Highlanders v Brumbies
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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
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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.
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@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.
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@antipodean gotta play the ref, just like Sir McCaw
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@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.
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@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
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@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.
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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.
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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
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@mariner4life said in Highlanders v Brumbies:
Not sure it's whinge-worthy
But it's Pocock. The White Gandhi/ Mandela/ Obama
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@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.
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@tim said in Highlanders v Brumbies:
Anyone got a video of the cleanout of Pocock that the Brumbies are complaining about?
It happens at about the 43' 25'' mark (replayed around 44') in this video. You can hear the ref discussing it with the TMO after the replay. I think the Brumbies coach has a point, actually, because the ref didn't even talk to Dixon afterwards. He did absolutely nothing after talking to the TMO (who may or may not have given the wrong advice).
Dixon grabs Pocock around the neck, has him in an armlock and pulls him to the ground. The ref had already awarded a penalty for something else (playing the ball on the ground), so no sanction whatsoever. Pocock questions the ref about it and the ref says "I'm not happy with it, but it's a penalty, you know what I mean?". You can also hear O'Keeffe asking the TMO who the player was and the answer, Elliott Dixon (whose body language speaks volumes, by the way. He clearly knew he had done something wrong).
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Yeah that's worth a penalty - you can see Dixon goes past Pocock and has an arm over his shoulder to pull him away from the ruck. That ends up with leveraging on the head and Pocock falls awkwardly which could result in a nasty or career ending injury. World Rugby should be stamping that out. If it was a tackle it would be a YC surely?
Still, if he didn't enter from the side he wouldn't have been in a position to get injured...
