Northland v Auckland
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@gt12 said in Northland v Auckland:
I saw the highlights, that was a player beaten who left their arm out and collected a guy in the head. It was at least a penalty and I can’t really see why there wasn’t a penalty try.
Agree and…. take a look at the 2nd player, who was beaten also and sticks out his leg. Reihana lands on the guys knee, which is why we have the knock on and Reihana is injured in the tackle, and is kicked in the face when his head lands.
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We need to be a bit better with our attack, like last week we spent long passages on attack for no reward. Even after an error, we get back in the scoring zone but fail to capitalise.
Something not exclusive to us, but the fact we go one pass right, one pass left, one pass right, always playing in the heavy traffic, we need to play a bit wider if we are to to that, otherwise we need to work more one way before coming back.
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Caught up with the highlights of this one eventually last night.
Been much comment on the not-penalty try?
High tackle, prevented "probable" try, PT, YC. YC , not for the tackle but the PT.
Reckon the officials fucked up.
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@booboo not apart from what you see in this thread, which is mostly blurred by ones own bias as always anyway.
Tackles in the action of scoring a try are fraught with risk for the defender with head contact an issue, on another day, it woulda been as you say, IMO it was a penalty, I personally wouldnt agree with a YC for that though, but the rules are an arse at times.
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@taniwharugby said in Northland v Auckland:
@booboo not apart from what you see in this thread, which is mostly blurred by ones own bias as always anyway.
Tackles in the action of scoring a try are fraught with risk for the defender with head contact an issue, on another day, it woulda been as you say, IMO it was a penalty, I personally wouldnt agree with a YC for that though, but the rules are an arse at times.
Agree 💯
YC only because mandated for PT. Not for impact..
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@Duluth I think he got it wrong (his decision), but hey I was leaning Northland so I'll admit my bias.
Sorry to reopen the argument (have now checked back over the thread).
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@booboo said in Northland v Auckland:
Caught up with the highlights of this one eventually last night.
Been much comment on the not-penalty try?
High tackle, prevented "probable" try, PT, YC. YC , not for the tackle but the PT.
Reckon the officials fucked up.
I was sitting near an old* guy in an ARU blazer at the game, he was congratulating those around him for a great come back for the draw. Even he couldn't believe it wasn't a penalty try.
And by old, probably my age but twice the weight and none of the hair didn't help how young you look!
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Problem is, it still comes back to the individual ref or TMO view on what constitutes 'foul play' which I think many cards/penalties we have seen in recent years are not.
