Highlanders v Chiefs
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@Bones Sky Sport look like they are still in pre season aswell.
@Canes4life said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
@Bones Sky Sport look like they are still in pre season aswell.
Aah. Booboo.
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@WillieTheWaiter said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
that was a clear red recently.. did that rule change?!
He's up in the air competing for the ball. Can't believe that is a card- the threshold has been lowered further.
@hydro11 said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
@WillieTheWaiter said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
that was a clear red recently.. did that rule change?!
He's up in the air competing for the ball. Can't believe that is a card- the threshold has been lowered further.
Competing?
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At least the second time this season that Super Coach has gone into a game for the Chiefs perhaps reading too much into his own press....
@Donsteppa said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
At least the second time this season that Super Coach has gone into a game for the Chiefs perhaps reading too much into his own press....
Tana might be looking for a head coaching gig ...
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fuck me that was a lot of penalties.
the off-side thing was policed as inconsistently as ever - the issue with the rule is not really in how far back you are, but in it being ruled the same every time, and that hasn't been fixed. we will continue to see more penalties from this change.
good to see the death of rolling and cribbing on the ground, players will stop doing it now it's being penalised, so that's all good.
the breakdown, i dunno. the side-entry penalties should clean up as that's an easy thing for players to recognise. the clear-lift thing... so many of these turnovers i see guys (boshier) lying on the player on the ground, not supporting his own weight, then pushing up. to me that's a penalty to the guy with the ball before it's a penalty to the defender. -
I haven't read previous comments but the Chiefs' lack of discipline cost them big time by allowing the Highlanders to kick to the corner and setup a lineout drive. The Highlanders' loose forwards outplayed their Chiefs opposites and Sowakula had a mare. Disappointing that senior players like ALB and Weber were very mixed.
On the positive side, Vaa'i showed plenty of promise, and I have talked him up, while Ah Kuoi also played well despite the turnover at the end (somehow). Williams was very inconsistent at policing the breakdown and I expect the pea to be blown out of the whistle for a few weeks yet.
And fuckin' Bryn Gatland. Three times he has now won a game with late DGs.
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Gats "they didn't really create anything in attack"...
hmmm. apparently driving straight through your forward pack isn't attack these days? is it only attack when you throw the ball wide? based on that response and chiefs plan would seem so
@WillieTheWaiter said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
Gats "they didn't really create anything in attack"...
hmmm. apparently driving straight through your forward pack isn't attack these days? is it only attack when you throw the ball wide? based on that response and chiefs plan would seem so
I hope he didn't say that, given his history with Wales.
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@hydro11 said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
@WillieTheWaiter said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
that was a clear red recently.. did that rule change?!
He's up in the air competing for the ball. Can't believe that is a card- the threshold has been lowered further.
Competing?
@booboo said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
@hydro11 said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
@WillieTheWaiter said in Highlanders v Chiefs:
that was a clear red recently.. did that rule change?!
He's up in the air competing for the ball. Can't believe that is a card- the threshold has been lowered further.
Competing?
Yeah, I usually complain about Cards in these situations, especially ones where people are actually competing, or the attacker Who gets the ball jumps into someone else space, but that was a clear yellow, I dare say in the NH that would be a red.
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@Hooroo about 20 or so?
Didnt stand out, but then his team was getting bullied and didnt look like they had much of a game plan, so tough to make too much of an assessment
