said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
Now can someone explain how the officials missed the foot trip on nanai?
Clear red card.
Probably the same one that sat and watched Trainor hold it on the ground for like 10 seconds while no Auckland players attended and 2 Welly players tried to get it off him. And then only awarded a penalty.
Was plenty of that both ways from this “play on” ref.
But different from three players in the open and a player taking an action that can break a leg. It’s a red card for a reason.
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@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@bones said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
Now can someone explain how the officials missed the foot trip on nanai?
Clear red card.
Probably the same one that sat and watched Trainor hold it on the ground for like 10 seconds while no Auckland players attended and 2 Welly players tried to get it off him. And then only awarded a penalty.
Was plenty of that both ways from this “play on” ref.
But different from three players in the open and a player taking an action that can break a leg. It’s a red card for a reason.
Well of course, it was on an Auckland player.
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@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
Nice watching the pack just dominate the opposition. A few games this season we have squeezed the life out of teams.
Scrum was pretty dicey, saved a few times by having a fairly decent number 8.
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@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
Now can someone explain how the officials missed the foot trip on nanai?
Clear red card.
It sounded like the commentators were trying to say he was cramping up - but they may well have been being sarcastic.
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@bones said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
Nice watching the pack just dominate the opposition. A few games this season we have squeezed the life out of teams.
Scrum was pretty dicey, saved a few times by having a fairly decent number 8.
Wgtn got a couple of good scrums. But it was notable when we needed a penalty (like on our line) we could just push them off the ball
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@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@bones said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
Nice watching the pack just dominate the opposition. A few games this season we have squeezed the life out of teams.
Scrum was pretty dicey, saved a few times by having a fairly decent number 8.
Wgtn got a couple of good scrums. But it was notable when we needed a penalty (like on our line) we could just push them off the ball
Haha, apart from when you couldn't and didn't and the penalty went the other way.
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@bones said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@bones said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@kirwan said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
Nice watching the pack just dominate the opposition. A few games this season we have squeezed the life out of teams.
Scrum was pretty dicey, saved a few times by having a fairly decent number 8.
Wgtn got a couple of good scrums. But it was notable when we needed a penalty (like on our line) we could just push them off the ball
Haha, apart from when you couldn't and didn't and the penalty went the other way.
*** points at the scoreboard ***
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@mariner4life Is the that far up the pecking order?
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@antipodean said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
Auckland in a canter despite the referee.
Psychic!
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@african-monkey said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@mariner4life Is the that far up the pecking order?
That's true, we only know that he's not in the top 13. The Highlanders still have some left over loose forwards.
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@kirwan ohhhh...I geddit. It was one of those comments. Just bluster and not meant to reflect what actually happened.
"Well, we gave away a penalty or 2 at scrums and went backwards a few times, but it was noticeable how we were actually dominant in scrums in reality, but just didn't want to try most of the time"
Wellie's got absolutely smoked everywhere else.
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@bones said in Auckland vs Wellington - Semi Final:
@kirwan ohhhh...I geddit. It was one of those comments. Just bluster and not meant to reflect what actually happened.
"Well, we gave away a penalty or 2 at scrums and went backwards a few times, but it was noticeable how we were actually dominant in scrums in reality, but just didn't want to try most of the time"
Wellie's got absolutely smoked everywhere else.
Dude, I know your team just got pumped. But go kick a cat or something
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How's that taste Hamish Bidwell?
Hansen would be pretty happy with that Akira performance you'd think!
Awesome stuff Auckland. Brilliant. Even without Papali'i.
I see the final is free entry. Very cool. Its just refreshing to have a final somewhere other than Canterbury.
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Good performance from us. Akira was outstanding as we all know he is. A few one on one misses but that's going to happen with their big ball carriers but other than that, a faultless display. Seu (or Soo as Nisbo pronounces it) looked very good for someone who's been out for so long and Faiane has really stepped up this year.
Also, Nisbo's pronunciation of names was awful!
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Great game to be at. Fantastic rugby weather, sun out, afternoon, no dew, good handling.
Auckland very good. Surprised at some of the media comments - thought we did well everywhere but in the lineout. Just slipped off some tackles through the game, but otherwise the D was excellent. Akira was a beast.
Ref was weirdly inconsistent, and seemed to miss a fair bit (both ways). Normal for this level I suppose, but still frustrating. A bunch of stuff went on that the AR and Ref just didn't seem interested in
glad i went!
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Whowever was talking about a lack of big ball-running forwards for ABs in the EOYT thread - think we got just the ticket in Auckland .....
