All Blacks v France Test #1
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@machpants Obviously a bad injury especially since so close to the brain. Ofa might get cited but his arms appear to be in a position to tackle. I think the tackle brought Grosso down to that level. Hope he is doing OK. Not sure that it was deliberate.
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looks bad in slow motion ,
tip for kiwis
stay away from international social media rugby forums such as facebook for a week
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@kiwiinmelb would like to see everything building up to the tackle because a short clip does not tell all whole story.
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Well if you think this was deliberate you need to go for an HIA yourself because you are concussed. But that wont stop the snow flakes in twitter world screaming
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@crucial well it did happen right in front of Gardner and as we saw in the Saders v Canes he doesn't know this law. Happened in the Ocker v pikie game as well.
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@wreck-diver said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
@crucial well it did happen right in front of Gardner and as we saw in the Saders v Canes he doesn't know this law. Happened in the Ocker v pikie game as well.
That's what makes me wonder if there has been one of these 'referee memos' that aren't actually prescribed law but more an opinion from the bosses on interpretation.
It could explain the debacle in the third Lions test and the words used on the field. Does it all stem from fear of what happened to Joubert at the RWC? -
@kiwiinmelb said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
looks bad in slow motion ,
tip for kiwis
stay away from international social media rugby forums such as facebook for a week
Nah. Much fun to be had stringing people along with ever-loopier conspiracy theories
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@crucial Just don't get the anti-DMac thing.
For a 4th choice FB last year, I thought he did pretty well overall. Made some wrong decisions for sure, (but probably less than SBW) and was generally impressive on defence - exceptional against Wales and Argentina.
Reminds me of some of the "don't let Nonu near the team" sentiments we heard for years....
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@victor-meldrew said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
@crucial Just don't get the anti-DMac thing.
For a 4th choice FB last year, I thought he did pretty well overall. Made some wrong decisions for sure, (but probably less than SBW) and was generally impressive on defence - exceptional against Wales and Argentina.
Reminds me of some of the "don't let Nonu near the team" sentiments we heard for years....
If you go back long enough the original TSF boards had plenty of posters questioning whether a certain J.Lomu should be selected due to his shaky defence and 'turning like the Titanic'. Both valid criticisms but given way to much weight when sided against his attacking attributes.
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@canefan said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
The ref had two howlers, marring an otherwise decent game for him.
3 major mistakes, the first of which had a big impact on the game. The YC for Guabrillagues and non-YC for Ofa/Cane, and then the Ardie try. He was too quick to make an on-field decision in those instances without using the technology available. Ayoub should have helped like Skeen did in Brisbane.
I would normally applaud a ref for being assertive and backing their decision, but only if they're right.
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@crucial said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
I’d love to hear comment from the referees as to why, yet again, a player in front of the ball that catches a knock on isn’t penalised.
As far as I know there has been no directive to be lenient and award scrums but twice now at EP in a test we have seen this ‘agreement’Because he was no longer offside when he played the ball.
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@bovidae said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
@canefan said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
The ref had two howlers, marring an otherwise decent game for him.
3 major mistakes, the first of which had a big impact on the game. The YC for Guabrillagues and non-YC for Ofa/Cane, and then the Ardie try. He was too quick to make an on-field decision in those instances without using the technology available. Ayoub should have helped like Skeen did in Brisbane.
I would normally applaud a ref for being assertive and backing their decision, but only if they're right.
Kids were running around in the last 10 minutes so missed the Ardie try. What's the ref's excuse?
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@bovidae Im sorry but that is just fence sitting. I'm glad you are a fan of hindsight. I back the ref in all those decisions he made them from what he saw end of story F the TV. The TMO has added nothing to rugby but long winded reviews of nothing and FFS George Ayoub is the shitist ref ever why do you think he's a TMO they don't trust him on field.
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@damo How was he not off side? How was he played on side? He never retreated back behind the point of knock on or the player that knocked the ball on.
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Have only watched the first half... but has Wayne Barnes opened a referee academy up in the UK? This new chap seemed to be off the same production line. Way too much talk and drawing attention to himself and consistently delivery basic referee errors with a FIGJAM attitude.
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@wreck-diver said in All Blacks v France Test #1:
@damo How was he not off side? How was he played on side? He never retreated back behind the point of knock on or the player that knocked the ball on.
By the time he touched the ball the player who last played it was in front of him.
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@damo Sorry bollocks from the knock on the retreating player directly picked the ball up he was never played onside.
