Crusaders v Chiefs
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@stargazer said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@kiwimurph Yeah, but it lasted a split second. They should have looked at it again. They may have had different angles, too.
I think that’s the point. The captains referral got a glance and was dismissed ( almost as if “how dare you suggest 4 of us didn’t see that”), while other times that the TMO was involved he was pedantic about checking everything 3 times.
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@stargazer said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@booboo I looked at moving images that didn't last very long. You can't tell me they showed that as a still image.
I did suggest you were correct that we didn't see a still. Which is good, a still proves nothing. The video showed there was no contact.
Re the process. The other two TMO calls were right, even if you may be able to find reasons to fault them, they used "clear and obvious" evidence, or lack thereof, which is the process.
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@stargazer said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
In defence of the officials though, we as fans always complain when the game is interrupted for too long because of the TMO looking at all the angles etc, so we want decisions to be made faster. Now they make a decision fast, and it appears it was made too fast. Whatever TMO protocols you use and whichever way it is applied, there will always be people complaining.
100% this. From the first angle it dead set looked like Weber touched the ball (in the opinionif the TMO). Imagine if the officials then went and looked at multiple angles only to confirm that Weber had touched the ball. People would whinge about the decision taking too long and why did they need to check further? If I recall correctly, earlier in this very game there was whinging about how long TMO decisions were taking.
We cannot have it both ways.
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Upshot is that it shows how hard it can be to break a losing run when subconcious decision making and confirmation bias by refs is added into the general malaise. Blues copped it for ages in a number of losing runs. I remember Ali Williams totally losing his rag against one ref such was the way that they were being judged as if they could do no right. The ref was judging them very differently to the dominant side.
This happens a lot at the moment with momentum periods. Penalties are coming in batches against one side as they get judged more and more on a fine line each one. That penalty against Weber stealing the ball at the back of the scrum was one. He kept ahead of the flanker until the ball came out but the ref's immediate thought was that he was wrong (and he may have been by a toe) rather than that the Saders had had a bad scrum and lost control, leaving the ball open for a steal. -
@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@stargazer said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
In defence of the officials though, we as fans always complain when the game is interrupted for too long because of the TMO looking at all the angles etc, so we want decisions to be made faster. Now they make a decision fast, and it appears it was made too fast. Whatever TMO protocols you use and whichever way it is applied, there will always be people complaining.
100% this. From the first angle it dead set looked like Weber touched the ball (in the opinionif the TMO). Imagine if the officials then went and looked at multiple angles only to confirm that Weber had touched the ball. People would whinge about the decision taking too long and why did they need to check further? If I recall correctly, earlier in this very game there was whinging about how long TMO decisions were taking.
We cannot have it both ways.
Nah. Big big difference between looking at the same thing over and over when the picture is obvious and looking at another angle to confirm a first instinct.
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@crucial said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Upshot is that it shows how hard it can be to break a losing run when subconcious decision making and confirmation bias by refs is added into the general malaise. Blues copped it for ages in a number of losing runs. I remember Ali Williams totally losing his rag against one ref such was the way that they were being judged as if they could do no right. The ref was judging them very differently to the dominant side.
This happens a lot at the moment with momentum periods. Penalties are coming in batches against one side as they get judged more and more on a fine line each one. That penalty against Weber stealing the ball at the back of the scrum was one. He kept ahead of the flanker until the ball came out but the ref's immediate thought was that he was wrong (and he may have been by a toe) rather than that the Saders had had a bad scrum and lost control, leaving the ball open for a steal.I agree this happens, teams/players who are perceived as 'better' do tend to get the rub of the green from refs.
Perhaps now Blues and Chiefs fans will be more sympathetic towards foreign fans when they complain the ABs are favoured 😀
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@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@crucial said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Upshot is that it shows how hard it can be to break a losing run when subconcious decision making and confirmation bias by refs is added into the general malaise. Blues copped it for ages in a number of losing runs. I remember Ali Williams totally losing his rag against one ref such was the way that they were being judged as if they could do no right. The ref was judging them very differently to the dominant side.
