Brumbies already going the niggle with Swain pulling players through the back of the Tahs ruck.
Their ball speed is good and that try was deserved.
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@antipodean said in Brumbies v Waratahs:
Nice exit kick Donaldson.
Carrying on from where he left off last game.
Harrison on the bench, but he's also the reserve half, so ....
Try blown at 04:50
Kick taken at 06:19
Why do we bother with the pretense of keeping time for these things?
@antipodean said in Brumbies v Waratahs:
How does this clown of a ref not see Slipper's arse pointing at him?
Berry doesn't have the greatest grasp of scrums.
I'm about 4 minutes behind, but Alaalatoa tried and offload and the chasing Brumbies player knocked it on. WTF?
Brumbies get a sniff of momentum and score another try. Tahs aren't going to do this scoring in 3s.
Donaldson pissed away the best break we have in the game of course.
@duluth said in Brumbies v Waratahs:
Soft
We left Swain tear our maul to pieces which caused the turnover.
@antipodean said in Brumbies v Waratahs:
This is a hard watch.
Fucking shit call by the AR on Donaldson. Didn't change his line an inch - Leaguiebrain pushes him in the back and fakes offence.
Brumbies win a turnover on their line after being offside at the 3 previous rucks. Yay officiating.
Blue 6 gets penalised for trying to catch the ball while White 14 flops on the ground in soccer-style anguish
I'll take a bonus point there. Brumbies were near full strength and should have rolled us by more once the rain stopped.
@antipodean said in Brumbies v Waratahs:
This is a hard watch.
Improved significantly in the second half because the Tahs decided to join in the "rugby" thing.
Their try to Bell was Brumbies-like - march upfield on the back of penalties then phase play to score once you isolate some forwards.
The try to Harris was a cracker. I thought it was very Kiwi-like in that it showed good support lines and some patience, striking from halfway.
Discipline stil needs work.