North Harbour vs. Canterbury

[Tim]

@kiwimurph Yeah Jones mentioned that on the Auckland game too.

[Tim]

Great try. Cantab Groundwater has been solid this season.

[KiwiMurph]

This is a great game. Open running rugby, two good teams, good crowd, good conditions.

[Tim]

Not a fan of Taramai, but he is playing well at 7 this year (not an 8). Toughest position in NZ though.

[Higgins]

That should have been a penalty to Canterbury. The guy was clearly standing in front of Hall and he passed the ball to him, definitely a deliberate forward pass.

[Tim]

@higgins said in North Harbour vs. Canterbury:

That should have been a penalty to Canterbury. The guy was clearly standing in front of Hall and he passed the ball to him, definitely a deliberate forward pass.

Is that actually a rule in rugby?

[Higgins]

Yes, Law 12 (e)

LAW 12, DEFINITION
A knock-on occurs when a player loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, or when a player hits the ball forward with the hand or arm, or when the ball hits the hand or arm and goes forward, and the ball touches the ground or another player before the original player can catch it.
‘Forward’ means towards the opposing team’s dead-ball line.
EXCEPTION CHARGE DOWN.
If a player charges down the ball as an opponent kicks it, or immediately after the kick, it is not a knock-on even though the ball may travel forward.
DEFINITION OF THROW FORWARD.
A throw forward occurs when a player throws or passes the ball forward. ‘Forward’ means towards the opposing team’s dead ball line.
OUTCOME OF A THROW FORWARD
(a) Unintentional knock-on or throw forward. A scrum is awarded at the place of infringement.
(b) Unintentional knock-on or throw forward at a lineout. A scrum is awarded 15 metres from the touchline.
(c) Knock-on or throw forward into the in-goal. If an attacking player knocks-on or throws-forward in the field of play and the ball goes into the opponents’ in-goal and it is made dead there, a scrum is awarded where the knock-on or throw forward happened.
(d) Knock-on or throw forward inside the in-goal. If a player of either team knocks-on or throws-forward inside the in-goal, a 5-metre scrum is awarded in line with the place of infringement not closer than five metres from the touchline.
(e) Intentional knock or throw forward. A player must not intentionally knock the ball forward with hand or arm, nor throw forward. Sanction: Penalty kick. A penalty try must be awarded if the offence prevents a try that would probably otherwise have been scored.

[Chris B.]

Canterbury looking a bit stunned against some decent opposition. Scrum under pressure, lineout misfiring, getting beaten to the loose ball and burned down the left flank, especially.

Missing Luke Whitelock's leadership and some of the cleaning up work he does. Sanders and Princep looking a bit ineffectual.

[Tim]

@chris-b I thought they had their wake up call last week?

[Stargazer]

The Crusaders are stupid if they don't re-sign Bateman.

[Tim]

Massive fuck up from the promising young number 8 with the long name.

[KiwiMurph]

That 8 Moala has real problems with his skills - not sure he should be packing at 8 on attacking scrums.

[Stargazer]

Good team try from Canterbury. Awesome run from Bridge. Mo'unga on point with his kicks.

[Stargazer]

This game was a great contest in the first half. Here's hoping North Harbour is not letting Canterbury boss them around the park in the second. Drummond is winning the battle of the halfbacks at the moment.

[African Monkey]

@kiwimurph A real game changer that try was. Canterbury in total control now.

[Stargazer]

Drummond is making a good case for that third AB halfback spot.

[Stargazer]

Now, that's why I hate these sideline interviews during the game. That female reporter was interviewing someone and right at that moment Harbour scores. Let them do those damn interviews during the break or after the game! Glad the camera was still following the game, or we'd have missed it.

[KiwiMurph]

A real game of two halves

[Stargazer]

@kiwimurph I must admit I'm a bit disappointed. I expected more from Harbour and hoped for an 80 minute battle.

[Tim]

I went to another pub with a friend after halftime.

Sounds like I didn't miss much.

Here's to a rematch this year!