Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11

Rapido

@Nepia said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@Rapido It seemed like a hometown TMO trying too hard to not be biased - and balanced out the the non hometown touchies mistake, but not really as it doesn't work like that ....

I'm still not certain that DMac actually stripped that ruck ball and that play had a huge influence on the end result.

But there were lost of decisions like that either way in this match.

Yeah, I'm not that fussed TBH.
Just don't think super slo-mo should be used like that, but I suppose something in real time made them want to check, so onus on Rieko to ground it like a pro.

Snowy

I thought that grass, ball and hand were all in contact, albeit breifly. Marginal call. Control? Holding the ball? Hmmm. Probably should have gone with on field, but a tough decision.

It was justice for the earlier one but FFS Rieko DON'T DO IT AGAIN!

Crucial

Control is not an issue except in the Justin Marshall book of the laws (which are scribbled on the back of a stamp)

Absolutely Ioane put himself in the crosshairs of a decision. Not excusing that at all. Just discussing the decision process.

Rapido

Rieko's risky grounding v Argentina 2018 that's in my memory bank:
No question a legit try, I said previously I thought he got away with one, but my memory was doddy ... well, it's both goodish but dodgy. Good enough to track down a youtube video, but dodgy to questoin legitimacy of his try.

Below will take you to a gif:
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ACT Crusader

@Rapido in real time the ball bounces up so that raises doubt about the grounding. This one was less of any issue because he’s holding the ball and touching it on the ground. The problem with the one on Sunday is he’s clearly not holding the ball whilst grounding it.

His first try in that Argies test was perfect. Keep doing it like that young fella.

Kiwiwomble

got curious and looked up his tries....he does this stupid touchdown every other time, this one annoyed me, ive never played in the backs but even i know you carry on the opposite side to the defence let alone the one handed...no reason for it

Rapido

Gif of the one on the weekend:

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and gif of the slo-mo they used for decision:
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Weirdly, real time looked worse than super slo-mo actually, IMO, despite saying earlier they shouldn't use super slo-mo for these sorts of decisions ...

canefan

@Kiwiwomble its not a defence, but those one handed around the post tries are very common now. If you don't need to do it force it safely

Kiwiwomble

@canefan common when you're going in touch maybe, that just showing off

canefan

If he wants to pull out his fortnite inspired try scoring dance then fine if you must. But make sure of the score first

Rapido

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

got curious and looked up his tries....he does this stupid touchdown every other time, this one annoyed me, ive never played in the backs but even i know you carry on the opposite side to the defence let alone the one handed...no reason for it

Woah. Saf 30,NZ 13 !!!!! WhenTF was this? What happened? Did we come back?

KiwiMurph

Blues fans know he very often dives like that.

It almost cost him in Blues-Crusaders in 2019 in Christchurch in the wet/dew.

They went to the TMO and it was very close but they gave it.

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KiwiMurph

@Rapido Yes ABs won in the end (Pretoria 2018)

Rapido

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@Rapido Yes ABs won in the end (Pretoria 2018)

Just looked it up, what a cracker, I do remember it now.

Rapido

@Kiwiwomble said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:
gif of his Pretoria 2018 grounding.

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canefan

@Rapido said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@Rapido Yes ABs won in the end (Pretoria 2018)

Just looked it up, what a cracker, I do remember it now.

We've been spoiled rotten since 2011. Those famous wins might need to sustain us over the nuclear winter that might be the next 2 years...

Rapido

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Blues fans know he very often dives like that.

It almost cost him in Blues-Crusaders in 2019 in Christchurch in the wet/dew.

They went to the TMO and it was very close but they gave it.

in gif form:
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Duluth

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Blues fans know he very often dives like that.

Yes it's always annoyed me.

I've been surprised that Blues/AB coaches haven't corrected it. He should've been criticised by his coaches everytime regardless of if the grounding was legal. This habit goes back through his entire career, so I wonder if that was happening

canefan

@Duluth said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Blues fans know he very often dives like that.

Yes it's always annoyed me.

I've been surprised that Blues/AB coaches haven't corrected it. He should've been criticised by his coaches everytime regardless of if the grounding was legal. This habit goes back through his entire career, so I wonder if that was happening

Might be a classic case of him being so good at lower levels that his coaches ignored it

ACT Crusader

@Duluth said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

@KiwiMurph said in Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11:

Blues fans know he very often dives like that.

Yes it's always annoyed me.

I've been surprised that Blues/AB coaches haven't corrected it. He should've been criticised by his coaches everytime regardless of if the grounding was legal. This habit goes back through his entire career, so I wonder if that was happening

Would be interesting to know. But sometimes it takes a massive stuff up that has more consequence to get change.

The Silver Fern

Bledisloe One: Wellington, October 11