Hurricanes vs Force
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@nta Mitigating factor with cleaning out a jackaler is the head of said jackaler, is being put into the direct line of fire, voluntarily, 10cm off the ground. Rolling the opponent in that situation might work at some subbies level but no way was Barrett moving Koteka that way here.
And I'd maintain that primary contact (different from first contact) was the leg not head. Koteka would have been sore but not from contact to his melon.
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Anyone else thought Aso looked fat? I kept wondering who the prop was only to realise it was him. Maybe that's why he hasn't featured much?
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Random thoughts ...
- Canes have decent roster at hooker with Aumua No.2 and Riccitelli No.3 No.2
- Was quite pissed off early on with ref in the first 10-12 minutes, especially thet non call about the kick off being taken into touch.
- But refer point 1 immediately thereafter
- Jeremy Thrush reminds of that guy who is the freezing worker at Moerewa or the logging contractor from Ohaupo who skips pre-season training, and rocks up on the Tuesday before the first game, but is always going to be playing As, and is the heart and soul of the forward pack ...
- On that subject ... Reid Princep. I've come to like him. Hardest working mother fucker out there. But Super Rugby is a step too far. NPC is ihis ceiling.
- Wes Goosen, on a similar vein ... am a fan. But Super Rugby is his ceiling.
- Re Jordie's attempt at conversion. (2nd half) reminded me of Paul Thorburn in 87 RWC 3v4 playoff ... take it back as faaar as you can and smash it hard ... Jordie missed though ...
- Re Jordie' s shot to the head, reckon ref got that 100% right.
- Thought ruling out Thrush's try was harsh.
/end of random thoughts
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Jordie's try was a thing of beauty
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@mikethesnow said in Hurricanes vs Force:
Jordie's try was a thing of beauty
It was hilarious. Actual Harlem Globetrotters v Washington Generals stuff.
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@cgrant maybe so, this team has plenty of room for improvement still though. I think how far we go in this comp really relies on getting selections right, i.e picking Savea at 7, not 8 and picking IWL instead of Blackwell etc.
Getting Love and possibly Perenara back will also up our performance.
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The Force attack made the Canes defence look good. There were still some half-breaks but the scramble was better than the line D.
As Miotti knocked over the second penalty, I was thinking "yep great now a breakout try will be converted and you won't see the lead again".
In steps Aumua and a poor lineout throw.
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You can see the huge potential of Jordy Barrett at test level but the stress levels in a really tight test match with 5 minutes to go where the next f#%k up is going to cost the game.....you just know what is going to happen......
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Can't find it in the thread but did we ever resolve the Force player catching a kick with one foot in and one foot out of touch?
Jordie, who seems quite cogent on the inner workings of the laws was vociferous in his claims that an old law had been taken as current.
Now, ever since it was deemed acceptable to run onto the field from the carpark, or drop your hotdog you just bought from the kiosk, run down the stadium stairs and leap over the hoardings and touchline to swat an outbound kick back into the field of play, I don't know the touchline laws anymore.
So what's up with one foot in, one foot out law in 2021?
Another refereeing cock up to match the law makers touchline cock ups of the last decade?I'm totally flummoxed by how the fish heads have made an abortion out of the rudimentary concept of "field of play" in the professional era.🤬
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@siam haven't seen a replay, and abviously don't know for sure, but at the time I thought Jordie was complaining the Force player grounded the foot over the touch line after catching the ball, meaning Force took the ball out of play.
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@stargazer how commons is d.? Sounds a bit tricky to remember during play.
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That loop de loop try is one of the more embarrassing things I have seen on a football field
