Maori Tour

[Stockcar86]

JGB showing all the skills that drove Rebels to last place in Super Rugby this year

[Stockcar86]

Bullshit yellow card. Tacking from behind is not an offence

[hydro11]

@stockcar86 said in Maori Tour:

Bullshit yellow card. Tacking from behind is not an offence

Maybe the worst decision I have ever seen. multiple replays clearly show the tackle was made before the whistle. Absolutely shocking.

[pukunui]

@hydro11 said in Maori Tour:

@stockcar86 said in Maori Tour:

Bullshit yellow card. Tacking from behind is not an offence

Maybe the worst decision I have ever seen. multiple replays clearly show the tackle was made before the whistle. Absolutely shocking.

That seems to be rugby these days it's rare for there not to be at least one shocking call, often involving a card and incompetent tmo, that changes the game. Really turning me off watching.

[taniwharugby]

@stockcar86 admittedly I only watched about half of Wellingtons RR games, but JGB doesnt impress me, in fact he has a face I'd like to punch haha

[hydro11]

@pukunui said in Maori Tour:

@hydro11 said in Maori Tour:

@stockcar86 said in Maori Tour:

Bullshit yellow card. Tacking from behind is not an offence

Maybe the worst decision I have ever seen. multiple replays clearly show the tackle was made before the whistle. Absolutely shocking.

That seems to be rugby these days it's rare for there not to be at least one shocking call, often involving a card and incompetent tmo, that changes the game. Really turning me off watching.

Same. I have just gone to watch Sweden vs Italy. The worst thing is they looked at it for over five minutes and they got the call wrong. The ref gave a yellow for a late tackle but never actually asked whether the tackle was late.

[pakman]

Maori substitutions have significantly weakened them -- other than JGB!

[hydro11]

Don't think it's a penalty try either. Definitely a yellow though.

[westcoastie]

@hydro11 geez that decision took ages to get right.

[westcoastie]

@hydro11 always a yellow card, if ref had used the phrase "any reason I can't award a try?" then fair enough Maori's score, but the stream I'm watching it wasn't clear and obvious grounding.

[westcoastie]

Discipline and/or poor refereeing letting the Maori down. Not sure which.

[Stockcar86]

I hate French sides - niggly cheating cock wombles

[hydro11]

Why was no one hitting any rucks in the last minute? Made it so easy for the French to close that one out.

[pakman]

Bateman does a Warburton!

[KiwiMurph]

Similar to last end of year for the Maori - romp to a big win in North America followed up by a loss in Europe.

[Crazy Horse]

@taniwharugby I am confused now. I thought the Fern established a couple of weeks ago that JGB should be in the ABs!

[cgrant]

Very poor Maori side. Akira Ioane was invisible for most of the game. Was he told to keep some energy for next Wednesday against the French XV ?
Hemopo was the only forward to show some grunt. The others were well dominated by their French counterparts. Ruru was active when he came in. All in all, I think the final score is flattering the Maoris.

[ARHS]

@cgrant
...invisible except for some off the ball niggle. His work rate improved in second half though. Thought that Stevenson and Ngatai did a lot of useful work

[footy01]

Bachop playing behind a Wellington pack and huge backs ofcourse is gonna look good. Get him behind the rebels pack and now a Maoris pack going backwards he can't play. Always better for a good player to shine in a shit team then shining when things are going good

[Wurzel]

Akira is never going to contribute positively to a match that is testy.