Highlanders v Crusaders

ACT Crusader

Interesting. Did that offside penalty come from a crusaders player accidentally kicking it into a player in front and then clearing out? Seemed pretty suspect.

I think it was Landers 7 standing offside at the ruck and then making a tackle. Was very marginal I thought.

Bones

@ACT-Crusader said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

Interesting. Did that offside penalty come from a crusaders player accidentally kicking it into a player in front and then clearing out? Seemed pretty suspect.

I think it was Landers 7 standing offside at the ruck and then making a tackle. Was very marginal I thought.

Yeah that's what I mean - that ruck was caused by a crusaders offside player.

ACT Crusader

@Bones I think he was already offside before the “off the boot call”

Tim

Lienert-Brown is pretty sus in the scrum.

Kiwiwomble

I just don’t get why penalties are given when one scrum just demolished another, that just penalising someone for not being strong enough, they can’t change that

KiwiMurph

@Tim said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

Lienert-Brown is pretty sus in the scrum.

His back looks tweaked. He should be subbed.

taniwharugby

@Kiwiwomble yeah I've never been a fan of when teams play for a card and PT due to a inferior scrum

KiwiMurph

Crusaders finally have a left winger with some actual punch.

ACT Crusader

Geez we almost fluffed that badly.

Bones

Fainganuku gets up and goes again without releasing after being brought down in a tackle. Guess we're just going back to how it was then eh.

gt12

@KiwiMurph

Greedy fucker though

taniwharugby

@ACT-Crusader was thinking they made bloody hard work of what appeared to be a try all day

KiwiMurph

@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

Fainganuku gets up and goes again without releasing after being brought down in a tackle. Guess we're just going back to how it was then eh.

He wasn't tackled

kiwiinmelb

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I just don’t get why penalties are given when one scrum just demolished another, that just penalising someone for not being strong enough, that can’t change that

Out of interest, what do you want them to rule when the scrum gets messy because one scrum is inferior ,

I don’t think they have an option

ACT Crusader

@taniwharugby said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@ACT-Crusader was thinking they made bloody hard work of what appeared to be a try all day

A lack of communication between Havili and Goodhue.

gt12

Great.

Another lock injured.

Bones

@KiwiMurph said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@Bones said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

Fainganuku gets up and goes again without releasing after being brought down in a tackle. Guess we're just going back to how it was then eh.

He wasn't tackled

Oh he fell over. Under the force of someone else, from the opposition. Went to ground in a non tackle. Ok then...

Kiwiwomble

@kiwiinmelb said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I just don’t get why penalties are given when one scrum just demolished another, that just penalising someone for not being strong enough, that can’t change that

Out of interest, what do you want them to rule when the scrum gets messy because one scrum is inferior ,

I don’t think they have an option

Free kick, team that won the ball gets the ball

Kiwiwomble

@gt12 said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

Great.

Another lock injured.

Holding the middle of his calf, broken?

kiwiinmelb

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@kiwiinmelb said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Crusaders:

I just don’t get why penalties are given when one scrum just demolished another, that just penalising someone for not being strong enough, that can’t change that

Out of interest, what do you want them to rule when the scrum gets messy because one scrum is inferior ,

I don’t think they have an option

Free kick, team that won the ball gets the ball

Ok fair enough

The Silver Fern

Highlanders v Crusaders