This happens a lot at the moment with momentum periods. Penalties are coming in batches against one side as they get judged more and more on a fine line each one. That penalty against Weber stealing the ball at the back of the scrum was one. He kept ahead of the flanker until the ball came out but the ref's immediate thought was that he was wrong (and he may have been by a toe) rather than that the Saders had had a bad scrum and lost control, leaving the ball open for a steal.I agree this happens, teams/players who are perceived as 'better' do tend to get the rub of the green from refs.
Perhaps now Blues and Chiefs fans will be more sympathetic towards foreign fans when they complain the ABs are favoured 😀
Unless they are Australian or English, OK
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@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@stargazer said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
In defence of the officials though, we as fans always complain when the game is interrupted for too long because of the TMO looking at all the angles etc, so we want decisions to be made faster. Now they make a decision fast, and it appears it was made too fast. Whatever TMO protocols you use and whichever way it is applied, there will always be people complaining.
100% this. From the first angle it dead set looked like Weber touched the ball (in the opinionif the TMO). Imagine if the officials then went and looked at multiple angles only to confirm that Weber had touched the ball. People would whinge about the decision taking too long and why did they need to check further? If I recall correctly, earlier in this very game there was whinging about how long TMO decisions were taking.
We cannot have it both ways.
What B/S, the TMO could have spent an extra 1 second looking at the footage and saw what we all saw (aside from some on here who are pretending they didn't see it) and the decision would have been made. Then we don't get a penalty try, yellow card, try when a player is in the bin that shouldn't have happened. The Crusaders still would have won but there wouldn't be as much controversy.
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@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@crucial said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Upshot is that it shows how hard it can be to break a losing run when subconcious decision making and confirmation bias by refs is added into the general malaise. Blues copped it for ages in a number of losing runs. I remember Ali Williams totally losing his rag against one ref such was the way that they were being judged as if they could do no right. The ref was judging them very differently to the dominant side.
This happens a lot at the moment with momentum periods. Penalties are coming in batches against one side as they get judged more and more on a fine line each one. That penalty against Weber stealing the ball at the back of the scrum was one. He kept ahead of the flanker until the ball came out but the ref's immediate thought was that he was wrong (and he may have been by a toe) rather than that the Saders had had a bad scrum and lost control, leaving the ball open for a steal.I agree this happens, teams/players who are perceived as 'better' do tend to get the rub of the green from refs.
Perhaps now Blues and Chiefs fans will be more sympathetic towards foreign fans when they complain the ABs are favoured 😀
Chiefs got a number of apologies from the refs last year. Some of which were result impacting. They will probably get another this week.
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@crucial said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@stargazer said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
In defence of the officials though, we as fans always complain when the game is interrupted for too long because of the TMO looking at all the angles etc, so we want decisions to be made faster. Now they make a decision fast, and it appears it was made too fast. Whatever TMO protocols you use and whichever way it is applied, there will always be people complaining.
100% this. From the first angle it dead set looked like Weber touched the ball (in the opinionif the TMO). Imagine if the officials then went and looked at multiple angles only to confirm that Weber had touched the ball. People would whinge about the decision taking too long and why did they need to check further? If I recall correctly, earlier in this very game there was whinging about how long TMO decisions were taking.
We cannot have it both ways.
Nah. Big big difference between looking at the same thing over and over when the picture is obvious and looking at another angle to confirm a first instinct.
But in the TMO's opinion it was so obvious that Weber touched the ball it was not worth a second look. And I bet the TMO is well aware of the constant bitching about how long it takes to make decisions.
Do we mandate a TMO must look at a least two angles then? Do we also mandate the maximum looks a TMO can take before a decision must be made to keep the whingers at the other end of the spectrum happy? The old try to keep everybody happy trick. Because that always works.
