Crusaders v Brumbies

[Kirwan]

@ACT-Crusader said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

All our midget backs getting us high tackle penalties.

Refs have let lots go too

[chimoaus]

Crusaders keeping the Brumbies in this with uncharacteristic errors. Crotty has been excellent.

[Tordah]

Hall has been much better than Drummond

[Donsteppa]

"A game of two halves"

[ACT Crusader]

I love this sort of inconsistency

[NTA]

Taufua has been immense the second half. Angry pills given out to the bench?

[Kirwan]

Surprised this didn’t blow our earlier with the amount of open play in the first half and yellows.

[gt12]

Whitelock BBBR-ing it.

Reece in again.

20 more points boys! Come on!

[NTA]

@gt12 said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

@Tim

That would be a good reason, but I thought head shots weren’t mitigated that way?

That is SO last year

I'm with you: if you were falling into a tackle it didn't matter, particularly if the tackler was coming in above nipple height anyway.

I've only see the Franks/Speight incident out the corner of my eye, but you look at that last year and would consider a red card.

[Kirwan]

Why kick Cameron?

[Donsteppa]

@ACT-Crusader said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

I love this sort of inconsistency

Steamers in the first half, All Blacks in the second.

[ACT Crusader]

@Kirwan said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

Why kick Cameron?

I blame Grant Fox

[Kirwan]

@ACT-Crusader said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

@Kirwan said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

Why kick Cameron?

I blame Grant Fox

You spelt Steve Hansen wrong.

[ACT Crusader]

@Kirwan said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

@ACT-Crusader said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

@Kirwan said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

Why kick Cameron?

I blame Grant Fox

You spelt Steve Hansen wrong.

Nah. We all know Grant saw a mirror image of himself in young Brett so selected him.

[Stargazer]

Forgettable first half, but excellent second.

Mo'unga definitely the in-form first five at the moment; very good in that 2nd half. Scott Barrett and Crotty also very good again and, apart from two errors, David Havili had another good one, too. Sam Whitelock, Jordan Taufa and Bryn Hall excellent impact from the bench.

Not good that Owen Franks has shoulder problems again.

Absolutely dreadful: those high tackles from the Brumbies. There should have been at least another card, but apparently Peyper didn't have the guts to reduce the ponies to 13.

[Stargazer]

I loved how Whitelock was on fire in this passage of play! (See video in article)

Error 404

[Stargazer]

[Machpants]

@Stargazer 3 yellows is generous, there were at least a half dozen high shots there, and a couple more were yellows. The (correctly) disallowed try should have been a yellow and penalty try.

[Stargazer]

Just watched the highlights again, and that second high tackle on Jordan should definitely have been a yellow, too.

[booboo]

@pukunui said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

@98blueandgold said in Crusaders v Brumbies:

The inconsistency of calls. Although I hate the crusaders Strange get hit in the head and doesn’t score yet scrum! If the play the law it’s a yellow and penalty try.

Three high tackles in the act of scoring now. One is a scrum to Brumbies. One is a try plus yellow but conversion missed rather than penalty try and the third is just a try and no further sanction.
This sort of shit is killing rugby watching for me.

In retrospect the second two didn't prevent the tries from being scored, or from being scored in a better position, although I was shouting for penalty tries in both cases.

Missed the one on Strange.