The "other" round one SR games
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@Stargazer said in The "other" round one SR games:
Force player penalised for high tackle (arm around neck) but no card. Correct decision IMO; ref explicitly saying that the tackled player was falling into the tackle. In the NH, that probably would have been a card.
Didn't Khunt get a yellow for a similar incident last night?
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I watched this for 20 minutes, a few good moments, some very nice scrummaging, and a lot of dross. Skelton looks scary.
Commentators stupid. One of them claimed that at the end of a maul the opposing player holding the player and ball on the ground was obligated to release him and ball. The other shut up and changed the subject, lol.
http://www.rugbyrefs.com/showthread.php?13854-Clarification-2-of-2011-Ball-Carrier-in-a-maul-goes-to-groundI noted down a run of play for 5 minutes from about the 60 minute mark, mistake after mistake, just total shit play, cock up after cock up:
-Force penalty, bad kick out only advances them 15m.
-Force lose lineout
-H-Petty drops up and under on his 22. Nothing but shirt, haha
-Waratahs immediately knock on from the scrum
-Play down the other end, Tahs bad clearning kick.
-Force lose messy scramble at lineout. -
@Wairau said in The "other" round one SR games:
I watched this for 20 minutes, a few good moments, some very nice scrummaging, and a lot of dross. Skelton looks scary.
Commentators stupid. One of them claimed that at the end of a maul the opposing player holding the player and ball on the ground was obligated to release him and ball. The other shut up and changed the subject, lol.
http://www.rugbyrefs.com/showthread.php?13854-Clarification-2-of-2011-Ball-Carrier-in-a-maul-goes-to-groundI noted down a run of play for 5 minutes from about the 60 minute mark, mistake after mistake, just total shit play, cock up after cock up:
-Force penalty, bad kick out only advances them 15m.
-Force lose lineout
-H-Petty drops up and under on his 22. Nothing but shirt, haha
-Waratahs immediately knock on from the scrum
-Play down the other end, Tahs bad clearning kick.
-Force lose messy scramble at lineout.Sounds like I missed a good one.
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Yeah it wasn't a great spectacle, weather certainly played its part though. Ugly from the Waratahs but they shouldn't be too happy grinding out a win against a Force side who made things difficult for them.
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Even the Tahs Force highlights looked rubbish.
For some reason the Force are a bit of a bogey side for the Tahs - and they love to drag teams into an unwatchable grind as well.
At least there seemed to be some running rugby in the 3 overnight games in South Africa. Lions v Tahs should be a good battle next week and a truer reflection of where both teams are at.
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The Haguaaarrres scored what will possibly be the try of the season. Beautiful stuff even if it was against the Queens.