Chiefs v Crusaders
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@Yeetyaah said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Stargazer bullshit, they showed the footage of his fist making contact with his face. Could you get more one-eyed.
(that blood is from Jordie's accidental, could have come from anywhere nosebleed)
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@Yeetyaah I looked at what happened before they were having a go at each other. Nothing to do with being one-eyed. I thought it happened when they were on the ground and that what happened after that was just a reaction to that. If I can find the footage somewhere, I'll have a look at it.
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@Bones said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
I'm still confused as to why squeaky clean Strange didn't have the card reversed as he obviously didn't punch Jordie.
Also confused as to why that dangerous nose-butting action of Barrett's hasn't been written up immediately.
that shit looks dangerous!
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@mariner4life awesome GIF!
Strange had hold of Jordie's collar and, whilst still holding the shirt, pushed forward with his arm and the clenched fist hit Jordie's nose. Now it could be said that he was just pushing him around but accidentally contacted his face. But really it was a short length punch.
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@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
Chiefs the favourites for this game with home advantage and getting some players back from injury.
Not even you could keep a straight face writing that.
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@African-Monkey I agree with @Stargazer . They are due for a win, have a history of beating better Crusader teams (this Saders team is there for the taking) and at home. That money the TAB are offering for the Chiefs is looking bloody good.
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@Bones If you want to waste as much time on it as I just have, be my guest.
I've already looked at it (via Sky on demand). Image by image. No clear evidence of a punch at all. While standing up, they hold each other's jerseys. That already started when they were still sitting on ground. You can even see Jordie sitting on the ground, looking and gesturing at the ref and when the ref doesn't respond, he starts hitting Strange's hand with a flat hand, to make him let go of his jersey. Then, you can't see them standing up, because at that stage the camera is focused on the coaches, but it's almost as if Strange never let go of Jordie's jersey.
When the camera goes back to the little scuffle, Strange's right hand (still) has hold of Jordie's jersey at the same left shoulder, near the collar. Jordie's left hand has Strange's jersey near the right shoulder. At the beginning of that piece of footage, Jordie has his right hand in front of his face, which almost suggests that at that point there had already been contact with his nose. In what follows, Strange never has a closed fist, because he's still grabbing Jordie's jersey. Not a single moment in the footage you can see Strange let go of the jersey to strike Jordie in the face. During the pushing and shoving his hand - while holding the jersey - may have touched Jordie's face, but it can't have been a punch and it looked closer to his chin than his nose. In any case, it must have been accidental. Nothing worthy of a citing.
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@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Bones You're just trolling, but look at the footage if you don't believe me. Image by image. But we may have to take this to the proper thread.
I don't believe you and neither does Barrett's nose. I know they have maaaad skills but I'm pretty sure he doesn't have the ability to scrunch his nose up like that to avoid that fist landing on it.
It seems you're the one trolling.
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@Bovidae said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
Meanwhile, first five-eighth Aaron Cruden has been promoted to start in his 100th match for the franchise, with coach Warren Gatland admitting not using him off the bench in the 33-31 defeat to the Highlanders a fortnight back was to try and manipulate it so that the milestone match was on home turf.
We seem to be glossing over this point, but WTF? Why did you pick the bloke??!!
Are all the poor bastards who went to the game or put money on the Chiefs ok with this wonderful sentiment?
"*Meanwhile, first five-eighth Aaron Cruden has been promoted to start in his 100th match for the franchise, with coach Warren Gatland admitting not using him off the bench in the 33-31 defeat to the Highlanders a fortnight back was to try and manipulate it so that the milestone match was on home turf.
“If we were right up there at the top, you probably wouldn’t have taken it into consideration,” Gatland said of the sentimental call, with his team already out of the running for the title at the time.*
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@Bones said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Crusaders:
@Bones You're just trolling, but look at the footage if you don't believe me. Image by image. But we may have to take this to the proper thread.
I don't believe you and neither does Barrett's nose. I know they have maaaad skills but I'm pretty sure he doesn't have the ability to scrunch his nose up like that to avoid that fist landing on it.
It seems you're the one trolling.
This really needs more arrows and some lines showing the angle of his nose during the punch compared to where it normally would have been.