surreal, both teams look exhausted just before halftime, heavy conditions, water on the park, longish grass, muddy, highlanders should fillet the Bulls in the second half

refereeing performance was very good so far IMO, really let the game flow and narrated the little decisions / non-decisions. A few forward passes or knock-ons maybe wrong, but that's minor to the overall performance

yep, mostly very good hands, but 59 kicks tells the story

Highlanders with zero attacking shape

Bulls score after Faddes gets an unlucky bounce from a Bulls grubber. 10-10

I think the Bulls should forget about using their backs.

terrible hairstyles seem to run in the Jantjies family, as Tony (Elton's little brother) looks like the work of a mad hairdresser's.

Stupid by naholo .. red carded

Stupid from Naholo and a deserved red. No doubt people on here will try and blame the ref for his decision.

what! a joke! really stupid decision on Naholo, red card
he was going for the spilt ball, he didn'tchange his line to hit the Bulls player
sh*t local reffing in SA

I'm not so sure that was a clear red. Lots of theatrics in the fall of that Bulls' player. He also seemed to fall onto Naholo's shoulder.

@Wairau said in Bulls v Highlanders:

what! a joke! really stupid decision on Naholo, red card
he was going for the spilt ball, he didn'tchange his line to hit the Bulls player
sh*t local reffing in SA

I was wondering whether Naholo was purely going for the ball, because his hands / arms pointed in that direction, but he then looked at the Bulls player instead of the ball. Red is OK I think

Aaron Smith has been very disappointing, he should worry about the ball himself, not pointing at the ref and not doing anything

It was a clear red only a biased kiwi would think otherwise.

@Tordah said in Bulls v Highlanders:

Aaron Smith has been very disappointing, he should worry about the ball himself, not pointing at the ref and not doing anything

He shouts and makes gestures like he's panicking. Totally losing his cool.

@African-Monkey said in Bulls v Highlanders:

It was a clear red only a biased kiwi would think otherwise.

How is it a red thats a collision that happens in every game

What a shit field. That's a ground for club rugby, not Super Rugby.

A shoulder charge into the head is always gonna be a red it's not a hard concept to understand.

Now THAT should be a red. Diving into the pile of bodies, straight with his shoulder to the face.

@Stargazer said in Bulls v Highlanders:

What a shit field. That's a ground for club rugby, not Super Rugby.

Just to think the Blues played the Cheetahs on a wet field..