Waratahs v Chiefs

cgrant

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Very first ruck Cane had a forearm rubbed over his face. Lots of sly stuff aimed in the rucks and was obviously a tactic used by the Tahs to unsettle the Chiefs or try and distract them.
Tamanivalu especially spent a while chasing people for revenge and looking like he was ruck chasing to get an opportunity rather than sticking to pattern.
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 Yes, that was deliberate, of course. Palu should have been yellow carded far earlier.

antipodean

Unsurprisingly I don't have an issue with the niggle as long as it's not well off the ball or dirty (squirrel gripping, fish hooking etc.). It's about asserting yourself. It was an obvious ploy that worked. It may also have been unnecessary given how we won the collisions and made good yardage around the ruck.
 
It's not tiddlywinks. All teams do it at some point and predominately because it works. The secret is to be patient in metering out your revenge. If the opportunity doesn't come, concentrate on getting the points which frustrates teams into more niggle.

taniwharugby

winning the game is the ultimate revenge

cgrant

These tactics functionned very well for the Tahs as the Chiefs looked stunned. Clearly, they did not know how to answer. They simply capitulated, especially up front where they did not showed the necessary grunt in the collision areas.

No Quarter

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="antipodean" data-cid="584022" data-time="1464588921">Unsurprisingly I don't have an issue with the niggle as long as it's not well off the ball or dirty (squirrel gripping, fish hooking etc.). It's about asserting yourself. It was an obvious ploy that worked. It may also have been unnecessary given how we won the collisions and made good yardage around the ruck. 
It's not tiddlywinks. All teams do it at some point and predominately because it works. The secret is to be patient in metering out your revenge. If the opportunity doesn't come, concentrate on getting the points which frustrates teams into more niggle.</blockquote>
Agree, but try telling that to the Janguares after the weekend!

Nepia

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Unsurprisingly I don't have an issue with the niggle as long as it's not well off the ball or dirty (squirrel gripping, fish hooking etc.). It's about asserting yourself. It was an obvious ploy that worked. It may also have been unnecessary given how we won the collisions and made good yardage around the ruck.
 
It's not tiddlywinks. All teams do it at some point and predominately because it works. The secret is to be patient in metering out your revenge. If the opportunity doesn't come, concentrate on getting the points which frustrates teams into more niggle.
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Yep, I'm sure you wouldn't have an issue with the niggle if it was Ben T leading the charge for the Chiefs ;)
 
Incidentally, I didn't even realise you were a Tahs fan until the lead up to this game. WTF! 
 
But, the Tahs tactics worked on the night so who are we to argue, if you can get away with it, and right in front of the nose of the officials then you may as well keep doing it. Home advantage working for you.

Crucial

Yeah, my post was an observation, not a complaint.
 
It was a deliberate tactic though, one they used on the Crusaders last year as well. The game where Whitelock was upended.

Bones

Yeah I'd find it a bit rich if Chiefs fans were complaining about it.

mariner4life

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Yeah I'd find it a bit rich if <strike>Chiefs</strike> rugby fans were complaining about it.
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Bones

Bold and strikeout doesn't show on Tapatalk, so it looks like all you did was add the word rugby.

The Silver Fern

Waratahs v Chiefs