Reds v Highlanders

[Stargazer]

Ha, de Groot doing halfback tricks.

[KiwiMurph]

@Stargazer having a great game in the loose

[Mattasaurus]

Two dumb arses getting a YC
Some inconsistent officiating.
Missed penalty
And we're still right in this... C'mon boys

[Bovidae]

@akan004 said in Reds v Highlanders:

Forward off Petaia

I was surprised that Qld didn't get a penalty there for the obvious push in the back by Gilbert.

[Stargazer]

If a player lies immovable on the ground, don't try to pick him up, moron!

[Mattasaurus]

That could easily have been caleb Clarke 2.0 there

[Damo]

My final word on the bias debate is that I personally found it very difficult to referee a team I had any association with. I am pretty sure I was much harder on "my" team than the opposition.

Maybe a few years ago there was some scullduggery but these days I refuse to believe that any professional referees show bias (one saffer ref excluded who was quietly disposed of).

That's not to say there isn't an advantage derived from teams being refereed in a manner that they are used to/familiar with.

[Stargazer]

Highlanders have to start passing better.

[Mattasaurus]

Oh dear

[Stargazer]

Good scrum

[Mattasaurus]

De groot has done that all night.

[Stargazer]

Go for the points!

[KiwiMurph]

Wonderful passage of play Highlanders.

[Mattasaurus]

About our best lot of phases all season

[Mattasaurus]

Crawling.. But no conscious biase

[Stargazer]

Commentators first widely discussing how the refs missed that a player being held in the tackle did not release the ball before playing it again, and then saying how deserved the following try was. Geezus.

[Mattasaurus]

Smiths box kicking hot and cold tonight....
But that pass 😁

[KiwiMurph]

Highlanders got fucked there.

McReight a mile offside.

[Stargazer]

Fakatava magic.

[KiwiMurph]

Fakatava that was slick