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IonMan ![]() First XV regular ![]() ![]() Joined: 19 Feb 2010 Location: East Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 146 |
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As has been said elsewhere the sad part about SA win is it will drive the game further into heavyweights are required if you wish to win, taking us away from the claim that it is a sport for all sizes. At least the game wasn't decided on scrum penalties.
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Megrim ![]() Academy player ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 May 2023 Location: Devon Status: Offline Points: 37 |
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Yet Fourie &,Smith were outstanding in the loose., both wingers & de Klerk also put in fine performance's.
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WEvans ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 08 Dec 2016 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 1456 |
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Quite agree so it seems not everyone shares the earlier opinion!
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Moseley Mauler ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Moseley Joined: 22 May 2007 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 643 |
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Did I watch the game? Yes. Did I enjoy it? No. If it hadn't been the World Cup Final I would have switched it off. The professional game is becoming a joke. Matches seem to be between 2 sides merely trying gain territory and force errors and then trying to win penalties at scrum time. For the latter I totally blame referees from 15 plus years ago when they stopped applying the laws about putting the ball in straight and so the scrum moved away from a means of just restarting the game. Line-outs are going the same way now. What has happened to exciting running rugby? Potential solutions? Free kicks for scum offences and 7 points for a try scored from open play. Attacking rolling mauls from line outs banned from within the 22. And there should be no hands on the floor at rucks both for defending and attacking teams. OK, I'm living on fantasy island....But I am becoming disillusioned
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Halliford ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Feb 2010 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4212 |
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I found the match compelling. NZ lost because of two missed kicks and two key handling errors. SA won because they didn’t make mistakes at key points. I thought the refereeing team were calm, assured, communicative and applied the current Laws well - not their job to determine whether those Laws are correct.
Having coached for 30 years I tend to watch as a coach, so i can enjoy the way a defence coach sets up to counter the attacking play. Both sets of coaches are experts at what is quite similar to an American Football approach. The size and power of players is now such that creating clear linebreaks relies on errors by the defence more often than not and these two teams rarely make those errors.
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Runitback ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 22 Sep 2014 Location: North Status: Offline Points: 1215 |
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Totally agree with Moseley Mauler, simple solutions. Staight puts ins at scrum, but most importantly on 3 subs ( injury only replacements ). Suddenly you cannot be 20 stone and play 80 minutes.
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Run with it
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islander ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Location: jersey Status: Offline Points: 7503 |
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Agree Halliford, thought Barnes did well; comparing his calm authority with Nic Berry being on the verge of losing control (of a lower-stakes game) the night before reveals a night and day difference. But the TMO thing is increasingly random - some incidents referred, others not, little or no transparency regarding the bunker. And apparently (Daily Telegraph reports) death threats to the ref on social media during the game. How sad...
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tulip ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 12 Mar 2012 Location: W Yorks Status: Offline Points: 2208 |
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[QUOTE=Moseley Mauler]Did I watch the game? Yes. Did I enjoy it? No. If it hadn't been the World Cup Final I would have switched it off. The professional game is becoming a joke. Matches seem to be between 2 sides merely trying gain territory and force errors and then trying to win penalties at scrum time. For the latter I totally blame referees from 15 plus years ago when they stopped applying the laws about putting the ball in straight and so the scrum moved away from a means of just restarting the game. Line-outs are going the same way now. What has happened to exciting running rugby? Potential solutions? Free kicks for scum offences and 7 points for a try scored from open play. Attacking rolling mauls from line outs banned from within the 22. And there should be no hands on the floor at rucks both for defending and attacking teams. OK, I'm living on fantasy island....But I am becoming disillusioned [/QUOTE
Absolutely agree Moseley Mauler. Straight put ins Free kicks for scrum offences Rolling Mauls from line out’s banned from inside 23
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FlyingRuck ![]() First XV regular ![]() ![]() Joined: 03 Mar 2020 Location: Sidcup Status: Offline Points: 104 |
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Well said. Totally agree.
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See you further on up the road
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PropDad ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 Mar 2009 Location: Hersham Boy Status: Offline Points: 527 |
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Although it may not have been the most exciting match (there were quite a few better throughout the tournament) it’s commendable that the Boks won each of the last three matches by just a single point 👏👏👏
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islander ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Location: jersey Status: Offline Points: 7503 |
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Put-ins to scrums haven't been straight for years, but have reached ridiculous angles. Ref in England v Fiji did actually warn the Fijian scrum-half after one that must have been 70 if not 75 degrees off perpendicular...
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WEvans ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 08 Dec 2016 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 1456 |
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Whereas death threats to match officials are clearly disgraceful and totally out of order I do wonder if too much notice is taken on what a few morons say on social media. With just about everyone having access to social media it is almost inevitable that a tiny number will post something offensive regarding just about everything.
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Paul10 ![]() World Cup Winner ![]() Joined: 24 Mar 2023 Location: Milton Keynes Status: Offline Points: 688 |
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As we discuss refs, did anyone else notice the difference in attitude or approach to the ref by the captains or talkers in the teams.
Farrell and George (when he came on) were in Berry's ear the whole time. I don't remember Cane, Kolisi, Savea or Fourie querying any decisions. Le Roux seemed to stay well out of Barnes' eyeline. At least, it caught my attention.
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