England v Australia
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@sparky said in England v Australia:
Harsh obstruction call. Englishman fell into Nic White there.
Possibly, but as Drew pointed out in commentary; players know the refereeing team is harsh on players that change their lines and he did so solely to impede the English defender.
Two dumb YCs didn't help the Wallabies either.
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@bovidae said in England v Australia:
@nta said in England v Australia:
That's a fucking rubbish call on White from the TMO. That should be reviewed and dismissed
Another game dominated by the TMO. What the fuck has happened to rugby?
I watched 15 minutes of the ABs, and then turned off with the YC. Been coming for a while.
Also cancelled my sky subscription - partially because cricket season is coming, but mostly because rugby is just a complete lottery these days. The TMO seem to exemplify virtue signalling; if they look at an incident, it'll be a card, but so much else gets let go. It's the inconsistency that has robbed the joy for me.
So, just not enjoying it like I used to. It's really sad, lockdown probably has some effect for me, but frankly the officiating has finally turned me off the sport.
Hopefully a good break will help; i'll still go live and see the Blues, but can't be bothered investing too much more in it right now
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@nzzp said in England v Australia:
but mostly because rugby is just a complete lottery these days. The TMO seem to exemplify virtue signalling; if they look at an incident, it'll be a card, but so much else gets let go. It's the inconsistency that has robbed the joy for me.
Yeah, the extreme inconsistency of when or whether the TMO intervenes is very annoying, there's probably dozens of rucks every game where you could find a card for reckless play with players copping shoulders to faces/heads all the time. It's a blight and there's no solution in sight
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Super coach Rennie pfffftttt
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Well, that was a poor advertisement for the game. @NTA said that maybe Aus deserved that and maybe they did, but not from that England side. Up on territory, up on possession (and often good possession too), up on the penalty count as well, but still we were a few minutes away from losing it. Aus we’re shite and we were slightly less shite but really offered little as a differentiator.
None of the selection experiments worked and in truth that match has given us very little apart from the W. We learned little that was positive from that game.
Still fuming.
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@chimoaus said in England v Australia:
I don't think Rugby is well suited to an analysis of the rules as you will find infringements in nearly every phase of play. It could become a very long drawn out spectacle with every try/play being overanalysed.
Perhaps there should be a time limit or a max no of times a specific TMO can interrupt?
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@nostrildamus said in England v Australia:
@chimoaus said in England v Australia:
I don't think Rugby is well suited to an analysis of the rules as you will find infringements in nearly every phase of play. It could become a very long drawn out spectacle with every try/play being overanalysed.
Perhaps there should be a time limit or a max no of times a specific TMO can interrupt?
Captains challenge. But you only get one in each half regardless of whether you're right or wrong.
