Chiefs v Highlanders

[ploughboy]

@Kiwiwomble pity one long phase isnt in the rule book.

[Kiwiwomble]

@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Kiwiwomble pity one long phase isnt in the rule book.

Not arguing, just what I thought I heard the ref say and I don’t know the letter of the law with that stuff

[Bones]

@Kiwiwomble said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Bones that’s fair, I’d be happy for collins to swap in for a bit

Off today's showing, definitely. His decision making and execution was sublime once he had less time....

Going off selection so far though I'm inclined to think we'll see McKay to 12 and Tomkinson shuffled out one.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Bones said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Kiwiwomble said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Bones that’s fair, I’d be happy for collins to swap in for a bit

Off today's showing, definitely. His decision making and execution was sublime once he had less time....

Going off selection so far though I'm inclined to think we'll see McKay to 12 and Tomkinson shuffled out one.

I could see that, I like what McKay did with space though

[Bones]

@Kiwiwomble said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

I like what McKay did with space though

Prexactly. He must be stopped.

[Duluth]

[Bones]

Just watched the first half again. Frizzel's workrate absolutely through the roof and a lot of really good involvements.

DHunt with some excellent tidy up work.

Them, Smith and Dixon probably saved us a few blushes in the first half.

[Yeetyaah]

Alright fuck I've chilled out a bit. So here my 2 cents.

Good:
Slater was incredible, needs to be starting every game.
Cane was great, apart from his card.
Mckenzie was good, didn't do anything overly stupid.
ALB looked great even at 13.

Bad:
All of the replacement forwards.
Warren Gatland.

Extra:
Aaron Smith was incredible.
The McKenzie try should have been allowed.

Extremely disappointed in the Chiefs for losing that as it looked great, but hats off to the Highlanders for playing with that much heart.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Yeetyaah You just mean it should have been allowed because they shouldn’t have looked back that far ?

[Bones]

That was a weird moment (highlighted by Marshall) when Laulala was allowed to get away with stopping Smith immediately after he took a quick tap.

[Yeetyaah]

@Kiwiwomble the call was offside even though the ball was ruled knocked back.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Kiwiwomble the call was offside even though the ball was ruled knocked back.

Yeah, I know the call, I was just trying to see why you thought the try should have stood?

[Yeetyaah]

@Kiwiwomble wasn't offside

[Crucial]

@Kiwiwomble said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Yeetyaah You just mean it should have been allowed because they shouldn’t have looked back that far ?

I haven’t seen that more than the live feed. Did anyone check whether going back actually was within protocol?
No excuses for blowing a lead though.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Bones said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

That was a weird moment (highlighted by Marshall) when Laulala was allowed to get away with stopping Smith immediately after he took a quick tap.

Other refs might have called that deliberate foul play, delaying the quick tap

[Kiwiwomble]

@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Kiwiwomble wasn't offside

How so? It came off his knee and kit someone in front of him

[ACT Crusader]

@Yeetyaah Boshier not good?

[ploughboy]

@Crucial found this online RWC explaining the rules
fromThe scoring of a try, whether the grounding of the ball or the build-up to the try. Any infringement within the two phases prior to a try would render it illegal.

[Kiwiwomble]

Some say he shouldn’t have looked that far back, I say he should have missed it to start with, seems even to me

[Bones]

So there were two breakdowns after the breakdown created by the offside play. Who knows if that's within protocol?