Chiefs v Highlanders

[Steven Harris]

@stargazer especially when you see the head start he gave Nareki

[taniwharugby]

both 10's look to be struggling

[Stargazer]

@taniwharugby Yeah, Josh Ioane very disappointing. I wonder who is going to be subbed off later. Him or Hunt? Hunt has been better.

[African Monkey]

@kiwimurph The Chiefs could have put the game to bed even by taking the 3 to start with.

[Winger]

Gatland doing his bit to help his former team out

[Stargazer]

That looked dangerous.

[Gunner]

That’s a card surely?

[Stargazer]

Ah Kuoi should have passed to Lowe ...

[Gunner]

How was that allowed to play on, without even a penalty. Goes against everything we’ve seen regarding a player in the air for the past few seasons...

[Stargazer]

@gunner Yes, although I think I heard him ask the TMO to have a look at it (not sure).

[Steven Harris]

Highlanders would have to be happy this scoreline going into halftime despite the 2 cards

[antipodean]

Can the players not hear the halftime siren over the crowd noise?

[KiwiMurph]

Smart play by Highlanders to work the sin bin clock down after the halftime hooter.

[taniwharugby]

@gunner wasnt it from a pass?

I really struggle if your player passes the ball so shittily and then you have to jump for it to see why that should earn a penalty, or worse, a card.

[Winger]

@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

Highlanders would have to be happy this scoreline going into halftime despite the 2 cards

Very happy. Chiefs easily the better team so team so far, Lowe looking super rugby level so far. Gatland. OK then bad

[Gunner]

@taniwharugby said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@gunner wasnt it from a pass?

I'm really struggle if your player passes the ball so shittily and then you have to jump for it to see why that should earn a penalty, or worse, a card.

Shouldn’t matter should it, the guy was well in the air, and the defender ran into him, causing the man in the air to flip dangerously?

I’d need to see it again.

[Steven Harris]

Crazy game ...once again we are seeing inconsistencies from the officials ..actually feel for the landers ,definitely have not had the run of the green ..officials need to lift their game ..if the powers at be want the players to lift their game then same goes for the officials

[Dice]

Finau has looked good so far.

[Bones]

@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

Crazy game ...once again we are seeing inconsistencies from the officials ..actually feel for the landers ,definitely have not had the run of the green ..officials need to lift their game ..if the powers at be want the players to lift their game then same goes for the officials

Yeah thought he seemed pretty eager to whip out the card for Ash's penalty, yet didn't even think about it down the other end. Chiefs had twice as much ball though.

[Crucial]

@steven-harris said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

Crazy game ...once again we are seeing inconsistencies from the officials ..actually feel for the landers ,definitely have not had the run of the green ..officials need to lift their game ..if the powers at be want the players to lift their game then same goes for the officials

He has been quite consistent in what he is pinging. Remember that you now have to be clearly onside if you don’t want to run the risk of being pinged. All of the Landers penalties in the red zone were clearly offside and Tompkinson was plain brainless.
Dixon was the result of continued ignoring the ref!