Pommie BaaBaa & Froggie XV

[dogmeat]

Thank God someone had the brains to make the in goal tackle effectively depriving the French of two points

[Stargazer]

Bloody hell, that was hardly a high tackle. Tiddly winks.

[canefan]

The TMO is taking the piss

[taniwharugby]

@canefan no idea, only following the game on here, and sounds like they are falling to pieces in the last 20, whereas we always killed teams in this period

[Tordah]

This is the best example of how TV replays can influence a game. Ridiculous

[canefan]

The ref is helping keep the French in it with a series of pretty innocuous calls overturned by the TMO

[dogmeat]

I've only seen the last 20 minutes but I can't agree with the criticism of the adjudication. They're ruling to the letter of the law. We put ourselves in this position by poor technique and careless tackling - mainly because we are in danger of being over-run

[chimoaus]

NZ fail to win own lineout scrum to zfrance on half way.

[canefan]

Fark, knock on after getting the turnover

[Stargazer]

Goodhue back on.

[chimoaus]

Last play of game is France scrum 30m out.

[Stargazer]

Half a minute to go ...

[canefan]

@dogmeat said in Pommie BaaBaa & Froggie XV:

I've only seen the last 20 minutes but I can't agree with the criticism of the adjudication. They're ruling to the letter of the law. We put ourselves in this position by poor technique and careless tackling - mainly because we are in danger of being over-run

The obstruction call when we were hot on attack and lining up a penalty was weak

[No Quarter]

Hahaha owned!!!

[chimoaus]

NZ scum kills zfrance, ball to NZ and we win.

[canefan]

Great scrum to take the chockies

[Stargazer]

Full time: ABs win 28 to 23. Glad this young, inexperienced team has been able to defeat a French team with many more caps, but no doubt, less quality.

[Gunner]

@dogmeat said in Pommie BaaBaa & Froggie XV:

I've only seen the last 20 minutes but I can't agree with the criticism of the adjudication. They're ruling to the letter of the law. We put ourselves in this position by poor technique and careless tackling - mainly because we are in danger of being over-run

I'm only following on here, but it seems to me that while they're refereeing to the letter of the law, the bloody TMO seems to be sticking his bloody nose into everything.
If they're going to rule on every second play, why not do away with the on field ref and just have the TMO do it from the comfort of his seat.

[Hooroo]

That was a great game of footy

[canefan]

Great game on tour. Justin Marshall hit it on the head when he said midweek rugby on tour is a good thing. It allows more young ABs to get game time in the black jersey