Brumbies v Crusaders

[African Monkey]

@Crazy-Horse He's looking very good after a shaky start to the season. His running game has been very good.

Drummond can't even get a run off the bench these days.

[Bovidae]

Hotham's strength has always been his running game. He is deceptively strong, and has the ability to bust tackles.

[SBW1]

While the season is pretty close to a right off aside from the remaining two games and whether results fall our way, at least we have blooded some newbies.

[Smudge]

Strange must have been watching the 1985 Ranfurly Shield game recently, and decided if John Kirwan could get away with it in the dying seconds of that game, then why not him 39 years later?

[Old Samurai Jack]

Only one outcome from the Strange brainfart.
Two things stand out from this match which seem to highlight the problems the team is having. When Strange didn't catch a high pass in midfield, he threw his hands in the air in frustration, and started walking with his hands on his hips. WTF? This isn't club rugby. Where is the attitude?
Second, Crusaders scrum on top going towards the Brumbies tryline and they release the ball. WTF? There is a serious lack of decision-making in this team.

[frugby]

@African-Monkey said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

@Bones I thought it was a penalty try, Strange denied the Brumbies chaser a chance to get there by doing something completely illegal. A dumb play.

Could be wrong, but isn't foul play in the in-goal area immediately just a penalty try?

Foul play to stop a try, regardless of whether a try would have been scored, is surely exactly what the first part of the sentence is, which by any measure should be a penalty try?

[African Monkey]

@frugby Yes I did think that too, but was being told otherwise, so who knows haha.

[booboo]

@KiwiMurph said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

@African-Monkey said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

@nzzp He had to release or reach out.

Why does he have to release when he was never held

But he never got back to his feet. He was OK to stand up, but not propel himself forward on the ground.

[booboo]

@African-Monkey said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

@Grooter People watch too much league.

FIFY

[booboo]

@Yeetyaah said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

Just been leaked to me that Quinten Strange has been approached by the One New Zealand Warriors to swap codes effective immediately.

Dumb enough to play for the Wahs

[booboo]

@frugby said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

Could be wrong, but isn't foul play in the in-goal area immediately just a penalty try?

Unless the law has changed. Was always preventing a "probable" try.

[booboo]

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Penalty try: Awarded when, in the opinion of the referee, a try probably would have been scored (or scored in a more advantageous position) if not for an act of foul play by an opponent

[Bones]

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

When Strange didn't catch a high pass in midfield, he threw his hands in the air in frustration, and started walking with his hands on his hips. WTF? This isn't club rugby. Where is the attitude?

He's a grade A knob jockey on the field, bit harsh to judge the rest of the team by him.

[booboo]

@Bones said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

@Old-Samurai-Jack said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

When Strange didn't catch a high pass in midfield, he threw his hands in the air in frustration, and started walking with his hands on his hips. WTF? This isn't club rugby. Where is the attitude?

He's a grade A knob jockey on the field, bit harsh to judge the rest of the team by him.

Am not judging his character, just his ability.

An adequate Super squaddie. Not a starter. An example.of player getting higher mention due to being in a successful team.

[Bones]

@booboo it all started with this and his tough guy antics get more cowardly every season.

[Machpants]

He has been mentioned in several AB squads by the press, they are high on Old Crusader Spice.

[Damo]

@African-Monkey said in Brumbies v Crusaders:

@Bones Well he should have removed all doubt by not punching the ball dead, and if he does it with the Brumbies player that close to the ball which he did, he left the refs with no choice. It was a complete brain explosion.

I do agree with this. It was stupid to put yourself in that position.

All he really needed to do was get his hand to it first and try to catch it. If he's trying to catch it and it goes dead then no big deal, it's a line drop out.