I see lots of people suggesting TJP. Has he ever played there? I can’t recall it. Can he goal kick?
I can’t see them picking a guy who doesn’t kick goals unless Jordie is on the field as well. Way too risky.
Of the 10’s left in NZ my choice would be Banks then Black.
If you are covering it with an out of position player then it should be Jordie for his goal kicking.
@98blueandgold said in Crusaders v Brumbies:
The inconsistency of calls. Although I hate the crusaders Strange get hit in the head and doesn’t score yet scrum! If the play the law it’s a yellow and penalty try.
Three high tackles in the act of scoring now. One is a scrum to Brumbies. One is a try plus yellow but conversion missed rather than penalty try and the third is just a try and no further sanction.
This sort of shit is killing rugby watching for me.
@Bones said in Blues vs Stormers:
@booboo said in Blues vs Stormers:
@Bones no.
I'm saying Telea was looking at the ball thinking he was in a position to catch it until he looked up and saw Leyds had beaten him in the air and then he tried to pull out.
It's not lazy.
Right, so players can do as they wish now with the defence of "but I was looking at the ball"? Tele'a should have been more aware shouldn't he, rather than thinking that the ball is the only thing to worry about.
Isn’t that exactly what Leyds was doing? Only worrying about the ball, not the contact he was potentially putting himself into?
I don’t think the balance is right at the moment. Fucked if i know the answer though. No jumping? Everyone must jump? No jumping forward while running? Catcher with both feet on the ground has right of way? No of them ideal but neither is red carding a guy could have caught the ball if it wasn’t for another guy flying at his head.
Great win by the Blues. That is the sort of game they used to lose.
Parsons still a liability.
Nonu looked decent.
Rieko acting like a cock again after his try. He seems to be taking Akira’s quota of dickhead pills this season.
Thought Akira was pretty quiet early on but by the end he was pulling off plays that should have secured the game much earlier if they could just finish them off.
Thought red wash harsh but pretty much in line with how they have been ruling it. No doubt the red card will be cancelled at the hearing.
Going to be really interesting to see how the Blues go for the rest of the year. With the way the other teams are playing they could end up second in the NZ conference.
Pretty entertaining game. Some of the Rugby guys showed good skills especially with the bat. BB, Boshier and Jordy all batted pretty well. Good win in the end for the rugby team.
Do we play Sri Lanka every summer or does it just feel like we do?
Ive never known of a coach who has got such a free ride when it comes to shitty results. Not even Tana.
Nothing about the Wallabies over the last few years suggests they have a good coach. You can blame his assistants if you want but he is the guy who picked them and insists they don't need to change.
His selections have been a constant lottery of shuffling backlines, unbalanced back rows, revolving second rowers and 24 man teams.
Then there is acting like a complete clown in the coaches box and press conferences.
How the fuck he ever won coach of the year while under a second final warning for abusing refs is beyond comprehension.
How are you meant to build a strong team culture based on accountability around a guy like that?
The only decent reason i have heard that he shouldn't be sacked is that RA can't afford it.
They should have thought of that before signing their second best openside flanker for multi millions or should have offloaded the over hyped, over paid righteous homophobe while they could.
So in summary: St Kents have crossed "the line" but "the line" is kind of a squiggle that all the other teams conveniently sit on the right side of after appointing themselves placers of "the line".
As far as im concerned if a player attends a school they should be able to play for that school.
If the schools are so desperate that they want to pay players to attend their school or give the scholarships then so be it.
It's highschool rugby ffs.