Brumbies v Highlanders
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Best player on the field for the Brumbies was Jordan Way. Great game, he won it for them.
Joke aside, I like what I saw of Lasaqa (his best game so far), Tangitau and Nareki. Withy was very good, as usual. Gilbert was rocks and diamonds. Solid performances from Howden, Vikena, Hastie and Big Jim. -
Hastie has really impressed me this season. Never really thought much of him before
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Well Brumbies derserved the win in the end. But what I think is how good a coach is JJ??
Brumbies had 7-8 Wallabies, Clan had 0 ABs, and really shouldn't of stayed anywhere near Brumbies at home. But they did, and I put it down to bloody good use of players abilities .
I think both teams would be reasonably happy at the end of that. -
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We just didn't help ourselves either.
For every shit call, there was a high school level error from us in return.
As I've said in the main Highlanders thread. The bones of a good team is there. It will develop given time and continuity.
Another problem last night was some shithouse receiving of the high ball. Both Gilbert and Robinson struggled to take high balls. Which was disappointing.
The quality of tries we have scored this year has been incredibly high. This was the case again last night.
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@cgrant said in Brumbies v Highlanders
@Dan54
The Highlanders should have won but the referee decided otherwise.I work under the rule of thumb that the players decide the game result.
Just I don't accept blaming the refs ever get's you anywhere. Just me, and how I worked as a coach from schoolboys upwards , and so I can't change now, I too bloody old.
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You can't have as many issues as the Highlanders have and then say it was the ref.
The ref didn't kick it out on the full. The ref didn't spill the high kicks. etc
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@Chester-Draws said in Brumbies v Highlanders:
The ref didn't kick it out on the full. The ref didn't spill the high kicks. etc
I feel like he would have if the highlanders drove him to desperation.
Game was there for the winning, but Way is a blindly biased shitbag.
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@Dan54
The no-arm tackle on Hastie was a game decider. 40 meters in front of the Brumbies posts. This could have led to 3 points for the Highlanders. But the Ponies scored a few phases later from their scrum.
And the Lasaqa's turnover which was penalized just a few meters from the Highlanders try line. It also led to a Brumbies score.
And the three turnovers which seemed perfectly valid and which did not lead to Highlanders penalties : they allowed the Brumbies to keep on playing and to score the winning try.
However, I agree with you that the Highlanders made stupid mistakes (two out on the full restarts and one penalty kick which failed to find touch are the ones which come to my mind plus the ball they kept in their going forward scrum which they should have cleared out). BTW, the ensuing penalty was very harsh as it did seem that Bartlett was pushing straight.
