@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Chiefs:

Turinui is unprofessional

And a fat crybaby.

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

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

@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

@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

@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

Salty ass crowd typical kweelan

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

@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.

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

@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.

@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.

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

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.

@Bones looks best on the bench

Did Josh Lord get injured?

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

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

@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.

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

@Steven-Harris said in Reds v Chiefs:

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

Regardless of the result Officials were a disgrace, another shocker after Doleman and company were terrible in the Crusaders v Canes game.
Every week now we are getting a horrendous performance by the officials.

@brodean Sa was already on the field when the Chiefs were on their goal line at the end of the 1st half.

There was one play when Jacobson made a carry early in the 2nd half when the commentator said it was Lord. He also mis-identified a number of Chiefs players in the 2nd half.

@brodean Exactly the kind of lock we need in NZ. Big units who can move. His brother was excellent for the U20s last year and a similar kind of player.

Jayden is much shorter so more a 6 than a lock. The stats show that Sa made much more tackles than Parker despite the difference in minutes played. He was busy.

@Dan54 said in Reds v Chiefs:

Thought the refs stuffed up a bit, but still don't know for sure that was a try by reds on halftime.

You need to take another look at the slow mo angle from behind - it's a clear try

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Chiefs:

@Dan54 said in Reds v Chiefs:

Thought the refs stuffed up a bit, but still don't know for sure that was a try by reds on halftime.

You need to take another look at the slow mo angle from behind - it's a clear try

I did just before, it looks like one to me.

Just a matter of interest, I just watched a Prem game from England and commentators are pointing out just as many offsides etc that they think were missed, just not quite as stridently as the ones from last night.

Asking a favour of the ones who know how to do it. Can you take a screenshot of the disputed try, and post it here, showing the ball over or on the line, on the ground and it being pressed down by a Reds player?
That will put discussion on it to rest, and we can see the proof that the ref needed to say it was definitely a try.

@Dan54

This was in the highlights:

@Dan54 said in Reds v Chiefs:

That will put discussion on it to rest, and we can see the proof that the ref needed to say it was definitely a try.

Discussion coming from.... you?

It was clear the refs messed up

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Chiefs:

@Dan54 said in Reds v Chiefs:

That will put discussion on it to rest, and we can see the proof that the ref needed to say it was definitely a try.

Discussion coming from.... you?

It was clear the refs messed up

Naa mate , on an Aussie rugby site where a couple of Aussie boys asked for it.
I honestly not too worried, I'm of the school if it get's given it a try, if it not it's not on scoreboard.

@Dan54 said in Reds v Chiefs:

@KiwiMurph said in Reds v Chiefs:

@Dan54 said in Reds v Chiefs:

That will put discussion on it to rest, and we can see the proof that the ref needed to say it was definitely a try.

Discussion coming from.... you?

It was clear the refs messed up

Naa mate , on an Aussie rugby site where a couple of Aussie boys asked for it.
I honestly not too worried, I'm of the school if it get's given it a try, if it not it's not on scoreboard.

They should just get rid of the TMO. It balances out in the end.

I'm here to whinge about the whinging.

The crowd and the partisan idiots in the commentary team need to open their other eye.

The comms fed off the crowd starting to get feral. Every time they saw a bobble it was the most egregious preplanned conspiracised decision in the history of the world.

Would suggest they check the law book and definition of a knock on (it needs to go forward). Most of the stuff they were booing about they were wrong. But it just fed their rage.

Just read through the thread and whoever described Turuni as unprofessional was 100% correct.

The biggest mistake by the ref, and he deserves criticism for it, was not checking the knock-ons before the Hutchison "try". But even then Reds got lucky in eventual outcome in that no card was issued for the cynical play at the halfback.

And moving on ... Re the not try to Qld at halftime. Nobody saw a grounding over the line.

Both on field officials desperately searching, right there, hands and knees etc.

The replay we saw did show the ball on the ground, but did not show the ball on the ground over or on or touching the line. (Just checked on Stan).

I'm not buying there was sufficient evidence to overturn the on-field decision.

Having said that there would not have been sufficient evidence to overturn an on-field decision of try.

In summary, good guys won, and I reckon if you did a review of the officiating I think you'd find they got more right than wrong.