Bay of Plenty v North Harbour

[ARHS]

Aha so thats why the weather was so bad.. Storm week. Was worried that a big blunder by Eklund at the start might cost BOP dearly later.
North Harbour always seemed to have someone to pick up a loose ball and break a couple of tackles whenever they looked to be capitulating.
Edmed was all class, but Stevenson a mixed bag. Forward battle was rather scrappy. Ruzich was lively. Ah Kuoi and Sangster were industrious.

[Duluth]

[pakman]

Would like to see replay of that last grounding!

[cgrant]

Tosi scrummed solidly against Tevita Mafileo who is a very strong scrummager. This is good news for the All Blacks as I find Newell too limited around the park. However, I won't risk Tosi on the bench against the Boks but rather against the Aussies.

[KiwiPie]

@pakman said in Bay of Plenty v North Harbour:

Would like to see replay of that last grounding!

Budget cuts - no camera view of tries being grounded - pretty much means the refs and touchies have to make the call.

[pakman]

@KiwiPie Harbour players seemed adamant no try.

[KiwiPie]

@pakman said in Bay of Plenty v North Harbour:

@KiwiPie Harbour players seemed adamant no try.

It was pretty clear that the scorer didn't think it was a try either! But there was one in the right corner which the scorer thought he did score and it was disallowed. Again no good view to know either way.

[ARHS]

Weird feel in the stand. Several non calls were jeered by the spectators. Players slowed down expecting the whistle. Does anyone know if the Tmo setup was working OK, as it felt that maybe it wasn't.

[barky1]

@ARHS a few forward passes and knock ons in a short space of time were missed in the second half

[ARHS]

Yep, I got the impression the ref and tjs were waiting for tmo calls which never came. Looked like obvious infringements from the sideline.