Blues v Chiefs
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Well, back from the game, and unfortunately a lot of what I"m about to write is about the ref. It's annoying as shit. Basically he looked to be out of his depth. Weird TMO decisions (the Christie try), ignoring 'in from the side' at the ruck (until randomly penalising it). Basically I think he has no feel for the game.
The call at the end looked 'interesting' from the other end, but balanced out by the horror call on the maul at the other end. Blues clearly the better side, with strong defence, and we managed to hand so much possession and territory to the Chiefs we made life very very hard for ourselves.
Sam Cane was very good - in the refs ear all the time, and BP started listening by the look.
For the Blues, Clarke carried really hard all day, Rieko played very well, and BB threw some nice passes. In teh forwards, Akira was strong, and the loosies in general went well. Big props to GCT and Pat T, physical in the second row. Front row went pretty OK too - generally the whole forward pack was solid.
Chiefs challenged well, but didn't really ahve much creativity in teh backs or dominance in the forwards. DMac is a livewire, but seems to have lost a bit of something with the injury. It's a real pity as he was sensational pre-injury.
anyway, winning ugly is a win. We'll take it; the penalty for the maul still makes me shake my head, the random no calls at rucks and the 'off feet' just make it a hard game to watch. Bottom line is the Chiefs weren't good enough to win. Feels good to type that - I spent all of the last few years having to say teh Blues weren't good enough to win if the ref was whistling against them. Finally we're overcoming it, but making it really ahrd for ourselves.
Our defence was sensational. Anyhoo, two games to go, can't wait. Great comp.
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@Crucial I do see your point and it's a valid one but I'd be saying it if it were my team, I'd be filthy at other aspects of the performance over that call made at the end, and yes I acknowledge that it was a shocker, but it's not the sole reason why the Chiefs lost today.
@Yeetyaah you're a good poster, but we were not helped by the ref today, that's a rubbish statement by a fan that is hurt by losing 6 in a row (trust me I feel your pain, supporting the Blues is tough). A lot of penalties we conceded were on attack getting beaten to the punch at breakdown, or when we were in your half. Not that many were conceded in the danger zone.
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@Bones I'm assuming the one at the end which was irrelevant anyway as the Chiefs made a break and we infringed at breakdown before the crossfield kick which was dropped by the Chiefs?
The only other one I can think of was where we had them held up on their own line until Tuipulotu came from the side?
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@Bones said in Blues v Chiefs:
@nzzp said in Blues v Chiefs:
BB threw some nice passes
When he wasn't throwing it forward or loopy passes to nowhere?
What was the bad maul call by the ref?
Hard to see on TV, but he mixed up the passing nicely. THrew some bullets.
Overall out handling was strong too - a lot of poor passes got cleaned up.
The maul call was at teh end - about 2 minutes before the Chiefs went down teh field and then conceded a penalty. Blues held up the Chiefs carrier, and PT was ruled 'in from the side' when it looked super marginal in real life (and probably had no effect). Look, Blues blew a bunch of chances - if we can stop conceding offensive penalties (and defensive penalties for that matter) we'll take some stopping.
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Also, a mate just texted and the final penalty was right in front of him. Seemed to be a hero drive, and coudln't get the ball back -- that may be what the penalty was for (although I just watched highlights on line, and there is no way that JG was on his feet).
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@Machpants @African-Monkey interesting- watching live it looked marginal as anything. Can't comment on the replay, but most fo the people around us were spewing
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@Dice said in Blues v Chiefs:
The Chiefs should've gone to a setpiece with Plummer in the bin, instead Cane calls for a tap.
Centre field 10 metres out is a hard kick for touch. Lots of risk. Scrum was possibly a lottery so they tried to take the ref out of the game. He found another way in.
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Just one more from me about Baby face Pickerell ( decides that makes him sound like the criminal he is)
I expect to not see him officiate next week. If he gets another game then the ref assessors should be sacked. Big screwups two weeks in a row should mean go to jail, do not pass go!
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@Crucial said in Blues v Chiefs:
Just one more from me about Baby face Pickerell ( decides that makes him sound like the criminal he is)
I expect to not see him officiate next week. If he gets another game then the ref assessors should be sacked. Big screwups two weeks in a row should mean go to jail, do not pass go!
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