Lions v Hurricanes (SF)
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@akan004 said in Lions v Hurricanes (SF):
BB is just not capable of controlling a game. How stupid is it to continuously kick the ball away, especially those silly chip kicks. He kept on doing it even when the Canes were trailing by 10. Dumb.
The Lions though are a class team and impressed immensely. They will be hard to beat next week.
The field kicking in general from both brothers was pretty good. Playing field position was smart footy given he could obviously see some of his team mates were struggling.
The chips are a high risk play that has been used by Beauden to great effect this season to surprise disorganised defensive lines. But they were poorly executed last night and as is the case with any high risk play, they can have a costly return.
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My first instinct in real time was YC for BB. Upon seeing the replay I thought it was quite harsh, but Peyper didn't have that option I guess. Definitely YC for Riccitelli.
Jantjies really is a chip off the old Spencer block isn't he? Brainfart city last week and most this first half, then pretty damn handy.
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@ACT-Crusader His long range kicks were ok, but not great imo. I haven't watched a replay so I may wrong on this, but on first viewing I thought some of his long kicks were fairly aimless.
I don't think I saw one up and under which was contestable and most were at least 10 metres too far. Chip kicks are great when it's the right time to do it and the chance of reward is high, but it generally isn't and you certainly don't do it 20 metres out from your own try line when your team is fatiguing.
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I'm not sure its so much altitude that addled the Canes heads, as pressure. They're a free-spirited team which thrives on unstructured and broken field play. They eked out a draw with the BIL when the result didn't really matter, likewise they downed the Saders in the last round when they were already assured of a quarter final spot.
Seems like they don't deal that well with pressure of finals football when the heat is on and the result really matters.
Brain-farts from some of the senior players didn't help their cause when all they needed was to take back the control, keep the focus and show a little patience.
That said, there have been some bright spots this season, JB's and Laumape's rise and rise is set to continue, there have been decent showings from Aso and Goosen, and Lousi looks to be a keeper and Fatialofa was doing well until his injury, Plus, Coles is back.
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@G-Man said in Lions v Hurricanes (SF):
@taniwharugby said in Lions v Hurricanes (SF):
just watched the highlights, the BB YC is one that could easily just have been penalised rather than YC, but YC was probably the correct call.
Think when the game was very close and just before the Lions scored Peyper has called advantage for a high tackle (which I wouldnt see where it happened) as JB is all over the ball, but no pen awarded then a great line by a Lions player scored to put them ahead.
Did they show more angles of that try in the left corner that Rasta was adamant was a try, highlights showed one angle only and wasnt clear he got over, but Rasta was very adamant despite Peyper giving him an out.
A minute or later after the try was scored Marius came on the radio, which was broadcast and said "Good call Rasta". So if it were to be referred to the TMO it would have been given.
It was an excellent call. My stream (rugbypass) showed a clear grounding. 100% a try.
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@Billy-Tell It was pretty clear on Foxtel's coverage as well which I assume is the same feed that SKY gets. Really don't know what all the fuss is about, it was definitely a try.
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@taniwharugby @G-Man looked like a try real time to me and tge end on angle that was played that TMO commented on showed a grounding.
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haha I said I only watched the highlights people, the angle they showed, it wasn't clear, so was asking the question, I wasn't making a big deal out of it
