Chiefs vs Moana Pasifika

[Machpants]

@bones said in Chiefs vs Moana Pasifika:

ENS goes for razzle dazzle over a simple pop, gets lucky.

Jeff Wilson agrees

[Bones]

Thought the pass from Nankivell to Jacobson was forward too.

[Machpants]

Penalty only, carry on

[Machpants]

FFS

[Duluth]

Start at a red, mitigating for the dip, yellow card imo

[antipodean]

Like last night's - only difference is the amount the player has dropped. Easy yellow card.

[Bones]

Bah. Should be pen only but oh well that's on Apoua for creating the YC opportunity.

[Stargazer]

@duluth Yep, I agree. The right outcome, just. Not even obvious first contact was with the head.

[Machpants]

@machpants said in Chiefs vs Moana Pasifika:

FFS

Not direct to head, shoulder first, and the mitigation was other MP player just tackled him mid drift, causing him to fold and head goes low last micro second. That's not even following the protocol, indirect contact, mitigation, means penalty only

[Crazy Horse]

I don't think we should be privy to the discussion between the officials in situations like we just saw. It discourages proper discussion and lessons the likelihood of someone speaking up if they think an error is being made.

[Bones]

@crazy-horse said in Chiefs vs Moana Pasifika:

I don't think we should be privy to the discussion between the officials in situations like we just saw. It discourages proper discussion and lessons the likelihood of someone speaking up if they think an error is being made.

Not sure what you mean?

[Stargazer]

https://twitter.com/SuperRugby/status/1515206080217124865

[Bones]

As a smokey for the ABs, I'd like to see Nankivell in the environment - better utility value than Tupaea and a gazillion times better in the midfield than Ennor.

[Bones]

Nankivell is shit

[Crazy Horse]

@bones said in Chiefs vs Moana Pasifika:

@crazy-horse said in Chiefs vs Moana Pasifika:

I don't think we should be privy to the discussion between the officials in situations like we just saw. It discourages proper discussion and lessons the likelihood of someone speaking up if they think an error is being made.

Not sure what you mean?

I luken it to my work. We are expected to use our BWC all the time, but when it comes to discussing how we are going to deal with a certain situation the cameras are turned off so we can discuss things honestly and without the risk of what we say coming back to bite us in the bum. We can openly disagree with each other. It's the same with the TMO. Sometimes I get the feeling they agree with each other so they appear on the same page. With what we just saw I thought the TMO hinted that he disagreed with the ref when the ref said shoulder to shoulder then head. The TMO made a point of re-showing him another angle after that.

[Stargazer]

@crazy-horse I had that impression, too, but I agree with the ref that it wasn't more than a yellow.

[Bones]

@crazy-horse ahhh I get it now, makes sense. I thought you meant on here!

Thing is though, it will just come out during the week which is probably worse.

[Stargazer]

Hadn't realised that Visinia was on the bench. Not named in the official line-up. I probably missed the commentators mentioning the change.

[Tim]

@stargazer BTW, his younger brother is playing club rugby for a North Harbour club this season.

[Stargazer]

@tim Yeah, I know. So is another Magpie brother, Antonio Mikaele-Tu'u.