Northland v Southland
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Guess we will find out in 2 days if Adams has been cited and banned...
So potentially losing Adams and Ofa for next week, and Hallam-Eames went off injured, so hope he is good.
We may have Apoua back though
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@taniwharugby Adams has recieved an off field YC ..dont ask me how that works , its too much to ponder 🤔🤷🏻♂️😂
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@Steven-Harris ok so all good 👍
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@Steven-Harris said in Northland v Southland:
@taniwharugby Adams has recieved an off field YC
It blows my mind how much the TMO and commentators miss. Th cleanout happened right where the ball was - right in front of the ref.
I'd be fascinated to be a fly on the wall for commentators/TMOs to see what they are actually looking at.
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@KiwiMurph I've watched that several times, to me, the ref looks directly at it, then play streaks away and he lets it run.
Was a play later in the game, where the ball bobbled, Rush busted through, had 30m to go to an all but open try line (my money was on him getting there) but ref called it on a dubious looking double knock on...IMO you let that run, but immediately check it, as the big screen shot I saw at the game it looked like no knock on by us.
Refs have a tough job, not made at all easy by the rules and framework they have in place.
Its like going to play golf after having lessons...so many thoughts going through your head about what you have to do to nail it down the middle; before you slice it out of bounds!
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@KiwiMurph said in Northland v Southland:
@Steven-Harris said in Northland v Southland:
@taniwharugby Adams has recieved an off field YC
It blows my mind how much the TMO and commentators miss. Th cleanout happened right where the ball was - right in front of the ref.
I'd be fascinated to be a fly on the wall for commentators/TMOs to see what they are actually looking at.
One of the Northland coaches (possibly Veale?) praised it in the half time interview. Talked about the defence and the aggressive clean out the lead to the try
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@taniwharugby said in Northland v Southland:
@KiwiMurph I've watched that several times, to me, the ref looks directly at it, then play streaks away and he lets it run.
Was a play later in the game, where the ball bobbled, Rush busted through, had 30m to go to an all but open try line (my money was on him getting there) but ref called it on a dubious looking double knock on...IMO you let that run, but immediately check it, as the big screen shot I saw at the game it looked like no knock on by us.
Refs have a tough job, not made at all easy by the rules and framework they have in place.
Its like going to play golf after having lessons...so many thoughts going through your head about what you have to do to nail it down the middle; before you slice it out of bounds!
I can understand the ref missing it with everything going on.
But what's the point of the TMO? What else would they be looking at during that exact moment?
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@Duluth guess the only thing in Adams' favour is he was very low, but he only needed to set/drive, rather than blow over like that, it was only a half back
@KiwiMurph I have no arguments, despite me not wanting it looked at, I think it warranted a look...am a bit surprised it only got an off-field Yellow, too, fortunately the 9 doesnt look like he suffered a head knock, so that is a positive!
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@taniwharugby said in Northland v Southland:
@Duluth guess the only thing in Adams' favour is he was very low, but he only needed to set/drive, rather than blow over like that, it was only a half back
@KiwiMurph I have no arguments, despite me not wanting it looked at, I think it warranted a look...am a bit surprised it only got an off-field Yellow, too, fortunately the 9 doesnt look like he suffered a head knock, so that is a positive!
To me Adam’s technique was pretty good, low and aggressive to a player looking to steal. The trouble is you have a small halfback going over the ball with head moving down and the clean out is risky because of that. To your point he probably only needed to set because it was a halfback but making that decision quickly when it could have been a loose forward is increasing the risk losing the contact. Looked worse than it was because he flattened him. If I am the coach I am wanting him to do that everyday of the week - just maintain his technique, stay low and try to avoid the head.
