Highlanders v Brumbies

[Bones]

So I'm guessing after seeing that, it doesn't matter what side you come from.

[antipodean]

@bones said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

So I'm guessing after seeing that, it doesn't matter what side you come from.

Straight in from the side.

[Winger]

Pocock doesn't even understand the rules that he plays under. Maybe this partly explains why Aussie rugby is so poor at present. He has been a past captain and assume he is full time yet doesn't take the time to understand the rugby laws

[Machpants]

Yeah he's very clever, his hands are going in before his feet are at the gate. But his feet are in the right position a second later so he's getting away with it. Class, clever player (apart from figuring subs) working to the limit of the ref's interpretations.

[antipodean]

@machpants said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

Yeah he's very clever, his hands are going in before his feet are at the gate.

Everyone knows it but these clowns with the whistle.

[Stargazer]

Nail in the coffin. Well done Landers!

[Bones]

Two rats scrapping over a piece of cheese. Nice merhts.

Beeeeaaauuutiful lads. Back in the winning circle.

[Machpants]

@antipodean gotta play the ref, just like Sir McCaw

[Damo]

Happy to score at the end, but geeze, if a team is up by exactly 3 tries after the siren goes they should kick it out immediately.

[antipodean]

@machpants said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

@antipodean gotta play the ref, just like Sir McCaw

I'm not complaining about the player. I'm complaining the refs are poor.

[Machpants]

@machpants said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

@antipodean gotta play the ref, just like Sir McCaw

He's still hassling the ref right now in the background lol

[Winger]

What a disappointment Aust rugby is now. Their decline is a concern. I believe they can only support three teams (not 4 and certainly not 5) but I wonder now if they even have enough players for three teams.

[ACT Crusader]

@hydro11 said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

How good has Hammington been?

His vision was excellent. Nice speed to the breakdown and good delivery.

Brumbies were rudderless in attack. Their 9/10 combination are inexperienced and pretty lacklustre.

[Milk]

I notice it was Willie Lose as the main commentator. Not sure if I've ever heard an ex pro player calling the play by play. Actually maybe I recall Steven Bates calling a pre season game, but nothing at this level. I couldn't stand Lose on Radio Sport, but I thought he did a fine job of calling the game, once I got passed my bias.

[Bones]

@milk it's funny I had exactly the same thought about Lose in this game. I quite enjoyed his commentary this game having previously hated his radio sport and disliking his Sevens commentary. I really didn't expect to.

[Tim]

Anyone got a video of the cleanout of Pocock that the Brumbies are complaining about?

[mariner4life]

I've seen it. It's not too bad, Dixon definitely has a hold of his head. But a couple of years ago no one would have thought twice about it. Not sure it's whinge-worthy

[antipodean]

@mariner4life said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

Not sure it's whinge-worthy

But it's Pocock. The White Gandhi/ Mandela/ Obama

[mariner4life]

@antipodean said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

@mariner4life said in Highlanders v Brumbies:

Not sure it's whinge-worthy

But it's Pocock. The White Gandhi/ Mandela/ Obama

fair point.

[Machpants]

When they were going through the period of head rolls auto penalty, it would have been a yellow or at least a penalty. Now the latest thing is tackle height so the refs ignore a ton of neck rolls every game