Premiership Semi-Final: Auckland v Waikato
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@KiwiMurph he favours on the defensive team over the ball, does not even give the tackle player time for a clear release ..to me this is his biggest weakness and also seems to pick and choose when players are cleaned out from the side ..
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@KiwiMurph said in Premiership Semi-Final: Auckland v Waikato:
Pickerall blows so many holding on penalties.
Usually the wrong decision too!
This game was closer than I thought it would be. Waikato defended well against the bigger outside backs. We've played all year with blindsides at lock and no real openside since Mitch was injured. Hopefully something to build on.
Well done Auckland.
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Auckland motm voting
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4333/auckland-motm-v-waikato-semi-final
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@KiwiMurph said in Premiership Semi-Final: Auckland v Waikato:
Did anyone else think Luke Jacobson was rather quiet?
He was on fire at no.8 until little brother got injured. I don't think Messam had had much impact in recent games, but you can't beat the experience he and Thomson provided.
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@KiwiMurph said in Premiership Semi-Final: Auckland v Waikato:
Did anyone else think Luke Jacobson was rather quiet?
He was on fire at no.8 until little brother got injured. I don't think Messam had had much impact in recent games, but you can't beat the experience he and Thomson provided.
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Auckland played like a team expecting to win by 20.
Good to win without getting out of second gear, but need way more intensity next week. If we click, we’ll be hard to beat.
Last five minutes were a tough watch, like playing spin the wheel waiting for which way the arm would go in the penalties.
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Auckland played like a team expecting to win by 20.
Good to win without getting out of second gear, but need way more intensity next week. If we click, we’ll be hard to beat.
Last five minutes were a tough watch, like playing spin the wheel waiting for which way the arm would go in the penalties.
@Kirwan said in Premiership Semi-Final: Auckland v Waikato:
Auckland played like a team expecting to win by 20.
Good to win without getting out of second gear, but need way more intensity next week. If we click, we’ll be hard to beat.
Last five minutes were a tough watch, like playing spin the wheel waiting for which way the arm would go in the penalties.
Just got back from the game. Everything seemed flat.
Auckland gifted some really easy points in the first half, the error rate was too high and the normally strong defence was inconsistent.
Is Gibson due back next week? It looked like they need a calm head out there. No need to attempt every offload and put the short kicking game away inside our own half
Pickerell should not be inflicted on a knockout match
The positives - 2 home finals in 3 years & Auckland can play a lot better than that.
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@KiwiMurph he favours on the defensive team over the ball, does not even give the tackle player time for a clear release ..to me this is his biggest weakness and also seems to pick and choose when players are cleaned out from the side ..
@Steven-Harris said in Premiership Semi-Final: Auckland v Waikato:
@KiwiMurph he favours on the defensive team over the ball, does not even give the tackle player time for a clear release ..to me this is his biggest weakness and also seems to pick and choose when players are cleaned out from the side ..
Well done to both sides and especially Auckland for holding on for the win.
That last penalty call was very poor. One, he did not give time for Waikato player to place the ball and two, the Auckland player was cleaned off his feet but didn’t take hands off the ball.
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@KiwiMurph said in Premiership Semi-Final: Auckland v Waikato:
Pickerall is always super quick on the breakdown penalty.
Consistent both ways but the problem is it means the games he refs are super stop start.
My problem with breakdown penalties, and this is not just him, is that often there will be at least one or two attackers cleaning out the guy going for the ball, and they still get the penalty anyway despite the fact it all happens in a split second. (Unless of course they changed that law since I last read the laws).
@Nepia said in Premiership Semi-Final: Auckland v Waikato:
@KiwiMurph said in Premiership Semi-Final: Auckland v Waikato:
Pickerall is always super quick on the breakdown penalty.
Consistent both ways but the problem is it means the games he refs are super stop start.
My problem with breakdown penalties, and this is not just him, is that often there will be at least one or two attackers cleaning out the guy going for the ball, and they still get the penalty anyway despite the fact it all happens in a split second. (Unless of course they changed that law since I last read the laws).
I don't see the problem with this. A tackled player has to release the ball straight away and cannot play it on the ground. If they are holding on, they should get blown against. The player with the ball should just release it and then there can be a fair contest for the ball. It is a lot easier for the jackler if the tackled player holds onto the ball. If the tackled player releases it, the jackler has to actually pick the ball up cleanly while the other team is trying to win it back.
