Blues v Chiefs
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@booboo said in Blues v Chiefs:
@Bones said in Blues v Chiefs:
Disappointing to see Robinson take himself out of contention for AB selection there.
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Man bun.
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As someone who has watched Rugby for over 40 years, I have always said that Brendon Pickerall as an official is out of his depth , I have mentioned this many times on this forum ..but as a Blues supporter I make no apologies on winning a tight contest given what we have had to endure from officials over the last several years..
On today’s game , the Blues kept the Chiefs in the game with their own indiscipline..we will have to be much better against a Highlanders team on the improve .. -
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@gt12 it doesn’t matter where Pickerall is from , he could be from the moon.., he would still be terrible , I commentated his debut match ,Northland v Southland a few seasons back...it was the longest rugby game I have ever called ..started at 7.35pm and did not finish until after 9.30pm..he went to the TMO to check on decisions or foul play on at least 8 occasions..I knew then, this guy is gonna be an issue ..compare his performance to Doleman last night ..night and day basically
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I used to give him a bit of leeway as h was thrown into high level stuff very early as what appeared as a “project” to show young guys they could choose reffing as a career.
Trouble is that he hasn’t lifted in competence at all yet they keep moving him up the chain.
His lack of knowledge when sitting in the TMO seat was highlighted then today a critical howler among a number of odd decisions and misses.
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@KiwiMurph Yeah we really do. We should have won by plenty but continued to give the Chiefs multiple leg ups throughout the contest. If we sort that part of our game out (which we won't) the we'd be blowing sides away.
Chiefs fans, are you serious? You guys had a huge penalty count in your favour and had a ton of chances to put us away yet you're moaning about 1 call? Yeah it was a shit call but you had 79 minutes to take that game.
Cowley-Tuioti and Akira were our best forwards today with Rieko and Clarke being strong in the backs. I think Barrett should stay at 10 for the rest of the comp as well. We look sharper with him at first receiver. Ofa also got around well even though our scrum struggled with him and Hodgman in the first 40 but Tu'inukuafe and Mafileo changed things in the 2nd 40.
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@African-Monkey said in Blues v Chiefs:
@KiwiMurph Yeah we really do. We should have won by plenty but continued to give the Chiefs multiple leg ups throughout the contest. If we sort that part of our game out (which we won't) the we'd be blowing sides away.
Chiefs fans, are you serious? You guys had a huge penalty count in your favour and had a ton of chances to put us away yet you're moaning about 1 call? Yeah it was a shit call but you had 79 minutes to take that game.
Cowley-Tuioti and Akira were our best forwards today with Rieko and Clarke being strong in the backs. I think Barrett should stay at 10 for the rest of the comp as well. We look sharper with him at first receiver. Ofa also got around well even though our scrum struggled with him and Hodgman in the first 40 but Tu'inukuafe and Mafileo changed things in the 2nd 40.
No one is claiming that we shouldn’t have been able to put the game away. That penalty count was taken advantage of by overhauling a big deficit.
We also got some puzzling calls and non calls during the game.
All we are saying is that it is highly likely that we would have won if that terrible call wasn’t made.
I can’t crystal ball all the other calls but that one can be assessed -
@African-Monkey more than one call. My main issue is the warning coming in the first half then no card until the 78th minute when there were plenty of penalties in between. The last call was the icing on the shitty cake. Blues fans won't complain obviously. Don't get me wrong I think the chiefs were average but the ref is incompetent and the Blues were helped by his incompetence.
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@African-Monkey said in Blues v Chiefs:
@KiwiMurph Yeah we really do. We should have won by plenty but continued to give the Chiefs multiple leg ups throughout the contest. If we sort that part of our game out (which we won't) the we'd be blowing sides away.
Chiefs fans, are you serious? You guys had a huge penalty count in your favour and had a ton of chances to put us away yet you're moaning about 1 call? Yeah it was a shit call but you had 79 minutes to take that game.
Cowley-Tuioti and Akira were our best forwards today with Rieko and Clarke being strong in the backs. I think Barrett should stay at 10 for the rest of the comp as well. We look sharper with him at first receiver. Ofa also got around well even though our scrum struggled with him and Hodgman in the first 40 but Tu'inukuafe and Mafileo changed things in the 2nd 40.
Bulllshit, our scrum was not troubled the whole damn game. We were solid throughout, except for the penalty that Ofa gave away. Pickerill had a shocker.
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Well, back from the game, and unfortunately a lot of what I"m about to write is about the ref. It's annoying as shit. Basically he looked to be out of his depth. Weird TMO decisions (the Christie try), ignoring 'in from the side' at the ruck (until randomly penalising it). Basically I think he has no feel for the game.
The call at the end looked 'interesting' from the other end, but balanced out by the horror call on the maul at the other end. Blues clearly the better side, with strong defence, and we managed to hand so much possession and territory to the Chiefs we made life very very hard for ourselves.
Sam Cane was very good - in the refs ear all the time, and BP started listening by the look.
For the Blues, Clarke carried really hard all day, Rieko played very well, and BB threw some nice passes. In teh forwards, Akira was strong, and the loosies in general went well. Big props to GCT and Pat T, physical in the second row. Front row went pretty OK too - generally the whole forward pack was solid.
Chiefs challenged well, but didn't really ahve much creativity in teh backs or dominance in the forwards. DMac is a livewire, but seems to have lost a bit of something with the injury. It's a real pity as he was sensational pre-injury.
anyway, winning ugly is a win. We'll take it; the penalty for the maul still makes me shake my head, the random no calls at rucks and the 'off feet' just make it a hard game to watch. Bottom line is the Chiefs weren't good enough to win. Feels good to type that - I spent all of the last few years having to say teh Blues weren't good enough to win if the ref was whistling against them. Finally we're overcoming it, but making it really ahrd for ourselves.
Our defence was sensational. Anyhoo, two games to go, can't wait. Great comp.
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@Crucial I do see your point and it's a valid one but I'd be saying it if it were my team, I'd be filthy at other aspects of the performance over that call made at the end, and yes I acknowledge that it was a shocker, but it's not the sole reason why the Chiefs lost today.
@Yeetyaah you're a good poster, but we were not helped by the ref today, that's a rubbish statement by a fan that is hurt by losing 6 in a row (trust me I feel your pain, supporting the Blues is tough). A lot of penalties we conceded were on attack getting beaten to the punch at breakdown, or when we were in your half. Not that many were conceded in the danger zone.
