Premiership Final - Auckland v Tasman (Free entry)

[Donsteppa]

@Yeetyaah said in Premiership Final - Auckland v Ta$man (Free entry):

Lmao Christie, cheeky bugger.

Yep, he'd have survived about two minutes in the era of Richard Loe, but he is good at it

[Siam]

Fitting that a poor refereeing decision finishes the game

[Bovidae]

That penalty was a fair call. I thought Stone was going to ignore it.

I enjoyed that game as a neutral.

I noticed Nick Smith in the crowd, but why dressed so formally. piston wristed gibbon

[akan004]

Not sure why they didn't go for the posts with 6 to go. Zarn has the distance and there would have been plenty of time left even if he had missed.

[taniwharugby]

@akan004 just like Havili did, and then got the winning penalty minutes later.

[Hooroo]

Well done Ta$man. Excellent win for NZ rugby.

[Bovidae]

@antipodean said in Premiership Final - Auckland v Ta$man (Free entry):

FFS Hickey you are shit.

He ain't no Gatland.

[Dice]

Congrats Ta$man and @Chris-B . Probably would've won by more if Christie's service wasn't so slow.

[nzzp]

Auckland created enough in the last 10, but couldn't execute.

Well played Ta$man - did just enough to win, understood the ref better. Auckland kept conceding stupid penalties -- the story of our season it feels.

Still, a decent season all told. Should grow from here. I reckon with TJ Faiane we would have won that one... really telling injury.

[voodoo]

I thought the penalty was fine. He was on the ball for a bit and there was clear holding on for a bit . Definitely 50/50, but if it had happened in the 3rd minute then nobody would think twice.

[Anonymous]

@voodoo said in Premiership Final - Auckland v Ta$man (Free entry):

I thought the penalty was fine. He was on the ball for a bit and there was clear holding on for a bit . Definitely 50/50, but if it had happening the 3rd minute then nobody would think twice.

The first attempt was fine and was possibly enough for a penalty. The second one was enough for a penalty the other way. Kind of the worst situation for a penalty call cause either team would rightfully feel hard done by.

[Siam]

@voodoo yeah, fair point. A very inconsistently reffed final imo

[Chris B.]

Whew, that was fucking hard work. I haqve drunk far more than I intended!

Good game - I think we did enough to deserve that.

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[KiwiMurph]

Glad to see refs didn't get booed

[KiwiMurph]

@Chris-B congrats!

[antipodean]

@Siam said in Premiership Final - Auckland v Ta$man (Free entry):

Fitting that a poor refereeing decision finishes the game

No clear release, misses first attempt and tries again.

That said, both teams entered the final knowing Briant is a donkey of a ref, but only one side wouldn't secure possession and do anything meaningful with it.

[Chris B.]

@KiwiMurph Thanks.

Hard luck, but you guys have about 20 more championships than us!

[Siam]

@antipodean yep. It's telling when the commentators have to praise cheating as "paradigm awareness"🙂

[Dice]

Ta'avao should've been taken off earlier. He was average in this game. Renata has been the better player this season, yet he only gets 3 minutes.

[taniwharugby]

@antipodean said in Premiership Final - Auckland v Ta$man (Free entry):

No clear release, misses first attempt and tries again.

dont think he was supporting his weight either.

Sadly the standard of reffing this M10 cup has been found wanting.