Waikato v Counties

[Yeetyaah]

Smith might be seeing yellow for that one

[Yeetyaah]

Oh no, accidental kiss

[Crucial]

Should have been a red!

[Duluth]

That should’ve been a pen try against Meesam

[Crucial]

Pickerell

[Steven Harris]

Your missing what could have been potentially a good game Mr Pickerall..!

[Yeetyaah]

Waikato slightly better in this half but Counties mainly terrible.

[Steven Harris]

@Yeetyaah not enough respect for the ball when they have had it ..all their back 3 trying to offload in contact .

[Yeetyaah]

Great try from Tupaea

[Yeetyaah]

Lmao he's offside

[Yeetyaah]

Okay lmao what is Pickerill smoking

[Crucial]

Would have been a very different game if Waikato didn’t have a 10.
How is a careless head contact that removes someone from the game not red? Not even looked at either. Baffled.

[Squirrel]

What a scrappy ugly game

[Crucial]

@Squirrel said in Waikato v Counties:

What a scrappy ugly game

Pickerell

[ARHS]

Disappointing spectacle with both teams adopting a confrontational forward based approach. I do feel the ref should be more decisive in providing a better spectacle. Stop the clock when allowed. Whistle things earlier.

[Yeetyaah]

@Crucial you talking about the Smith kiss?

[Crucial]

@Yeetyaah said in Waikato v Counties:

@Crucial you talking about the Smith kiss?

Yeah. The directive about head contact specifically talks about the tackler going in too upright to avoid those head clashes. Smith’s responsibility to execute without danger. He makes direct contact to the head and causes a head injury

[Yeetyaah]

@Crucial nah that was accidental. They both copped it.

[Crucial]

@Yeetyaah said in Waikato v Counties:

@Crucial nah that was accidental. They both copped it.

That means nothing. Just because your carelessness injures you as well as someone else doesn’t mean that you weren’t careless.
As explained, the directive specifically takes upright tackling into account because of the risk.
I could accept if they looked at it and decided yellow but the refs seemed to think like you that Smith’s punishment was having a cut.
A card and possible PT (take the offending action away)

[Yeetyaah]

@Crucial he didn't hit him high. It was an upright tackle. He gave him a hug, not illegal. They clashed heads, it was accidental.