SF Chiefs v Brumbies
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@canefan said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Rugby can be exciting when they aren't playing force back and the ref isn't taking over
That for me is Rugby's biggest problem.
Which young person is ever going to pay to watch three middle-aged blokes have a lengthy conversion about some technicality between themselves while thirty athletes have a breather in the background?
World Rugby are insane if they don't realise that pompous "superstar refs" are killing their product.
@sparky said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@canefan said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Rugby can be exciting when they aren't playing force back and the ref isn't taking over
That for me is Rugby's biggest problem.
Which young person is ever going to pay to watch three middle-aged blokes have a lengthy conversion about some technicality between themselves while thirty athletes have a breather in the background?
World Rugby are insane if they don't realise that pompous "superstar refs" are killing their product.
Wayne Barnes writing a book tells you all you need to know about the state of the game.
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What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
The sport is a fucking joke. Its roulette now.
Cane got a red for that in the RWC final.
If they are really worried about the head, the tackled player should be sent for a HIA.
Are the players still wearing those interactive gum shields?
I havnt heard much chat on that front since ALB-gate.
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@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
The sport is a fucking joke. Its roulette now.
Cane got a red for that in the RWC final.
If they are really worried about the head, the tackled player should be sent for a HIA.
Are the players still wearing those interactive gum shields?
I havnt heard much chat on that front since ALB-gate.
@Jet said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
The sport is a fucking joke. Its roulette now.
Cane got a red for that in the RWC final.
If they are really worried about the head, the tackled player should be sent for a HIA.
Are the players still wearing those interactive gum shields?
I havnt heard much chat on that front since ALB-gate.
They have. Players were sent for HIAs based on the data during the match
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@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
Nah. Just got to get lower or pull out of it if you think the other tackler has him.
@ACT-Crusader said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
Nah. Just got to get lower or pull out of it if you think the other tackler has him.
I hear you......BUT.
Back in the olden days nobody got sent off. A lot of shit got missed or hand waved away but there was a level playing field and to a certain extent the game was self policed (from a thuggery perspective).
The level of pedantry from refs now, only opens them up to accusations of inconsistency and hypocrisy.
If Cane gets red, Kolisi has to get red. Etzebeth has to get red for leading with the elbow etc etc.
I dont mind making the head sacrosanct in principle. Of course the game should be safer.
But there should have been 4 or 5 blokes sent off in the RWC final in that case, not just one.
THATS the problem.
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@sparky said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@canefan said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Rugby can be exciting when they aren't playing force back and the ref isn't taking over
That for me is Rugby's biggest problem.
Which young person is ever going to pay to watch three middle-aged blokes have a lengthy conversion about some technicality between themselves while thirty athletes have a breather in the background?
World Rugby are insane if they don't realise that pompous "superstar refs" are killing their product.
Wayne Barnes writing a book tells you all you need to know about the state of the game.
@Jet said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Wayne Barnes writing a book tells you all you need to know about the state of the game.
Probably ghostwritten by an offsider.
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Ah Kuoi is a fascinating option for an AB jersey - but can he be a lock at that level? I don't think so.
As a 6 though, it is a shame he has had so few chances as he could be a real option - he was just everywhere today.
@gt12 for all the talk of the chiefs lineout being crap, he seems bloody good at getting up quick and a real danger on opposition throw.
Real nuggety player too, would be fascinating to see what he could do in a back five with Vaai, Barrett, Savea, Sititi/Sotutu.
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@Mr-Fish said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
What's Tupou supposed to do there? He's not tackling, he gets the player knocked into him. Not foul play.
The sport is a fucking joke. Its roulette now.
Cane got a red for that in the RWC final.
If they are really worried about the head, the tackled player should be sent for a HIA.
Are the players still wearing those interactive gum shields?
I havnt heard much chat on that front since ALB-gate.
@Jet
Cards are blight on the game
In most cases many of cards that are given out come back with some sort of mitigation which in many cases are accidental
But by then the damage is already with the numerical disadvantage
No wonder support for the game year by year is dwindling -
Ah Kuoi is a fascinating option for an AB jersey - but can he be a lock at that level? I don't think so.
As a 6 though, it is a shame he has had so few chances as he could be a real option - he was just everywhere today.
@gt12 said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Ah Kuoi is a fascinating option for an AB jersey - but can he be a lock at that level? I don't think so.
As a 6 though, it is a shame he has had so few chances as he could be a real option - he was just everywhere today.
Caleb Delany is the same. Too many players getting shunted into lock at Super level that have no chance at test level but have potential at 6. Something that might also happen to Haig and Stoddard unfortunately.
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@gt12 for all the talk of the chiefs lineout being crap, he seems bloody good at getting up quick and a real danger on opposition throw.
Real nuggety player too, would be fascinating to see what he could do in a back five with Vaai, Barrett, Savea, Sititi/Sotutu.
@Bones said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@gt12 for all the talk of the chiefs lineout being crap, he seems bloody good at getting up quick and a real danger on opposition throw.
Real nuggety player too, would be fascinating to see what he could do in a back five with Vaai, Barrett, Savea, Sititi/Sotutu.
Well it was crap last week and this week it was excellent.
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So I was watching this game with some non rugby fan mates, and explaining to them how the Brumbies are a good team but they rely on their pack in close to score points and sometimes their backs are an after thought - then they bloody go and score two tries out wide.
They were pretty impressed with DMacs try saving move (what do we call it? Is it a tackle?) but I think they were enjoying the whisky more than the game.
Anyway, good game by the Chiefs in the end to put them away. Makes the final worth watching now, I really don't think I would have bothered watching a Crusaders v Brumbies final.
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@Bones said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Such a shame we never got to see what you could do at test level Shaun.
Didn't we get 90 seconds of it?
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@Kruse that's what she said.
@taniwharugby said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@Kruse that's what she said.
She never even got the booming touch.
Finder.
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@ACT-Crusader said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Brumbies lineout has been poor.
And leniently ruled by Berry - a number of contested lineouts that should have been penalised he let play despite going to the outside shoulder.
@antipodean said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
@ACT-Crusader said in SF Chiefs v Brumbies:
Brumbies lineout has been poor.
And leniently ruled by Berry - a number of contested lineouts that should have been penalised he let play despite going to the outside shoulder.
On this, Murphy wasn't interested in calling some that were definitely not straight (in front of where I was sitting). It's interesting to hear what is said by the ARs, and often ignored by the ref.
