Super Rugby 2020
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@Gunner said in Super Rugby 2020:
I reckon I might nip off to the TAB tomorrow, from what I saw today that is very good money for the Blues!
Hmmm, short memory there?
I know things are a bit different, but I support the Blues and the Black caps and I have some issues with false dawns, new beginnings, etc.
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god i just realised there were 7 Rounds played before the world fell apart! i have absolutely no recollection of them. Chiefs had a decent start, so i am going to call Saturday an aberration
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Oh and plenty of whinging about all the "shit" refs. So it appears there isn't a half decent ref in NZ as a ref is always deemed not worthy by groups of people.
Our poor players having to deal with such substandard ineptitude. These games are clearly free of infringements yet that's not how they're being reffed.
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@Bones said in Super Rugby 2020:
Oh and plenty of whinging about all the "shit" refs. So it appears there isn't a half decent ref in NZ as a ref is always deemed not worthy by groups of people.
Our poor players having to deal with such substandard ineptitude. These games are clearly free of infringements yet that's not how they're being reffed.
Consistency in rulings is what you want. Uncertainty doesn't lead to a good game.
I don' t think the current group are terrible, but I don't think they are top drawer either. Great referees are hard to find these days, and the laws haven't helped for the last decade or so
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@nzzp said in Super Rugby 2020:
@Bones said in Super Rugby 2020:
Oh and plenty of whinging about all the "shit" refs. So it appears there isn't a half decent ref in NZ as a ref is always deemed not worthy by groups of people.
Our poor players having to deal with such substandard ineptitude. These games are clearly free of infringements yet that's not how they're being reffed.
Consistency in rulings is what you want. Uncertainty doesn't lead to a good game.
I don' t think the current group are terrible, but I don't think they are top drawer either. Great referees are hard to find these days, and the laws haven't helped for the last decade or so
The big problem I saw yesterday was the addition of 'relevance' to the rulings by Pickerell. One ruck players would be off their feet and nothing then the next one he would deem that it had a small impact so would whistle.
In the first week the new interpretations were strictly applied so at least players could adjust on a definite ruling. Once you add relevance it creates a grey area of risk and reward for your actions. -
The most worrying thing I've felt with the reffing is that it seems to happen in rolls and it seems to even up. The Chiefs were getting away with lots in the first half and the Blues were getting hammered and it seemed to reverse in the 2nd. (Someone will be along with the actual penalty stats to prove me wrong soon
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby 2020:
The most worrying thing I've felt with the reffing is that it seems to happen in rolls and it seems to even up. The Chiefs were getting away with lots in the first half and the Blues were getting hammered and it seemed to reverse in the 2nd. (Someone will be along with the actual penalty stats to prove me wrong soon
).Given that the refs are adjusting also it is entirely possible that claims by captains that the other side is doing the same thing and getting away with it register with them and they start looking for 'even ups'.
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@Nepia said in Super Rugby 2020:
The most worrying thing I've felt with the reffing is that it seems to happen in rolls and it seems to even up. The Chiefs were getting away with lots in the first half and the Blues were getting hammered and it seemed to reverse in the 2nd. (Someone will be along with the actual penalty stats to prove me wrong soon
).Very much the way it felt to me too. The Crusaders got hammered in the first half and then it all went their way in the second .
As @Crucial has just said it appears to been a case of "I can't end the game with a 25 to 5 penalty count."
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Can one of you take the time to see if the refs are favouring the attacking or defensive teams? I haven't felt a particular bias, but teams are certainly getting on a roll. One penalty seems to rapidly turn into three.
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2020:
Can one of you take the time to see if the refs are favouring the attacking or defensive teams? I haven't felt a particular bias, but teams are certainly getting on a roll. One penalty seems to rapidly turn into three.
I think it is more a case of the refs trying to 'educate' the teams on the new rulings. Ping them once then keep looking to see if they have got the message. So they are then looking harder at that team until it swings to the other side doing something.
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@antipodean said in Super Rugby 2020:
Can one of you take the time to see if the refs are favouring the attacking or defensive teams? I haven't felt a particular bias, but teams are certainly getting on a roll. One penalty seems to rapidly turn into three.
Actually against the attacking team is the way I perceived it. Loads for diving over, off feet, sealing off. Preventing the contest for the ball. The defenders don't actually need to do much but stand there and wait, hence my uncontested rucks comments.
I think that is what looks weird when the attacking team gets pinged the whole time.
It hasn't mattered so much because they will then lose the resulting lineout and the opposition will be the attacking team to give away the penalty - repeat.
