Reds v Crusaders

KiwiMurph

Very sharp

Victor Meldrew

Some try by the Reds.

kev

@Victor-Meldrew said in Reds v Crusaders:

Some try by the Reds.

LF got dragged in…

Damo

Pretty silly for the ref to go back to a scrum in the 22m rather than an opposition throw into a lineout on halfway.

Good to see sanity prevailed and they were offered the lineout - even if that isn't really in the laws.

Derpus

@Damo Murphy is pretty silly generally.

Reds shown some glimpses but the basics are once again absent. Crusaders C will probably blow this open in the final 20.

Dan54

@Derpus said in Reds v Crusaders:

@Damo Murphy is pretty silly generally.

Reds shown some glimpses but the basics are once again absent. Crusaders C will probably blow this open in the final 20.

Lol Derps, I still remember seeing him ref his first ever senior game of rugby, it was Borthers 2nd grade against Logan at Brother's home ground. Damon was a Brother's player up till year before that, used to see him play a bit.

KiwiMurph

Vunivalu does not look fit

MajorRage

Halfway through typing about this being pretty good defence by the Reds and then of course, the Crusaders score.

Not sure how I feel about being able to sub off props when in the middle of a scrum / reset scrum section of the game. Seems a bit of an unfair tactical advantage. I guess nothing is going to stop it going the other way too though.

Duluth

Players in SR are able to clean out rucks from crazy angles.. particularly on attack. That might burn us at the RWC

KiwiMurph

More poor options from JOC.

He really does look past it

Duluth

Oh a warning after 79mins

KiwiMurph

Doesn't look great for Bower

antipodean

@Derpus said in Reds v Crusaders:

@Damo Murphy is pretty silly generally.

He was a poor 7s ref, which inevitably results in a dreadful rugby ref. The rucks have been a joke in his game: Players off their feet, clearly not coming through the gate, not supporting their own bodyweight etc.

That 22 - halfway debacle says everything about him as a ref.