Blues v Chiefs

Bones

@nzzp yeah it was clear as daylight and actually a really good call.

Bones

The Chiefs should've gone to a setpiece with Plummer in the bin, instead Cane calls for a tap.

He made it pretty clear he didn't trust his tight forwards eh.

sparky

Both Slater and Eklund played well. Both look set to play a lot of games for their franchises and must bge on the AB selectors radars.

Crucial

@Dice said in Blues v Chiefs:

The Chiefs should've gone to a setpiece with Plummer in the bin, instead Cane calls for a tap.

Centre field 10 metres out is a hard kick for touch. Lots of risk. Scrum was possibly a lottery so they tried to take the ref out of the game. He found another way in.
I have no issue with the tap.

Bones

@sparky with Coles and to a lesser extent Taylor getting on it's good to see. Not so good to see Taukeiaho and Makalio dropping off though.

Crucial

Just one more from me about Baby face Pickerell ( decides that makes him sound like the criminal he is)

I expect to not see him officiate next week. If he gets another game then the ref assessors should be sacked. Big screwups two weeks in a row should mean go to jail, do not pass go!

nzzp

@Crucial he had two senior refs on the sdieslines too, trying to help.

Bones

@Crucial said in Blues v Chiefs:

Just one more from me about Baby face Pickerell ( decides that makes him sound like the criminal he is)

I expect to not see him officiate next week. If he gets another game then the ref assessors should be sacked. Big screwups two weeks in a row should mean go to jail, do not pass go!

Weber looks nervously over his shoulder

Bovidae

@Crucial said in Blues v Chiefs:

Just one more from me about Baby face Pickerell ( decides that makes him sound like the criminal he is)

I expect to not see him officiate next week. If he gets another game then the ref assessors should be sacked. Big screwups two weeks in a row should mean go to jail, do not pass go!

I think we can all agree that the NZ refs are crap. Williams the best of a very average group.

You reckon the Sky producer was a Blues fan too? Interesting what replays weren't shown.

Bovidae

The Chiefs scrum went to shit when Thomson went into lock. I think there was an opportunity to go right at the end. Only a try was needed.

antipodean

@Crucial said in Blues v Chiefs:

I expect to not see him officiate next week. If he gets another game then the ref assessors should be sacked.

Remind me who is the referee manager these days?

nzzp

@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:

You reckon the Sky producer was a Blues fan too? Interesting what replays weren't shown.

There's basically no replays this season. Irritating for anoraks, but good for the game I think- not poring over every call and lambasting the ref

Bovidae

@nzzp There are more replays on TV than at the ground.

I'm fucked off NZR haven't activated Sports Ears for SRA because I like to know what the penalties are for and to hear the communication between the ref and ARs.

Nepia

@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:

There are more replays on TV than at the ground.

Are there? The lack of replays in rugby coverage is one of the biggest first world bugbears for me at the moment.

Tim

@Nepia And when are going to get 50 or 60 frames per second coverage!

Mokey

@Bovidae I will continue to be bewildered how a 38yo lock from well out of the franchise and whose best years are way, waaaaaaay behind him, got a Chiefs contract.

Nepia

@Tim said in Blues v Chiefs:

@Nepia And when are going to get 50 or 60 frames per second coverage!

That would be nice. Although, for 2 weekends I was watching rugby at 720p because Kayo reset itself to "HD", I saw the setting and just assumed HD would include 1080p, but nope, you have to set "auto" to get 1080.

trodthesod

The Blues are no longer the easy beats of the NZ franchises.
They have developed a close team comradeship that puts the defence of their line a top priority.They fight for each other,and results are forthcoming.No way are they the complete deal yet ,but boy do they fight.,and from time to time thrill us with class tries.Enjoy it Blues fans,I am.

Bovidae

@Nepia said in Blues v Chiefs:

@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:

There are more replays on TV than at the ground.

Are there? The lack of replays in rugby coverage is one of the biggest first world bugbears for me at the moment.

Yes. The big screens are used for entertainment purposes as much as replays at the ground, at least in SRA at the moment. Maybe it's all part of cost-cutting by Sky and NZR, although the former flies a dozen "experts" to games each week.

Nepia

@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:

@Nepia said in Blues v Chiefs:

@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:

There are more replays on TV than at the ground.

Are there? The lack of replays in rugby coverage is one of the biggest first world bugbears for me at the moment.

Yes. The big screens are used for entertainment purposes as much as replays at the ground, at least in SRA at the moment. Maybe it's all part of cost-cutting by Sky and NZR, although the former flies a dozen "experts" to games each week.

I think my point is there's barely any replays now on the TV coverage, so that would basically equate to none ever at the ground.

The Silver Fern

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