Chiefs v Highlanders

[Yeetyaah]

@Kiwiwomble the call was offside even though the ball was ruled knocked back.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Kiwiwomble the call was offside even though the ball was ruled knocked back.

Yeah, I know the call, I was just trying to see why you thought the try should have stood?

[Yeetyaah]

@Kiwiwomble wasn't offside

[Crucial]

@Kiwiwomble said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Yeetyaah You just mean it should have been allowed because they shouldn’t have looked back that far ?

I haven’t seen that more than the live feed. Did anyone check whether going back actually was within protocol?
No excuses for blowing a lead though.

[Kiwiwomble]

@Bones said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

That was a weird moment (highlighted by Marshall) when Laulala was allowed to get away with stopping Smith immediately after he took a quick tap.

Other refs might have called that deliberate foul play, delaying the quick tap

[Kiwiwomble]

@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Kiwiwomble wasn't offside

How so? It came off his knee and kit someone in front of him

[ACT Crusader]

@Yeetyaah Boshier not good?

[ploughboy]

@Crucial found this online RWC explaining the rules
fromThe scoring of a try, whether the grounding of the ball or the build-up to the try. Any infringement within the two phases prior to a try would render it illegal.

[Kiwiwomble]

Some say he shouldn’t have looked that far back, I say he should have missed it to start with, seems even to me

[Bones]

So there were two breakdowns after the breakdown created by the offside play. Who knows if that's within protocol?

[ploughboy]

@Yeetyaah bad must include tupaea and alaimalo

[ploughboy]

@Bones three and he saw it let it go.

[Bones]

@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Bones three and he saw it let it go.

Mate I've literally just watched it again twice, two.

[Bones]

@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Yeetyaah bad must include tupaea and alaimalo

Tupaea with the crucial miss on shit Nareki.

[ploughboy]

so have i . cane created one two more after that that is three after incident

[Kiwiwomble]

Does it really matter? Worst case he made one mistake to fix another

[Bones]

@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

so have i . cane created one two more after that that is three after incident

That breakdown was created from the offside play. Two after that.

Tupaea with the crucial miss on Tomkinson too. Ouch.

[sparky]

What a disaster Warren Gatland has been for the Chiefs. Sucked the spirit out of the franchise. Not sure he's returning after his stint with the Lions.

[Crucial]

@ploughboy said in Chiefs v Highlanders:

@Crucial found this online RWC explaining the rules
fromThe scoring of a try, whether the grounding of the ball or the build-up to the try. Any infringement within the two phases prior to a try would render it illegal.

That’s what I thought.
Others have said it was 3 rucks so Cane was right to question it and the ref should have checked that the TMO was keeping to protocol. Has baby face ever actually TMOd before? I can’t remember it if he has.
Doesn’t take away from the Chiefs being shit in the second half just means they didn’t win despite that.

[gt12]

When you look at the guys upfront who finished that game for the Chiefs, three things become apparent:

1. The chiefs have been hurt by injuries - rather than Moli finishing up, we have Geldenhys

2. The chiefs have been hurt by injuries and coaches don’t know what the fuck they are doing - Nel is playing club rugby while old man Thomson gets a run

3. There is no way we have enough depth for 8 strong teams, what a fucking dream