Blues v Chiefs
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@Nepia said in Blues v Chiefs:
@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:
There are more replays on TV than at the ground.
Are there? The lack of replays in rugby coverage is one of the biggest first world bugbears for me at the moment.
Yes. The big screens are used for entertainment purposes as much as replays at the ground, at least in SRA at the moment. Maybe it's all part of cost-cutting by Sky and NZR, although the former flies a dozen "experts" to games each week.
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@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:
@Nepia said in Blues v Chiefs:
@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:
There are more replays on TV than at the ground.
Are there? The lack of replays in rugby coverage is one of the biggest first world bugbears for me at the moment.
Yes. The big screens are used for entertainment purposes as much as replays at the ground, at least in SRA at the moment. Maybe it's all part of cost-cutting by Sky and NZR, although the former flies a dozen "experts" to games each week.
I think my point is there's barely any replays now on the TV coverage, so that would basically equate to none ever at the ground.
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Still no idea what BP pulled out of his arse at the end there, but goddamn I'll take it. Was reflecting on the game last year or the year before in Hamilton, where we won 4-5 scrum penalties on teh bounce with no card or other sanction. Referee bottled it there too, but we just weren't good enough to do anything with it.
Despite having the possession and territory, the Chiefs couldn't get it done- so while the call at the end was poor, it wasn't the game
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@trodthesod Well said. Defence is an attitude thing and we are showing plenty of grit in that area. As you said, there's loads of fight in this side but plenty to improve on.
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@African-Monkey said in Blues v Chiefs:
@trodthesod Well said. Defence is an attitude thing and we are showing plenty of grit in that area. As you said, there's loads of fight in this side but plenty to improve on.
It’s a big positive for me, we have plenty to improve on but because the defence and set pieces are working so well we are still winning close games.
They attack has not clicked at all except for the odd moment.
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@nzzp said in Blues v Chiefs:
Still no idea what BP pulled out of his arse at the end there,
Newshub say:
They seemed to have achieved that in the dying moments, when No.8 Pita Gus Sowakula dove for the line, but was ruled to have knocked on and the Blues won a clearing penalty. -
@nzzp said in Blues v Chiefs:
@nzzp said in Blues v Chiefs:
Still no idea what BP pulled out of his arse at the end there,
Newshub say:
They seemed to have achieved that in the dying moments, when No.8 Pita Gus Sowakula dove for the line, but was ruled to have knocked on and the Blues won a clearing penalty.Well that’s the end of the complaints then, doesn’t matter what’s happened after the knock on.
Good defence.
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@Kirwan A lot of it because of our own undoing with our poor discipline on attack. We do look good when we are on attack, but ruin it with that on annoying word - discipline!
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@African-Monkey said in Blues v Chiefs:
@Kirwan A lot of it because of our own undoing with our poor discipline on attack. We do look good when we are on attack, but ruin it with that on annoying word - discipline!
We seemed to get pinged a lot for side entry and losing our feet. Even on attack.
Ignoring other teams being able to get away with that, just clearing those two things up to take the ref out of the game would allow us to build more pressure.
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@Kirwan said in Blues v Chiefs:
just clearing those two things up to take the ref out of the game would allow us to build more pressure.
100%. Breakdown discipline is easily fixed too - I'm hopeful for next year. It's been our achilles heel all season - getting into good positions and then either conceding a penalty, or doing something stupid.
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@Kirwan Definitely, and we'd be putting sides ike the Chiefs away with ease IF we could make these small adjustments, but hey, why am I moaning, we've literally won more local derbies this year then we have in the last 5 years!
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@ploughboy Yup fair. I still stand by what I say though haha.
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As irritated as Chiefs supporters may be by the final penalty, the first try was a disgraceful abrogation of Pickerill's application of the laws.
All players not participating at the scrum remain at least five metres behind the hindmost foot of their team.
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@antipodean said in Blues v Chiefs:
As irritated as Chiefs supporters may be by the final penalty, the first try was a disgraceful abrogation of Pickerill's application of the laws.
That looked so obvious to me when watching the game.
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@Bovidae said in Blues v Chiefs:
@antipodean said in Blues v Chiefs:
As irritated as Chiefs supporters may be by the final penalty, the first try was a disgraceful abrogation of Pickerill's application of the laws.
That looked so obvious to me when watching the game.
It was obvious but had no effect - if a defender was taken out, I would have more sympathy, but he went so early and got his timing so wrong that it literally had zero impact.
