Springboks v Wales (Twickenam)
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@MiketheSnow absolutely, but he's no 12 either.
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@cgrant said in Springboks v Wales (Twickenam):
I fear the worst for the Welsh forwards.
Further weakened today by the withdrawal of Henry Thomas at tighthead.
His replacement Assiratti has potential but he's not test quality yet. Harri O'Connor who's been brought onto the bench isn't even pro standard as a scrummager.
I can see us getting at least one prop in the bin for scrum infringement. We'll get pinged at every scrum.
The Ospreys pack would comfortably out scrummage this 8 Gats has picked. -
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Springboks v Wales (Twickenam):
Just kill the game now -
Wales v South Africa TMO to have more power than any rugby match before in trial
A trial will take place at Twickenham as Wales take on South Africa.
The TMO at Saturday's Wales v South Africa match will be given more power than ever before, it has been announced.
The trial will take place at Twickenham and will see the TMO handed greater influence, including the power to alert referees to knock-ons and forward passes in real time. Wales and South Africa, and Fiji and the Barbarians have all agreed to partake in the trial.
According to World Rugby, the aim is to provide “a technology-based solution to collectively make better and more accurate decisions”.
The live TMO referrals will be used when the on-field team has missed a clear and obvious incident/decision that does not need a formal referral.
Crucially the timeframes of when the TMO can get involved will change. Currently, the TMO is only allowed to highlight some incidents within two phases of a try being scored.
The TMO will now have the additional power to highlight clear and obvious infringements in the final passage of play (from the last restart) to the referee, including knock-ons and forward passes.Potential offsides and maul obstructions will remain under a two-phase limit.
The move comes after it was confirmed Wales v South Africa will also adopt World Rugby's law changes, which come into play officially from July 1.
When will they have technology assisted ball out of play? This really gets on my tits. Linesman often 20 feet away from where the ball went out
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@W32 said in Springboks v Wales (Twickenam):
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Springboks v Wales (Twickenam):
Just kill the game now -
A trial will take place at Twickenham as Wales take on South Africa.
The TMO at Saturday's Wales v South Africa match will be given more power than ever before, it has been announced.
The trial will take place at Twickenham and will see the TMO handed greater influence, including the power to alert referees to knock-ons and forward passes in real time. Wales and South Africa, and Fiji and the Barbarians have all agreed to partake in the trial.
According to World Rugby, the aim is to provide “a technology-based solution to collectively make better and more accurate decisions”.
The live TMO referrals will be used when the on-field team has missed a clear and obvious incident/decision that does not need a formal referral.
Crucially the timeframes of when the TMO can get involved will change. Currently, the TMO is only allowed to highlight some incidents within two phases of a try being scored.
The TMO will now have the additional power to highlight clear and obvious infringements in the final passage of play (from the last restart) to the referee, including knock-ons and forward passes.Potential offsides and maul obstructions will remain under a two-phase limit.
The move comes after it was confirmed Wales v South Africa will also adopt World Rugby's law changes, which come into play officially from July 1.
When will they have technology assisted ball out of play? This really gets on my tits. Linesman often 20 feet away from where the ball went out
I think it's far less useful in Rugby, as a metre here or there is not that important. It's only the occasional 'did it go inside the corner flag or not', or 'did it bounce in the field of play or on the touchline' that shows it.
I don't think it'd be useful for groundings as there are usually too many bodies around and I doubt it will tell 'on ground' rather than 'on hand' with sufficient accuracy.
I think it's more of a 'nice to have' than a 'we need this'. Forward passes get called incorrectly more of the time I'd argue ...
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Some of the Welsh kids looking across at the Bok players in awe before kick off, they'll be asking for autographs next. 😁
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Glorious day for it
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I guess forward pass calls are optional today
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Fuck
That was far too easy
And there was some average passing in that
SA 7-0 Wales
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Penalty to Wales
SA 7-3 Wales
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WTF ref
You kick the ball away you lose advantage
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Destroyed in the first scrum
Roos goes on the rampage
YC for Dyer for being offside
Rough call
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If SA want this then it could be a repeat of Pretoria
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Gatland's pronunciation of "w*nker" is pretty precise...
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Catch and drive
Wainwright comes in from the side to stop SA shortPenalty try
Wainwright YC
Wales down to 13SA 14-3 Wales
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@MiketheSnow said in Springboks v Wales (Twickenam):
Catch and drive
Wainwright comes in from the side to stop SA shortPenalty try
Wainwright YC
Wales down to 13SA 14-3 Wales
16 minsIf this were a boxing match, the referee would be stopping the fight. This could get extremely ugly for Wales.
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Penalty to Wales
All you can hope for is to score every time you get close to the 22
Shit kick
Missed
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Back to 14 players
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Basic skills and brainpower killing Wales
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Exhibit A
FFS
