Rebels v Blues
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@steven-harris said in Rebels v Blues:
@kirwan would you reinstate Patty T as skipper when he returns ..?
I dunno. It’s a good excuse to ease Patrick back from injury.
I’d like to see Sotutu rotated a bit more, and I love we finished with Akira, Sotutu and Robinson all on the park at the same time.
Was two scrums with only seven men too wasn’t there?
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@kirwan be very tempted to leave Robinson as the skip because it’s does not seem to effect his game and I do like that he’s in the officials ear..
Also Patty T can focus on getting his game back to what we know he is capable of . -
@steven-harris said in Rebels v Blues:
@kirwan be very tempted to leave Robinson as the skip because it’s does not seem to effect his game and I do like that he’s in the officials ear..
Also Patty T can focus on getting his game back to what we know he is capable of .He does seem to handle the refs better. Talks a lot.
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How was that YC for choat not a PT too, he was the sole reason they didn't score, that was a clear example of a penalty try.
Some great tries, that move down the right with the passing and off loads resulting in the Plummer kick to Lam was awesome.
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@taniwharugby said in Rebels v Blues:
How was that YC for choat not a PT too, he was the sole reason they didn't score, that was a clear example of a penalty try.
Agree.
How about the Rebels scrum disintegrating for the fifth or sixth time as the Blues scrum rolls towards teh line. As clear at PT as I think you'll see.
Or, for that matter, a shoulder charge in defence stopping a defender running forward.
The refereeing was shabby, again.
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@taniwharugby I agree, but am forbidden from upvoting your post
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This is the Lam try, so good
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@bones said in Rebels v Blues:
@nzzp said in Rebels v Blues:
Or, for that matter, a shoulder charge in defence stopping a defender running forward.
Say wha?
Ugh, English no good on phone
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Did any body notice the commentators were constantly calling sam nock - sam darry?
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But holymolly the commentators at the moment are bad....
Those guys, kane hames and all the others are just so uninspired and uninteresting
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@mackerzzzz said in Rebels v Blues:
Did any body notice the commentators were constantly calling sam nock - sam darry?
yep - they got sold up the river by the interchange saying Sam Darry was on. It was a break in play ... but then they called him Darry about 5 times. Very funny.
As for my previous comment, was looking at the shoulder charge by Rebels. It's a poster child for what they are trying to stamp out of the game - high risk, tucked arm, defender chose not to make a tackle, no mitigating factors. In a consistent world (ha ha ha), that would be a straight yellow, and red if it was slightly higher. NZ Refs this year seem to have an aversion to actually using the frameworks.
anyhoo, arguably a penalty try given proximity to the line as well, but we all know that's apparently not a thing in that game (Choat, scrums, etc)
framework for what it's worth below. High speed and tucked arms are specifically called up as avoiding any mitigating factors
Law Application Guidelines | World Rugby Laws
Law application guidelines for the game of rugby union.
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Sotutu is playing really well. Best 8 in NZ by a country mile at the moment.
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@old-samurai-jack said in Rebels v Blues:
Sotutu is playing really well. Best 8 in NZ by a country mile at the moment.
Very good game last night. Back to the form that saw him selected as an AB. Took him a while to get there this season though.
Cullen Grace similar. Maybe it was a 'second season' thing?
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@mackerzzzz It was doing my head in haha.
The match was a stylistic nightmare for the Rebels. They couldn't keep up with us physically which took its toll as the match went on.
I was actually quite disappointed with how we went in the backs in the first half. It was similar to how we went for a lot of SRA where we weren't finishing opportunities but we got away with it mainly due to our opposition.
Cowley-Tuioti and Goodhue were strong (Cowley-Tuioti is an extremely underrated player), along with our loose trio, Tu'inukuafe murdered their scrum, and I'm liking what I'm seeing of our newbies at the back. Clarke, Lam and Sullivan to go with Ratumaitavuki-Kneepkins could be our back 3 for a very long time.
Bring on the Tahs next week.
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