Brumbies v Chiefs
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So an outstanding defensive effort by the Chiefs (ignoring ENS's positioning for the final Brumbies try), and the Chiefs nullified the Brumbies lineout drive. Jacobson was superb.
The backs were a little clunky on attack so that needs to be improved.
How was Samu allowed to return to the field after being subbed? He was off the field for longer than 10 mins.
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@Nepia said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
Teams seem to get on pretty well. They all seem to be chatting amongst each other which is good to see after there used to be a bit of animosity between the NZ and Oz players for a while IIRC.
I noticed that all the Kiwi boys were chatting post-game, as some are/were provincial teammates.
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@Kirwan said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
I know he just scored, but the Chiefs look better with DMac at 10
With Gatland's injury, Ioane needed to play so I could understand why he started. He also hasn't played much recently. DMac will be at 10 in the playoffs.
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i was surpised by samu return as i thought he left with knee injury. thought ENS had a very good game (other than last try) and is a going under rader a bit with his performences. LJ best running game of the season.defence alround great.
i wonder if the other teams have fiqured our attack out. insaying that we seem to be playing a bit within ourselfs on attack -
@Bovidae said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
How was Samu allowed to return to the field after being subbed? He was off the field for longer than 10 mins.
Why did Jahrome Brown leave? I guess it was blood or a head knock not a regular sub and then he wasn’t able to return?
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@Duluth said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
@Bovidae said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
How was Samu allowed to return to the field after being subbed? He was off the field for longer than 10 mins.
Why did Jahrome Brown leave? I guess it was blood or a head knock not a regular sub and then he wasn’t able to return?
didnt he have to leave for a prop replacement to come on?
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@Duluth said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
@Bovidae said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
How was Samu allowed to return to the field after being subbed? He was off the field for longer than 10 mins.
Why did Jahrome Brown leave? I guess it was blood or a head knock not a regular sub and then he wasn’t able to return?
It didn't look to be blood or a head knock. I thought that only front rowers could come back on for safety reasons. Remember when DMac had to come on very late to replace McWhannell earlier in SR.
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@Bovidae said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
I thought that only front rowers could come back on for safety reasons. Remember when DMac had to come on very late to replace McWhannell earlier in SR.
- Tactically replaced players may return to play only when replacing:
a. An injured front-row player.
b. A player with a blood injury.
c. A player with a head injury.
d. A player who has just been injured as a result of foul play (as verified by the match officials).
e. The nominated player described in Law 3.19 or 3.20.So it all depends on why Brown left. I wasn’t paying attention
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Just watched this. Found the inconsistent officiating frustrating. Offsides in front of kicker ignored until an insignificant one. Players on ground allowed to play ruck ball, knock ons flagged on. And I thought Alaalatoa was a red card going by precedent.
So best thing was that the Chiefs held composure through all that.
Ratima much improved tonite but I thought Josh Ioane struggled and his kicking was limp.
Clear MOM for Luke Jacobson and a lot of skills shown by Narawa.
Need to play DMac at 10 for big games. Brumbies sensibly took him out of the game for long periods. -
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@Dan54 said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
While hear what you are saying about moving DMac back to 10 and agree, I also thought it was one of best fullback performamces of the season last night.
If the selectors agree then he’s pushing hard with BB for the role of 15 that covers 10.
I feel a bit for Perofeta, as he was groomed all last season as understudy but didn’t get the playing time. His injuries haven’t helped but then again DMac should have been at the last RWC except for injury -
I have to say ,I thought the performance od particulary Jacobson, but also Cane were bloody good. Also I was impressed with whole forward pack, and it's great to see that kiwi teams are learning to counter the driving maul off lineout. We seemed to be unable to find the answer for a while there.
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@Dan54 said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
I have to say ,I thought the performance od particulary Jacobson, but also Cane were bloody good. Also I was impressed with whole forward pack, and it's great to see that kiwi teams are learning to counter the driving maul off lineout. We seemed to be unable to find the answer for a while there.
I do wonder if the Brumbies maul is a fairly simple one to defend once you work it out though. They don’t roll much or look to break off.
We also got very good maul reffing that was calling the initial backward move as “once” -
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@Mr-Fish said in Brumbies v Chiefs:
It was only a few weeks ago that the Chiefs had zero answers to the Reds maul so this is entirely possible...
Or they learned some lessons/re-focused.
The maul defence looked pretty simple. Wrap around early and form a semi-circle. Press in from all sides to squeeze the ball out the back.
If there was some good reffing analysis that’s also a good thing.
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This was a nice game to watch today, hearing the least educated rugby crowd again making the most noise whinging.
