Fiji vs Scotland

mimic

Anyone watching this game?
Ref is making some interesting calls

mimic

A player jumped to catch a passing ball... Fijian tackled him whilst he was in the air and was penalised... Is that a rule? I knew you can't take a player out in the air (usually from kicks), but jumping to catch a pass is ridiculous.
If a player is diving onto the try line, and you tackle him, is that taking a player out in the air?

Fijian made a ball and all tackle, and the ref called it a high tackle, and then signalled to his chest...

Scot tackled a Fijian at the knees and got a yellow card.. I think it was because there were no arms, but I don't think I heard the ref say anything about no arms.. He just said he took out his knees..

Fiji with 2 YC, and the Scots with 1 YC

Half time
Fiji lead 11-7

taniwharugby

@mimic i guess technically it is a rule, no tackling a player in the air, but yeah, as you are about to go into contact you should start jumping into it.

mimic

Fiji leading 27-17 with 9 mins to go..

mimic

Fiji win 27-22

African Monkey

Really enjoyed that game. Fiji's defence was outstanding I thought. Nakarawa, Volavola and Tuisova were Fiji's best with Ravai and Osborne also having strong games.

Crucial

@mimic said in Fiji vs Scotland:

Fiji win 27-22

That will have wiped out the world ranking points Scotland gained last week

MiketheSnow

The Scot who knocked Gatland back

Rapido

Not a huge crowd? Not bad, but not humming.

I would have assumed two tier 1 test nations touring, plus then beating them both in consecutive weeks would have generated some fervour?

taniwharugby

@Crucial it didn't, they still improved their ranking points.

edit: actually, the table I have seen is only up to 19/06

Kruse

@taniwharugby @Crucial - Yeah, they just drop 1 place.

Crucial

@Kruse said in Fiji vs Scotland:

@taniwharugby @Crucial - Yeah, they just drop 1 place.

-1.43 is a big drop points wise though and now they have to have another big win to make up the ground.

Kruse

@Crucial Well, in Autumn they get:
Samoa, which should be a slight increase,
Then NZ - where they won't lose any points even with a loss,
Then Australia...
Easy.

MN5

@Crucial said in Fiji vs Scotland:

@Kruse said in Fiji vs Scotland:

@taniwharugby @Crucial - Yeah, they just drop 1 place.

-1.43 is a big drop points wise though and now they have to have another big win to make up the ground.

Fuck

Kruse

@MN5 Cheer up - this is what it would look like after a clean-sweep of the Autumn Internationals...

MN5

@Kruse said in Fiji vs Scotland:

@MN5 Cheer up - this is what it would look like after a clean-sweep of the Autumn Internationals...

That looks easy enough for the mighty Scots once their Lions are back #clutchingatstraws

NTA

Wallabies beat Fiji beat Scotland beat Wallabies...

Fucked up.

mariner4life

@NTA said in Fiji vs Scotland:

Wallabies beat Fiji beat Scotland beat Wallabies...

Fucked up.

I think it's great how competitive the 2nd tier of international rugby is...

NTA

@mariner4life said in Fiji vs Scotland:

@NTA said in Fiji vs Scotland:

Wallabies beat Fiji beat Scotland beat Wallabies...

Fucked up.

I think it's great how competitive the 2nd tier of international rugby is...

Its turned to shit here ever since we let Kiwi players into our grassroots.

Got to tip my hat to the level of planning required for that sort of sabotage though. Generational

mariner4life

@NTA said in Fiji vs Scotland:

@mariner4life said in Fiji vs Scotland:

@NTA said in Fiji vs Scotland:

Wallabies beat Fiji beat Scotland beat Wallabies...

Fucked up.

I think it's great how competitive the 2nd tier of international rugby is...

Its turned to shit here ever since we let Kiwi players into our grassroots.

Got to tip my hat to the level of planning required for that sort of sabotage though. Generational

pure Machiavellian, a slow burn to complete destruction, from the inside. We thought we had shown our hand with Dingo, but you idiots still blamed your board.

The Silver Fern

Fiji vs Scotland