Crusaders vs Sharks

[taniwharugby]

I still hate Pickerell from when he made his M10 Cup debut reffing a shocker when Northland was playing..

[Canes4life]

Big boost for the Sharks there. They will be well fired up now.

[Rebound]

Jesus Christ how the fuck was the maul on the line not a penalty when earlier in the half the ref gave a penalty for the exact same situation, even less clear cut collapse

[Machpants]

Have the canes tight forwards snuck into the saders team?

[Dice]

That's like the 3rd time Taylor has lost the ball.

Sharks D has been immense.

[Stag]

The Crusaders are well off but the standard of reffing is absolutely appalling. The NZ refs just seem to be getting worse year on year

[Chris B.]

Crusaders need to find some continuity - and quite quickly. Other than the rusty Romano, there's not a lot of cavalry on the bench.

[Steven Harris]

@taniwharugby anybody who saw Pickeralls first class debut Northland v Southland a few years back is probably still shaking their heads he went to the TMO several times to check on foul play, only one report was upheld by the TMO..
The game started at 7.35pm and finished at 9.35pm..
The guy is a fucking idiot who has no feel for the game..my coms may seem harsh, as I have said, I have never seen a game that he has ever officiated flow..stop start nature definitely suiting the visitors..

[KiwiMurph]

Sharks aren't the team you want to get in arm wrestle with.

Suspect the second half will be different.

[Stargazer]

The radio commentators - incl Corey Flynn - are not happy with refereeing either. Illegal things by Sharks players in the scrum (taking a step back before pushing) is one example they mentioned.

Several penalties against Saders not justified either.

[nzzp]

@KiwiMurph said in Crusaders vs Sharks:

Sharks aren't the team you want to get in arm wrestle with.

They played bloody well against the Blues earlier in the year. Really really physical, hard runners - can be tough to beat when they are in that mood

[Canes4life]

@Machpants Nope just missing Whitelock and Franks who make them look good.

[Chris]

@Canes4life we will see 40 min left

[Stargazer]

Also, what was noticeable, was that the Crusaders got more breaks once Bridge moved to fullback.

[Canes4life]

@Chris seriously though, Crusaders are a different beast when Franks is there. Scrum domination goes up 50%.

[Gunner]

40 minutes to go I know but I was fucking close to picking The Crusaders for most points this week...

[KiwiMurph]

@Stargazer said in Crusaders vs Sharks:

The radio commentators - incl Corey Flynn - are not happy with refereeing either. Illegal things by Sharks players in the scrum (taking a step back before pushing) is one example they mentioned.

Several penalties against Saders not justified either.

John Smit probably thinks the ref is doing a great job.

[Canes4life]

@KiwiMurph Just losing the battle. Simple.

[Gunner]

Im no scrummaging expert but both those front rows looked to go down at the same time to me.

Yet another interesting call, but 90% of scrum penalties are I suppose.

[taniwharugby]

Crusaders looking more likely of scoring tries, but just not doing it