Chiefs v Blues
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="SammyC" data-cid="570431" data-time="1460069898">
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<p>I think the ref bashing on here has increased this year.</p>
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<p>Most match threads that involve an NZ team have at least one bloke doing just that. (including the Crusaders threads)</p>
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<p>Point taken about other sports I don't follow..</p>
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<p><strong>I follow rugby, cricket, cycling and athletics with passion. Of those I think NZ and South African rugby are the the ones who most often look to blame others for our losses (refs or officials).</strong></p>
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<p>You clearly haven't spent much time in Australia.</p>
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<p>For what's it worth I think the standard of refereeing in super rugby has dropped the last few years and the expansion probably hasn't helped with resources stretched thinner with more games to ref. Ditching neutral refs doesn't help either and that's their own fault.</p> -
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<p>You clearly haven't spent much time in Australia.</p>
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<p>I was born in Australia, have dual citizenship, Aussie and NZ passports and have spent 8 of the last 16 years there.</p> -
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<p>I was born in Australia, have dual citizenship, Aussie and NZ passports and have spent 8 of the last 16 years there.</p>
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<p>Fair enough. Which part of Australia? Living in Sydney the fans are super quick to blame the ref when it goes wrong (Super Rugby semi final last year v Highlanders springs to mind straight away). </p>
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<p>Having said that - I think ref-bashing doesn't necessarily mean blaming the ref for the loss - I thought Lees was horrible in his reffing performance for the Reds-Blues game but not the blame for the loss - the Blues were worse for most of the match.</p> -
<p>so you are being willfully ignorant, or exaggerating for effect. Fill your boots</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="KiwiMurph" data-cid="570443" data-time="1460070703">
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<p>Fair enough. Which part of Australia? Living in Sydney the fans are super quick to blame the ref when it goes wrong (Super Rugby semi final last year v Highlanders springs to mind straight away). </p>
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<p>Having said that - I think ref-bashing doesn't necessarily mean blaming the ref for the loss - I thought Lees was horrible in his reffing performance for the Reds-Blues game but not the blame for the loss - the Blues were worse for most of the match.</p>
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<p>I was born in Australia, have dual citizenship, Aussie and NZ passports and have spent 8 of the last 16 years there.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="SammyC" data-cid="570431" data-time="1460069898">
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<p>I think the ref bashing on here has increased this year.</p>
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<p>Most match threads that involve an NZ team have at least one bloke doing just that. (including the Crusaders threads)</p>
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<p>Too many people jump to concluding that any discussion mentioning how the ref went is ref bashing though.</p>
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<p>Most of the time no one is blaming the ref for the result just critiquing their performance as we do the players. If they make particularly puzzling or debatable calls then that is good fodder for discussion. </p>
<p>I've lost count of the times I have posted about a ref and within a couple of replies someone is accusing me of blaming the ref for the result when I have done no such thing.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="No Quarter" data-cid="570196" data-time="1459975503">
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<p>Prediction: All those changes will hurt the Chiefs momentum. Blues by 1 - 12.</p>
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<p>Prediction: This will be a terrible prediction. :)</p>
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I reckon Tana has finished fine tuning the Blues and is ready to unleash. Like a guitar, when your tuning it it sounds like shit and anyone listening would think you don't know what you're doing. But once it's tuned it's time to rock and roll
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<p>I reckon Tana has finished fine tuning the Blues and is ready to unleash. Like a guitar, when your tuning it it sounds like shit and anyone listening would think you don't know what you're doing. But once it's tuned it's time to rock and roll :)</p>
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<p>Rennie won't be fucking about with a guitar - he's turning up with a marching band. :)</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Just read on Nigel Yalden's Twitter:</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);background-color:rgb(245,248,250);">Confirmation Jerome Kaino starts for Blues; Edwards out. Seta Tamanivalu starts for Chiefs; Leinert-Brown out & Donald onto bench</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);background-color:rgb(245,248,250);">Another late change with Melani Nanai starting at fullback replacing Lolagi Visinia</span></span></span></p> -
Ranger passes right when he should have passed left.
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<p>reckon Ranger was unlucky not to be awarded a t/o there with how quick he blew the one for Cane moments earlier</p>
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Tale of 2 teams. Blues have the ball for ages and get zilch. The Chiefs get one sniff and nearly score
