Waratahs v Chiefs
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Yuk. That is the most incompetently officiated game of the super season. Ref and tmo were horribly off form.. The crowd and spectators deserve better than that. The rules need to be sorted. What a lottery! Didn't think I would ever see worse than the tmo performance earlier in the series over there and just found out it was the same guy Brett Cronan.
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@anonymous said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
Is the crowd just going to spend the rest of the game booing now after the red card?
TBF, most of the crowd booing for the yellow were booing the reds decision, not the player.
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@bones said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
@arhs the problem isn't really the laws/rules. It's the officials.
... and one or two good ones won't change that. The consistency of refereeing has been absolutely horrific this year (and for a while). I'm happy to talk intepretations, but some of the decision making with the benefit of TMO live just leads to utterly random calls. What really shits me is the ref standing there watching something happen live, and then looking at a replay and going yellow card. Really? How bloody clear is that?
The AR ability to actually see who is in touch and who isn't appears to be woefully limited as well, the skill levels are abysmal.
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@bovidae said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
@cliff said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
Haven't confirmed it yet but there is a big chance boshier won't be there next season
He "attempted" the final conversion so I was thinking there must be something to that.
Overseas coin is my guess. The ABs have made it clear that he is getting judged on a different scorecard as far as selection goes. Take away the black jersey target and he may as well get the family some money.
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@gt12 said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
@bovidae said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
@gt12 Yes. Wiki has already been updated by someone.
Add Ngatai to the Chiefs list too (4 tries vs Force in 2016).
Tell me that they called him the new Maori Jesus.
This was only a list of the individual try-scorers. There are a lot of players who scored 4 tries in a match.
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@crucial said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
@bovidae said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
@cliff said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
Haven't confirmed it yet but there is a big chance boshier won't be there next season
He "attempted" the final conversion so I was thinking there must be something to that.
Overseas coin is my guess.
I don't begrudge Boshier going if that is true, but I'm curious who could be replacing him in the squad. McMillan said that there wasn't any room for Kapeli in 2022 as they had a full squad of forwards. Cane, Karpik and one other? The ginga Florence is a 6/7 so could be an option. Mitch Jacobson is another no.7 available. We'll see.
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@bones said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
@crucial said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
The ABs have made it clear that he is getting judged on a different scorecard
Ohhhh. The scorecard where everyone else in your position is better than you. Gotta hate that.
I'd take Bosh over Kirifi any day. More strings to the bow and more accurate.
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Can someone explain to me why, in the lead up to the Waratahs only try, there wasn't a penalty for thr most blatant of obstructions when 2 guys peeled off the maul?
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@mariner4life said in Waratahs v Chiefs:
Can someone explain to me why, in the lead up to the Waratahs only try, there wasn't a penalty for thr most blatant of obstructions when 2 guys peeled off the maul?
Have you not seen all the posts about the incompetence of the refs?
I believe that maul was also set up incorrectly with the ball being passed back to a player that hadn't joined yet. Same offence pinged for the Chiefs only minutes before.
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My big issue is the way players dive headfirst into the breakdowns and how the Chiefs pillars were being held and driven back metres behind the breakdown with impunity. Chiefs have been regularly pinged for this stuff earlier in the season. Boshier and Tupaea were on receiving end of these things several times. It all meant there was limited protection for half back and impacted badly on play continuity. Poetic justice for Swinton really.
Wainui had an amazing game but was disappointed they stuck with Slater so long. Albeit his last 15 minutes was most accurate I have seen from him this season. Really disappointed with Gatland and Trask also. Their concentration and intensity seem to switch on and off during games and there was far less pressure in this one.
Finally the Chiefs loosies were amazingly good despite the harsh application of laws against them. Likewise the half backs who absorbed the lenience on the opposition around breakdowns.
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