Blues v Highlanders

Bones

I'm becoming increasingly convinced we should do away with TMOs completely. The decisions are no less controversial, we just end up wasting a lot of time in getting to the poor decisions.

Sold. This weekend is a fantastic advertisement for that.

Nepia

Dickson can feel hard done by compared with Renton.

Machpants

Ruru is a bad actor

Gunner

@nepia said in Blues v Highlanders:

Dickson can feel hard done by compared with Renton.

Yea I don’t think that was worthy of a card.
Looked like Dickson was standing his ground and Clarke jumped into him?

Bones

@kiwimurph said in Blues v Highlanders:

Weak penalty by Dickson. What are you doing mate.

Up against it enough without Tomkinson being our poster boy for discipline.

taniwharugby

penalty was about 3m behind the halfway line, Black was a good 2m past the halfway line when he kicked it

Machpants

@gunner said in Blues v Highlanders:

@nepia said in Blues v Highlanders:

Dickson can feel hard done by compared with Renton.

Yea I don’t think that was worthy of a card.
Looked like Dickson was standing his ground and Clarke jumped into him?

Doesn't matter if you take someone out in the air. Standing ground only works for runners

Tim

That TMO forward pass call was like the shocker the Crusaders copped in South Africa a couple of years ago. Ennor pass, IIRC.

Steven Harris

Never thought I would ever say this , but it’s conceivable that Brumbies v Reds game will be the game of the weekend in Super .

Bones

Fitting end to the half.

Coltman, you should be pretty ashamed of your lineouts, you're supposed to be AB level.

Gunner

Highlanders are bloody lucky to be only behind by 14.

Blues have wasted a lot of opportunities.

KiwiMurph

@steven-harris well it is their two best teams.

Bones

@tim said in Blues v Highlanders:

That TMO forward pass call was like the shocker the Crusaders copped in South Africa a couple of years ago. Ennor pass, IIRC.

We'll take it in exchange for Rieko being penalised for getting up after being tackled for the first try

Tim

@bones Clearly not held.

African Monkey

We should be miles ahead. Hope the Highlanders don't take confidence out of going in only 14 behind.

Bovidae

Williams has been consistent as a TMO this weekend, consistently wrong.

Tim

@african-monkey Yeah, frustrating to watch us have such dominance but not nail it.

Bones

@tim said in Blues v Highlanders:

@bones Clearly not held.

Yeah, tackler must release the player on the ground. Holding onto the tackled player is a penalty...

Machpants

@tim said in Blues v Highlanders:

@african-monkey Yeah, frustrating to watch us have such dominance but not nail it.

At least you're not a canes, Landers, or chiefs fan, frustrating cos they're so shit to only dream of average, let alone dominance!

Tim

@bones Never brought him to ground. Fell off the tackle. Keep clutching ...

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