@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Crusaders:
Lovely snipe
Ran straight at the gap created by taking the defender well beyond the ruck. Nice work.
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@Derpus said in Reds v Crusaders:
@antipodean Might as well just say if the Reds were good they'd score more points?
Skill and decision making can be improved. The positive is he building blocks are there. Case in point; that try.
Pretty silly for the ref to go back to a scrum in the 22m rather than an opposition throw into a lineout on halfway.
Good to see sanity prevailed and they were offered the lineout - even if that isn't really in the laws.
@Derpus said in Reds v Crusaders:
@Damo Murphy is pretty silly generally.
Reds shown some glimpses but the basics are once again absent. Crusaders C will probably blow this open in the final 20.
Lol Derps, I still remember seeing him ref his first ever senior game of rugby, it was Borthers 2nd grade against Logan at Brother's home ground. Damon was a Brother's player up till year before that, used to see him play a bit.
Halfway through typing about this being pretty good defence by the Reds and then of course, the Crusaders score.
Not sure how I feel about being able to sub off props when in the middle of a scrum / reset scrum section of the game. Seems a bit of an unfair tactical advantage. I guess nothing is going to stop it going the other way too though.
Players in SR are able to clean out rucks from crazy angles.. particularly on attack. That might burn us at the RWC
@Derpus said in Reds v Crusaders:
@Damo Murphy is pretty silly generally.
He was a poor 7s ref, which inevitably results in a dreadful rugby ref. The rucks have been a joke in his game: Players off their feet, clearly not coming through the gate, not supporting their own bodyweight etc.
That 22 - halfway debacle says everything about him as a ref.
@antipodean missed the second half but yeah he's trash. Most of the refs are trash at the moment.