SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders

[No Quarter]

How did they miss that forward pass lol

[Damo]

@toddy said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

Decent forward pass in there

Mile forward. Highlanders should have just conceded the try and come back.

[Anonymous]

@gt12 said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@bones said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@gunner said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

I’m behind the play, but I’m unsure how Dixon’s tackle is only yellow.

No malice he says, but most red cards we see these days have no malice, so it’s irrelevant.

Just wait until you see a red mitigated to a penalty

I cannot believe that we started at red when a guy literally tripped over, versus yellow for a tackle where a guy aimed with force to hit the key playmaker of the opposite team in the head with his shoulder.

To be fair, the shoulder to head did start at red, they just wrongly mitigated it down to yellow saying it wasn't directly to the head.

[gt12]

That’s a mile forward, lovely but a mile forward.

[Toddy]

@kiwimurph said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

Lovely from the Ioane brothers

Looked like an NFL play that may have practised in the backyard

[antipodean]

@bones said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

Blues halves and their option taking leaves a lot to be desired.

By 'a lot' you mean everything?

[Tim]

Degroot must be close to a professional foul.

[Siam]

Could've sworn i saw a penalty reversed back to a scrum because of a knock on a week or two ago...

[African Monkey]

Was a mile forward and were lucky to get 3 there, but lets be honest, Ash Dixon should have seen red for what he did.

[ACT Crusader]

@african-monkey said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

Was a mile forward and were lucky to get 3 there, but lets be honest, Ash Dixon should have seen red for what he did.

And Heem yellow?

[Machpants]

@act-crusader said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@african-monkey said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

Was a mile forward and were lucky to get 3 there, but lets be honest, Ash Dixon should have seen red for what he did.

And Heem yellow?

For falling over? Not even a penalty

Tight game, enjoying it at the club

[African Monkey]

@act-crusader Nah pretty hard to give that one yellow when Nareki's contact forced the slip imo.

If it got given yellow however, I could see the reasoning behind it but penalty only fair call imo.

[broughie]

Putting aside our allegiances and whether or not there should have be yellows or red cards, isn’t it good to have a full compliment of players on the field for the sake of the game.

[Anonymous]

@machpants said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@act-crusader said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@african-monkey said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

Was a mile forward and were lucky to get 3 there, but lets be honest, Ash Dixon should have seen red for what he did.

And Heem yellow?

For falling over? Not even a penalty

Tight game, enjoying it at the club

He made himself fall over by trying to shove Nareki out of the way

[Tim]

Blues have to commit a forward to the back of many rucks, as Christie is late to the ruck.

[Bones]

Game still over. Highlanders endeavour just isn't gonna overcome blues power. Especially with these mistakes and poor decisions by leaders.

One thing I've noticed about Parkinson which must count heavily (geddit) against him...his concrete boots look even heavier than the ones Papalii used to wear.

Nareki playing his way out of AB selection musings.

[Stargazer]

@anonymous said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@gt12 said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@bones said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@gunner said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

I’m behind the play, but I’m unsure how Dixon’s tackle is only yellow.

No malice he says, but most red cards we see these days have no malice, so it’s irrelevant.

Just wait until you see a red mitigated to a penalty

I cannot believe that we started at red when a guy literally tripped over, versus yellow for a tackle where a guy aimed with force to hit the key playmaker of the opposite team in the head with his shoulder.

To be fair, the shoulder to head did start at red, they just wrongly mitigated it down to yellow saying it wasn't directly to the head.

If it wasn't direct contact to the head, the starting point isn't red, but yellow.

[Gunner]

@bones said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@gunner said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

I’m behind the play, but I’m unsure how Dixon’s tackle is only yellow.

No malice he says, but most red cards we see these days have no malice, so it’s irrelevant.

Just wait until you see a red mitigated to a penalty

Refs got the Heem call correct.

Clearly the impact with Nareki caused Heem to fall into that one. To card someone for a complete accident would be setting a fucking awful precedent.

[broughie]

@tim everything is slow from the rucks, lineouts etc which allows the Highlanders to get back into position. Imagine Aaron Smith behind the Blues.

[Bones]

@african-monkey said in SR T-T FINAL: Blues v Highlanders:

@act-crusader Nah pretty hard to give that one yellow when Nareki's contact forced the slip imo.

If it got given yellow however, I could see the reasoning behind it but penalty only fair call imo.

But it was Heem's contact that forced the slip....hence Nareki getting bumped off away from the contact...