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One last chance for the Force. They get a scrum feed.

Classic Marto telling Reds players not to be harsh on themselves :)

Beau Robinson enters a ruck with a very high body position, should have been penalised

Fire up Sheehan. Very unlucky not to win that TO

Haha Beau Robinson's first breakdown and he takes a Force player out 6 or so metres beyond the ruck.

He's either blind or greedy, because that was appalling. Interesting sub to take Alby off, he had really sparked the Force in this second half.

Good reorganisation on that maul by the Force, but better defensive work by the Reds

Some very solid defence from the Force so far. Good numbers to the collisions, putting enough pressure on the ball to not give away penalties, and not missing many tackles.

Can't agree with that Braveheart. He's got to be the most frustrating NZ player I've watched this year. He cuts back infield when he should be taking a defender on the outside; losing the ball in contact far too often; only glimpses of him backing himself; poor defence (which has never been a...

Nice one tranquil. No need to bring up the underarm for this diehard NZC fan..... :) Just a couple of thoughts, I would say every team collapses mauls, hold players down in the tackle/rucks, take space, and pull shenanigans at scrum time. I say that based on what I see. What I can't say with...

So were they creeping 'cynically', 'deliberately' or was it 'just happening' as a result of what was happening in the game?

Not sure why there is an expectation of consistency when humans are involved. I know I don't rock up to work every single day with the same level of consistent attitude, judgment, making the same decisions for a situation I may have faced previously etc. Is something inconsistent because we...

It's common place in League for certain coaches every week to have a moan about the ref - Toovey, Sticky, Bennett a few of the the main culprits. I can't stand it and I'm a massive league fan. After every Manly game its as if I now expect Toovey to have some rant because he does it so frequent...

No withdrew before the game started

TKB and Kahui make a big difference to the Chiefs defence. They both cover a lot of ground and make the tackles stick. TKB's play was noticeably missing tonight. He puts a lot of pressure on the opposition at ruck time especially when teams don't commit numbers to the breakdown. Latimer...

Reds attack far too lateral in the 2nd half. They need someone to straighten the line big time.

Dagg, B. Smith, Savea, Kahui, Gear, Ranger to fight it out for the back 3 spots. Piatau may get a wider training squad spot but there will probably need to be a few injuries for him to get a run particularly if they select Barrett in the squad as Hansen has seen/used him as FB cover previously.

Roff, Ben Smith has only played on the wing for the ABs and done very well in limited opportunities

Watched the whole series as well, looking forward to the series as I did in 2001. Thought Roff was unreal in that 2nd test. I remember after that first test there was lots of talk about the Lions backs and rightly so IMO given the way they played, so it was no surprise to me that in test 2 the...

Really, why? I know MOTM selections don't always compute with what an armchair critic thinks so I would be interested in why if anyone can find a reason/stats. I watched the whole game just last week (thanks YouTube) and he just didn't stand out in what was an enthralling test match. Thought...