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https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/300892066/mark-reason-kiwi-officials-deem-a-broken-neck-not-even-worth-a-penalty Glad to see more noise coming out that the NZ Refs aren't up to scratch and don't apply the same interpretations on Kiwi teams!

You see the Reds physio immediately brace Connors head when he arrives though? Why didn't Pickerill immediately call the doctors or the cart to come and get him? It's just another example of poor game management by him. I don't understand why your surprised by the commissioner not looking at...

While you're at it, perhaps tally how many games were played back on the Islands and not Auckland. By my count it's a 5 to 1 ratio with one not being included as it was the magic round in Melbourne.

Frizell's body height is fine, Vest's body height is fine, Vest's head is fine for his body height. Frizell's still made contact first with his shoulder. Even if Vest kept his head up, Frizell would have smacked Vest in the nose/chin. Makalio has a knee on the ground, has not wrapped an arm...

I'm honestly stunned at the lack of any time of punishment in that vest tackle. The first Highlander tackler canon balled in, didn't even get his arm around him and the second smacked Vest straight in the head. Hopefully Pickerill and the TMO will face some kind of retrospective punishment...

Adds more fuel to the fire when the Reds speak to World Rugby about all the missing head knocks this year.

Lame, Highlanders kept buckling at during those last scrums. Hard to close out those types of games when your reserves are on the park during the first half.

Smith has had a few brainfarts in the past couple of weeks though.

Who knows who signed what and what was actually signed based on the information we have at hand. The article suggests the RA Board had no idea; Who's to say Marinos didn't brief the board completely on the specific terms?

Sounds like Hamish doesn't want another repeat of the NZ Old boys club; I agree with him. A 9 person 'board' isn't required for this whatsoever and just becomes too many cooks in the kitchen situation.

"Sources say Rugby Australia wanted to hand-pick the appointment, whereas NZR felt it was more appropriate to run a process." We've seen NZRU run a process and it almost cost them Razor. I feel as confident in this process as I do when the Reds run a World Wide coaching search only to never...

Interesting to see Ryan Smith completely dropped and Lawson demoted to the bench. Have to say, both are deserved, Lawson tackling (or lack thereof) last week was dire.

Wonder how much AFL's decision to publicly back the Voice comes from the shit show that is/was the Hawthorn saga? It's hard to distinguish from the noise of whether the AFL cares about supporting the Voice or if they're doing it to save face.

Isn't his family from NSW? It'd make more sense for him to end up in Sydney than Melbourne considering how many Locks the Rebels have plus Leota at 6. With Hooper and no doubt Beale being off the Tahs books, they'd surely be throwing cash at LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto) to join so Holloway can go to 6 and Swinton to...

It wasn't a jump though, Flook kept running and went inverted over the top. If he had, we would not have been given a penalty. It was bang on the 10 minute mark now that I've had a chance to revisit it.

I distinctly remember my old rugby director on a Friday assembly announcing he had tickets to the Reds game and to come get some off him. Makes sense to get any and all school kids there. They always seem to have a blast and I csnt imagine it's as costly as one would think.

For those of us who were at the ground. Can anyone let us know the Refs comments on why the Flook flip tackle only warranted a penalty and why Campbell being tackled in the air in goal wasn't a penalty try?

Ironic that Foley did in fact lose us a game last year though!

The inverse is worse don't you think? It's easier to cut weight than put muscle on.

That 10/12 combination makes me nervous with some of the big boopers from the Blues. Could be a turnstyle kind of night.