Match thread

antipodean

The more I watch Dmac, the more I hope Love continues to improve.

Hold my beer D Mac ..says the youngster

Gordon has been schooling DMac.

jimmyb

Well Jacomb won’t look out of place in the Highlanders with crap kicks in the opposition half like that

KiwiMurph

Turinui is unprofessional

KiwiMurph

I agree with this decision

Donsteppa

Parting of the Red Sea

Bones

27 has played way better than 8

KiwiMurph

Wallace has had a very good game. Been impressed with his defence

jimmyb

@KiwiMurph 22 tackles for the game. And most of them good ones as well

Donsteppa

Game has opened up in the last 10 mins as the defence on both sides starts looking very tired.

Canes4life

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Chiefs:

Wallace has had a very good game. Been impressed with his defence

That game will improve his impact stats

Yeetyaah

@Donsteppa and the ref started reffing the breakdown

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Chiefs:

Wallace has had a very good game. Been impressed with his defence

I agree he's played well but that said it looked like Jacobson tackled Wilson without the ball off the back of that scrum which explains the waltz in to the try line

jimmyb

@Canes4life I hate these stats as much as the next person (ie a player can top the tackle count but 70-80% of them can be the second man in) but he’s been busy and largely effective. Few weak hits however

Yeetyaah

Salty ass crowd typical kweelan

Donsteppa

Jeff Toomaga-Allen's brain explosion was very handy in the end

antipodean

@brodean said in Reds v Chiefs:

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Chiefs:

Wallace has had a very good game. Been impressed with his defence

I agree he's played well but that said it looked like Jacobson tackled Wilson without the ball off the back of that scrum which explains the waltz in to the try line

Nah - Wilson had illegally detached.

Fiti Sa has some potential. He gets through quite a lot of work for a massive unit.

Canes4life

Refs getting booed off the field by the fans. Lol.

antipodean

@Canes4life said in Reds v Chiefs:

Refs getting booed off the field by the fans. Lol.

Must be Canberrans on holiday.

They should be directing their irritation at the TMO.

@antipodean said in Reds v Chiefs:

@brodean said in Reds v Chiefs:

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Chiefs:

Wallace has had a very good game. Been impressed with his defence

I agree he's played well but that said it looked like Jacobson tackled Wilson without the ball off the back of that scrum which explains the waltz in to the try line

Nah - Wilson had illegally detached.

That doesn't matter. According to the laws tackling a player without the ball is dangerous play which overrides the other infringement.

The Aussies have a well justified inferiority complex when it comes to rugby. Their commentary is so hard to listen to.

That said not a great reffing performance - just all over the place.

DMac is getting worse for me. Always had that ability to break a game open. Nowadays just seems to have lost a bit of speed and confidence. Still very good but the edge has gone I think. Always better at fullback where his sideways running is more effective.

antipodean

@brodean said in Reds v Chiefs:

@antipodean said in Reds v Chiefs:

@brodean said in Reds v Chiefs:

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Chiefs:

Wallace has had a very good game. Been impressed with his defence

I agree he's played well but that said it looked like Jacobson tackled Wilson without the ball off the back of that scrum which explains the waltz in to the try line

Nah - Wilson had illegally detached.

That doesn't matter. According to the laws tackling a player without the ball is dangerous play which overrides the other infringement.

Nah - if you're going to cheat like that, you take the medicine.

Yeetyaah

Tim Horan doubling down on the refs but only the calls that went against QLD. What a fucking loser.

Bovidae

What a feral crowd and terrible commentary. Horan has a grating voice to begin with but he was channelling his inner-Marshall.

Playle wasn't great but the Reds got away with a lot at the breakdown and Wilson should have been penalised for direct contact to Tupaea's head.

Did Josh Lord get injured?

Yeetyaah

@Mamuka wasn't any mention on the broadcast but was yoinked at half time

Bovidae

Lord went off before HT (35 mins) so it must have been an injury/HIA. But according to the main commentator he was still playing in the 2nd half.

@Bovidae said in Reds v Chiefs:

Lord went off before HT (35 mins) so it must have been an injury/HIA. But according to the main commentator he was still playing in the 2nd half.

I'm fairly certain I saw him in the 2nd half but it is Friday and I'm a bit tired.

@Bovidae said in Reds v Chiefs:

Lord went off before HT (35 mins) so it must have been an injury/HIA. But according to the main commentator he was still playing in the 2nd half.

seamed to be walking around afterwards fine so maybe HIA

Dan54

@brodean said in Reds v Chiefs:

@Bovidae said in Reds v Chiefs:

Lord went off before HT (35 mins) so it must have been an injury/HIA. But according to the main commentator he was still playing in the 2nd half.

I'm fairly certain I saw him in the 2nd half but it is Friday and I'm a bit tired.

Na Mate, I will say at quick glance you could get him and Sa mixed up though.

Dan54

Thought the refs stuffed up a bit, but still don't know for sure that was a try by reds on halftime. Needed to see side angle for me. Anyway it wasn't given so it wasn't, same as Wilson head on head contact in tackle with Tupaea, which was most probably ripe for a YC.
Enjoyed game, was amused at commentators saying the crowd are upset with ref early. F*** me I was at Suncorp for a hell of a lot of super games over about 15 or so years I lived there, they were always upset at refs every bloody game. Last night I sure I heard booing as Chiefs came onto field at start of game.

I’m not into loading on officials and regardless of the reactions of commentators and the crowd all 4 officials need to have a long look at their on field performance
Not taking a look at the Reds try before halftime when a grounding could be clearly seen beggared belief
Is the TMO not in place to make the correct decision?
If the boot was on the foot I have no doubt if the game was played in Hamilton the crowd reaction would have been the same.

Be an interesting review for this officiating team come Monday morning
if Marcus Playle gets another game this season I will be surprised
Not sure how you miss 3 possible knock ons in a lead up to try and your still confident enough to award the try
At the end of the day the Chiefs deserved the victory and the JTA’s lack of discipline at a crucial time was a coach killer

Plenty of class from Fraser McFreight in the post match interview to keep his emotions in check