I am sick of the bitching about ref decisions. It seems to happy after and during every game now.
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@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
I am sick of the bitching about ref decisions.
I'm sick of shitty ref decisions.
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@nepia said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@stargazer said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
In defence of the officials though, we as fans always complain when the game is interrupted for too long because of the TMO looking at all the angles etc, so we want decisions to be made faster. Now they make a decision fast, and it appears it was made too fast. Whatever TMO protocols you use and whichever way it is applied, there will always be people complaining.
100% this. From the first angle it dead set looked like Weber touched the ball (in the opinionif the TMO). Imagine if the officials then went and looked at multiple angles only to confirm that Weber had touched the ball. People would whinge about the decision taking too long and why did they need to check further? If I recall correctly, earlier in this very game there was whinging about how long TMO decisions were taking.
We cannot have it both ways.
What B/S, the TMO could have spent an extra 1 second looking at the footage and saw what we all saw (aside from some on here who are pretending they didn't see it) and the decision would have been made. The we don't get a penalty try, yellow card, try when a player is in the bin that shouldn't have happened. The Crusaders still would have won but there wouldn't be as much controversy.
Yeah he fucked up. He could have done something different. Not arguing that.
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@nepia said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
I am sick of the bitching about ref decisions.
I'm sick of shitty ref decisions.
Maybe we should look at why we are getting shitty decisions. Pure incompetence? If you believed social media everyone is incompetent in their jobs and we could all do other people's jobs better.
Has the game become impossible to ref? Has TV coverage made this so? The laws?
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@crazy-horse I think there are several factors. There has been an incredible number of law changes, law trials and law application changes over the last few years. That makes it confusing for players and spectators, but also difficult for referees. I'm also convinced that rugby fans/spectators whinge more and more. Heck, not only rugby fans. People in general whinge more about everything.
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@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@nepia said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@crazy-horse said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
I am sick of the bitching about ref decisions.
I'm sick of shitty ref decisions.
Maybe we should look at why we are getting shitty decisions. Pure incompetence? If you believed social media everyone is incompetent in their jobs and we could all do other people's jobs better.
Has the game become impossible to ref? Has TV coverage made this so? The laws?
The big one last night seemed to just be incompetence. You can understand the ref thinks that Weber knocks the ball backwards rather than Mo'unga knocking it on, but then if you're going to ask a TMO a decision about a penalty try and yellow card then you should at least ask to go back that decision. This is what league does better IMHO, they will check everything.
Instead we needed to have a captain's challenge (which I think is a stupid law anyway) and then the officials get it 100% wrong. That's incompetence.
In a game the ref is going to miss things, so you can give it a but of leeway. The penalty against Weber (another 3 points to the Crusaders) from the scrum is an example of this. Crap decision but in a live speed match you can understand how the TMO and ref came to that conclusion.
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I’m all for exciting, attacking rugby but the officiating in this match was an absolute fucking disgrace.
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During my days playing sport I was an absolute fluffybunny to refs. If they pissed me off they would hear about it. Not something I am proud of, and quite the personality floor if I am honest. It ruined my enjoyment of sport and probably contributed to me giving up playing.
In the middle of my playing days and being a fluffybunny, a curious thing happened. Someone I cared about started being a ref. I would watch them ref and hear and see spectators and players being their own version of a fluffybunny towards them. I hated those people. That someone that I cared about was trying to do their best and they did not deserve the vitriol that was coming their way. But it didn't stop me being a fluffybunny the next time I played.
I guess what I am getting at is the refs fucked up last night, but they are humans trying to do their job to the best of their ability and we should remember that. At least until a call goes against the Crusaders or the ABs. That's when the gloves can come off.
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@mikethesnow said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
I’m all for exciting, attacking rugby but the officiating in this match was an absolute fucking disgrace.
I know right! They missed a not straight throw from the Chiefs and a jersey pull by a Chief!
