Really feel for my blues brothers tonight
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Can't beat Gardner in Canberra. Blues should have gotten penalties at the ruck if reffed the same way.
You literally have to see the ball down over or on the line, so how did he reach that decision?
@Bones said in Brumbies v Blues:
You literally have to see the ball down over or on the line, so how did he reach that decision?
Vibes based decision
@Tim said in Brumbies v Blues:
Can't beat Gardner in Canberra. Blues should have gotten penalties at the ruck if reffed the same way.
Absolutely. A joke.
@kev said in Brumbies v Blues:
The penalties given for Brumbies ball being over the ball were so quick - so many were without the ball being lifted.
no clear release, and the tackler was often impleading the ruck in a lot of them... both teams
@Steven-Harris said in Brumbies v Blues:
@kev totally agree no clear release on many of those turnovers on saying all that the Blues really should have iced that game when they were up 27-18
We would have if the breakdown was reffed properly.
@Yeetyaah said in Brumbies v Blues:
@gt12 said in Brumbies v Blues:
Something very smelly with this refereeing.
Same across the whole comp at the moment all these pricks are useless.
Very true. It's not just one guy. The ref quality across the board is really poor.
@Fale009 said in Brumbies v Blues:
Angus has got to be the most overrated ref around. Just because you communicate clearly doesn't absolve you of the bullshit hometown decisions he routinely hands out in Canberra.
All they do is boo and then that idiot comes to their aid.
But, having said that, I was impressed with the Blues tonight. Starting to warm into our work. Thought Christie had a solid night, Clarke was outstanding, and we stopped their threats for the most part.
Sadly, we have the Crusaders next, who we have a phobia next, so I'm not expecting much next week either.
@African-Monkey said in Brumbies v Blues:
Sadly, we have the Crusaders next, who we have a phobia next, so I'm not expecting much next week either.
Yep. No Caleb. Blues are going to be up against it big time.
Clarke, Papalii and Darry were all excellent.
Shameful refereeing performance tipped the balance in that one. The Brumbies are going to be very difficult to beat in Canberra if Aussie refs keep bailing them out like that
Just watched the highlights and couldn’t figure out why Zarn was carded even after a slo mo
@game_film said in Brumbies v Blues:
Just watched the highlights and couldn’t figure out why Zarn was carded even after a slo mo
Carded for the same infringement by the brumbies about 4 minutes later, which resulted in a scrum. That's how it works, right?
The Brumbies getting a good run with the refs at home has been known for a long time. I’d say the Canes playoff hopes wouldn’t have ended in Canberra for four out of the last five years if they were given a fair deal. The Brumbies always get a full Aussie reffing panel so I feel for the Blues and fans as it’s all too familiar.
Just ask Ardie how he feels about bullshit calls in Canberra.