2018 Brisbane Global Tens

[MN5]

@tim said in 2018 Brisbane Global Tens:

Australian commentators are awful. High shoulder charge on Clarke goes unmentioned.

If Justin Marshall was commentating I'm sure he woulda busted out a 'boomfa'. Would that have helped?

[Stockcar86]

@tim said in 2018 Brisbane Global Tens:

Hurricanes: Julian Savea (c), Brayden lose, Ben Lam, Alex Fidow, Fraser Armstrong, Tolu Fahamokioa, James O'Reilly, Murray Douglas, Du'Plessis Kirifi, Will Mangos, Liam Mitchell, Sam Henwood, Chase Tiatia, Finlay Christie, Jamie Booth, Losi Filipo, Jackson Garden-Bachop, Malo Tuitama, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Jonah Lowe, Trent Renata, Hunter Prescott.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/101226762/julian-savea-and-the-mystery-hurricanes-tens-squad-set-off-for-brisbane

hmm, must have missed the announcement about Chase Tiatia returning home

[KiwiMurph]

Blues didnt win a 10s game last season so already a better tournament.

Nanai, Ruru, Clarke and surprisingly Trainor looked really sharp.

Of the real youngsters Sotutu and Telea caught the eye.

[Stockcar86]

@tim said in 2018 Brisbane Global Tens:

Australian commentators are awful. High shoulder charge on Clarke goes unmentioned.

And they seem to know about 2 players names from each of the non-Australian sides

[Tim]

Blatant card from the Chiefs for a late tackle.

[Tim]

Pleasants-Tate lucky not to be sent off. Will players be cited from the 10s?

[Tim]

Falcon has looked sharp.

[Bovidae]

@tim said in 2018 Brisbane Global Tens:

Pleasants-Tate lucky not to be sent off. Will players be cited from the 10s?

That was a cheapshot. Bombed a try too.

I think that was a try at the end. Seu gets pinged for high tackles too often.

[Tim]

@bovidae said in 2018 Brisbane Global Tens:

Also Pleasants-Tate wears a nose-ring, so I now 100% support him moving to Otago.

[KiwiMurph]

@tim yeah he can piss off. He was mud last year in Mitre 10 Cup.

[Crazy Horse]

Did anyone else other than the TMO think the Highlander foot was in touch at the end there?

[ShadowTrooper]

Keep the comms coming...for those of us who have no coverage....comms are excellent

[Chris B.]

@crazy-horse Be nice to think it was the language barrier and he meant his knee. Feet didn't seem to be an issue. Looked like a try to me, but the knee was close and I didn't get out a magnifying glass.

Can't someone invent some sort of X-ray Hawk-eye for rugby, so that these dodgy upstairs decisions get taken out of the equation.

Highlanders had enough chances to win that and bombed them. Pleasants-Tate should be cited - not sure what the Chief's guy was doing tackling the try scorer half an hour after he'd dotted down the ball either.

[KiwiMurph]

@shadowtrooper some exhibition womens games on at the moment.

Canes v Crusaders in about 45 and Blues after that.

[antipodean]

Minor gloat: I coached the NSW women's scrumhalf.

[KiwiMurph]

Horrendous colour clash Rebels and Brumbies women jerseys.

How the fuck does that still happen in this day and age?

[antipodean]

If only the tournament management asked teams to submit their jersey designs beforehand...

[Gunner]

WTF was that Fijian binned for? What a joke

[Nepia]

I thought Andrew Walker would have more of a puku than that by now. He still appears to have the old skills.

[Gunner]

Fijians being penalised off the park but could still pinch this with a bit of luck