@Donsteppa said in Chiefs v Reds:

@Tim said in Chiefs v Reds:

I assume that Retallick will be on sabatical or something next season.

Or at this rate, still on the Food Bill.

He's not on the food bill. He's been sent away to get bigger and badder before the real games start.

Chiefs skipper Sam Cane has confirmed today that he will start at openside flanker for the Waikato franchise in their Super Rugby match against the Reds tomorrow at FMG Stadium in Hamilton.

Cane was named yesterday to initially start at blindside flanker.

"I wouldn't read too much into the six-seven thing, to be fair it is probably just the way the team got announced," said Cane.

"As soon the team came out me and Lockie [Lachlan Boshier] talked and Neil Barnes [Chiefs assistant coach] came over [and said] - 'I don't care which jerseys you wear, you sort it out.'

"I'll probably wear seven tomorrow."

Referee: Angus Gardner
AR1: Ben O'Keeffe
AR2: Dan Waenga
TMO: Glenn Newman

@Stargazer Good to not see Glen Jackson on that list. Gardner has arguably been one of the more consistent refs in the past few years.

Great decision. Clear double movement.

Faaaaaaarrrrr out.....

That is awful decision against the Chiefs. One of the worst you will see.

@KiwiMurph un far&$#n believable

Oh here we go again Glen Newman great decision on the Reds no try but The Chiefs seemed to have scored

How the hell is that a knock on? That's ridiculous. I take back what I said about Gardner.

Go home refs, you are drunk.

Initially, I thought it was a try, but the last shot of the replay clearly showed that it was a knock-on.

That one not so flash. In full speed he clearly grounded the ball no worries but in superslow motion there might, just might, have been a microscopic disconnection for about a one thousandth of a second.

Surprised the ref awarded that........

Wtf? That's probably the worst TMO decision I've ever seen.

Was not Newnan the TMO last week Chiefs v Blues

@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Reds:

Initially, I thought it was a try, but the last shot of the replay clearly showed that it was a knock-on.

At real time speed completely disagree.

I've seen enough to recognize that the cheeky $20 I put on the Reds I won't see again.

@KiwiMurph True, but that probably applies to the disallowed try of the Reds as well.

@Stargazer said in Chiefs v Reds:

@KiwiMurph True, but that probably applies to the disallowed try of the Reds as well.

Nah, one was a clear penalty (like Canes one last week should have been), the other was just a poor decision from super slow mo.