Brumbies v Hurricanes
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Does anybody know how far back you can go? Never dreamed a penalty and subsequent "not 10" penalty can be brushed aside for a knock on, (more spurious than the Reds knock on in a try from a goaline ruck).
What a strange way to use replays.Why not go all the way back to the brumbies player diving on a prone Jordie Barrett when he retrieved that kick behind? Blatant penalty.
I'm imagining a game where we stand around for an hour after the game while the tmo pours over footage for missed knock ons🙂 " don't get changed yet boys, we're looking for knock ons!"
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@mikey07 said in Brumbies v Hurricanes:
Weirdly won a few games at the end with penalty kicks last year I remember.
There was also a game at the Caketin I remember when JB missed an easy late penalty before succeeding with a more difficult kick to win it. IIRC the same happened in the Taranaki RS challenge against Canterbury, where he missed some earlier penalty kicks. He's had his moments with the boot, good and bad.
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There was an interesting article the other day on the difference between the two balls used in Super Rugby TT.
Adidas balls used in NZ and Gilbert used in Aus.
Less round than the usual Gilbert ball, the Adidas is slightly longer taking on a closer feel to a rugby league ball, it has a different grip pattern but can get picked up in the breeze a lot easier, making the Gilbert the ball of choice for passing on those windier days according to Melbourne Rebels centre Reece Hodge. -
@kiwimurph Gilbert is the 4N and RWC ball too isn't it?
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RWC yes.
Rugby Championship no. Home team decides the ball - so the Hodge kick at goal at the end of Bledisloe 1 last year in Wellington was using an Adidas ball.
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@bovidae said in Brumbies v Hurricanes:
@mikey07 said in Brumbies v Hurricanes:
Weirdly won a few games at the end with penalty kicks last year I remember.
There was also a game at the Caketin I remember when JB missed an easy late penalty before succeeding with a more difficult kick to win it. IIRC the same happened in the Taranaki RS challenge against Canterbury, where he missed some earlier penalty kicks. He's had his moments with the boot, good and bad.
Same with DMac, missed some and made some. Neither of them have the mental capacity of Carter who pretty much always stood up when it counted.
That probably sums up the current All Black team really.
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@kiwimurph said in Brumbies v Hurricanes:
Also - a strong defensive line by the Brumbies and Laumape is nowhere to be seen.
To me that sums up his career.
Nah you gotta be wrong because reasons...
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