Stormers v Crusaders

[Crucial]

What a SA stitch up. That was nota clear and obvious forward pass at all. Call from the crowd and the TMO

[akan004]

Clearly backwards from the hand. Hometown decision.

[Jailbreak7]

Why would you go for the posts? Go hard or go home I say

[Jailbreak7]

Wierd that the SA comms team called it a 19-19 draw with about 20 mins to go.....

[Old Samurai Jack]

Damn..... some home town reffing.....

[Stargazer]

How awful was the officiating in the last 15 minutes? No way that pass from Ennor was forward. Try shouldn't have been disallowed. Then a forward pass from the Stormers' halfback not spotted. And then another undeserved penalty to the Stormers. Geez, esp the South African officials are so biased.

That draw should have been a win for the Crusaders. Geez.

[Stargazer]

@Jailbreak7 Rigged?

[Stargazer]

I just can't believe that try was disallowed. It was so obvious that that pass went backwards. It shouldn't even have gone to the TMO. It's always the same thing in South Africa.

[Rebound]

@akan004 Yes all you can say is WTF. And ask why NZ and Aus still put up with shit like this. Is the SA market really worth all the trouble for shit like this

[Rebound]

@Rebound I was at the game and live and on the reply. The question is how the fuck is that a forward pass

[Jailbreak7]

@Stargazer Rigged - most certainly.
@Rebound SA audience worth it? Probably. At least NZ & what is the left of the burning embers of Aus rugby think so too.
But hey, this is not a new concept. We've lived with playing conditions like this in SA for ever. Well as long as I can remember anyhow.
We just have to be a lot better than they are. A lot.

[Stargazer]

@Machpants said in Stormers v Crusaders:

So neutral ref in SA, thank fuck

Unfortunately, not the other officials. vd Westhuizen and Jonker are definitely a recipe for disaster to any non-SA team visiting the Republic.

[Toddy]

Haven't read the thread but I'm guessing according to everyone here the ref is to blame for the draw.

Crusaders seem to be struggling a bit against the SA sides this year.

[Billy Tell]

FFS. Compelling evidence that pass went back out of hands. Why are SA TMOs always so bent?

Ennor is a star in the making IMHO.

[Billy Tell]

There’s even a frigging demo video on world rugby website showing a pass usually goes forward even though passed backward.

Don’t think it matters in the grand scheme of things but that TMO should be stood down.

[Crucial]

I thought the new TMO protocols were put in place to stop the TMO calling the shots?
He said “I want you to check” to the ref then proceeded to tell him what to do.

[Bones]

Interesting, I just watched the highlights put up by SA and they didn't seem to show any disallowed try.

[Canerbry]

Im getting a little bit sick of these moral victories.

[Siam]

Staggering that a WC ref official could misinterpret a pass like that.

His farken employer made a video showing why you can't always trust the lines marked on the field ffs.

That's not good enough officiating, needs to be fixed

[Stargazer]

The video with the disallowed try is in this article.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/112830256/super-rugby-crusaders-held-to-draw-by-stormers-after-lastditch-penalty-goal