All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham
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The hypocrisy of the foul play rules is staggering, you can put a shoulder into the head which upgraded to a red card , but a swinging arm to the head only constitutes a YC
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@nzzp said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@Mattasaurus said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@gt12 said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
Watching the NPC last night where the ref did his best stay out of the game, versus this, its a different game.
People keep saying this - so please tell us which calls he shouldn't have made today?
I think you're being deliberately obtuse.
Rugby is a sport where you can find a penalty at every ruck. Refs can do this, and you can then ask the question 'which call shouldn't have been made today'? What I want to see from refs is consistency, particularly around materiality. What shits supporters is the appearance of different standards during the game, or between teams.
3 penalties then a card 35 m out suggests a tightly whistled game; ignoring ball killing by SA late in the half will then have people asking whether that's consistent.
There is a lot of subjectivity, and there's a lot of pearl clutching on here, but the quality of the refereeing and the law interpretations aren't great. It's very hard to ref this game well, and the best refs generally let non-material things flow. As someone said, it's refs looking like they don't want attention, vs being at the centre of it.
This ref feels like a penalty for every ruck, and a card for most players. It's technically 'not wrong' but you'd struggle to say it's good. I've been frustrated with the framework and application of laws for a while, particularly around the inconsistencies from week to week.
Anyhoo, good physical but limited work from the Bokke. Well played, we've been defending really well, and playing some stupid stupid footy.
Thank you for writing this.
To cheer on this ref performance is completely disingenuous.
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@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I have to give credit to the Boks, their exits are excellent, scrum and lineout good, defensive pressure excellent. Kind of the fundamentals for test match rugby.
That’s the key word
TEST
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This is killing our RWC. We haven’t lost. We have been utterly destroyed. Will be a miracle if we turn this around.
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I can't watch any more of this shit. It's just ridiculous.
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@Billy-Tell said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
This is killing our RWC. We haven’t lost. We have been utterly destroyed. Will be a miracle if we turn this around.
It would have happened vs France in game 1 if not for this.
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Worst AB forward display since the last 20 against England last year. Except this time it's been for the whole game.
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This is a revenge game for the Boks. They clearly wanted it more after Mt Smart.
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@Billy-Tell this is 1st test 2022 in Mbombela all over again.
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28-0 with 20 minutes to go , this could reach 40 +
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@MiketheSnow said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
@chimoaus said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
I have to give credit to the Boks, their exits are excellent, scrum and lineout good, defensive pressure excellent. Kind of the fundamentals for test match rugby.
That’s the key word
TEST
The All Blacks have spent the last eight years developing into the masters of the flat track bully, while other Rugby nations have been honing the key skills of TEST rugby.
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@Steven-Harris said in All Blacks vs Springboks - Twickenham:
The hypocrisy of the foul play rules is staggering, you can put a shoulder into the head which upgraded to a red card , but a swinging arm to the head only constitutes a YC
What? Shoulder charge (never a tackle) versus wrapping arm hitting a person who's falling. Really need to change you attitude/knowledge, cos this is rugby. You've didn't the entire match complaint about the ref, when it's clearly the abs being back to foster's team style
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so far not sure this is the statement game the score says it is
