Brumbies v. Force - Canberra Stadium - 2011R09
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James Buchanan
Trevor Allan (34)
Force Loosehead lucky not go get pinged for that.
James Buchanan
Trevor Allan (34)
Smith with 2 tries.
Game to Force.
Game to Force.
James Buchanan
Trevor Allan (34)
Good point there by Clarkie, no BP for Brums.
AngrySeahorse
Peter Sullivan (51)
Yay, so happy to see the force win this game!
James Buchanan
Trevor Allan (34)
Pity he's heading off to Europe next year by all reports.
Gnostic
Mark Ella (57)
Immediate thoughts:-
1. Brumbies set piece is poor. Blame the injuries to both starting and reserve Hooker, but the Tahs could easily make that excuse as well and I wouldn't accept it from them. The vaunted (by some Brumbies fans) Brumbies scrum pressured the Force all game but never achieved any real functional dominance. No good having a pot plant if he doesn't dominate a fairly low ranked opposition scrum. Please note hoe Ma'afu is still doing the silly pushes in the back after the whistle. He is a fool.
2. Brumbies have no structure to their game worth speaking about. A function of not having a coach maybe?
3. Keith Brown was absolutely shocking for both sides but worse for Force with regard to the breakdown. Players rarely rolled away after the tackle. Terrible performance in this aspect.
3. Force do not do much, but what they do they do well. They will not trouble a team which executes moderately well (as the Tahs did last week) but against a poor side like the Brumbies they are always a big chance of getting the win.
1. Brumbies set piece is poor. Blame the injuries to both starting and reserve Hooker, but the Tahs could easily make that excuse as well and I wouldn't accept it from them. The vaunted (by some Brumbies fans) Brumbies scrum pressured the Force all game but never achieved any real functional dominance. No good having a pot plant if he doesn't dominate a fairly low ranked opposition scrum. Please note hoe Ma'afu is still doing the silly pushes in the back after the whistle. He is a fool.
2. Brumbies have no structure to their game worth speaking about. A function of not having a coach maybe?
3. Keith Brown was absolutely shocking for both sides but worse for Force with regard to the breakdown. Players rarely rolled away after the tackle. Terrible performance in this aspect.
3. Force do not do much, but what they do they do well. They will not trouble a team which executes moderately well (as the Tahs did last week) but against a poor side like the Brumbies they are always a big chance of getting the win.
Gnostic
Mark Ella (57)
WHat has happened to Horan. He has turned intoa fool. At one breakdown he says the ref is harsh on the Force for penalising them for holding on when Brumbies did not release or roll away. The next the ruck same thing happens and ref calls a Brumbie scrum and he says "I think thats the right decision, he can't just penalise everyone all the time". FFS have some consistancy man and try to commentate the actual Laws.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Maybe he drank some of that Tassie water and hasn't recovered.... He was on the same flight as me from Hobart to Sydders on Friday night.
The problem with some of the "expert" commentators is that they feel they have to give their view at every single breakdown, tackle, scrum, run, pass, etc. It's not necessary IMO
AngrySeahorse
Peter Sullivan (51)
I remember once during a league game on fox that if you pressed the red button (or couldve been green, whatever) you could select to hear the mic linked up to the ref, or the crowd, or the commentators, or fan commentators (the latter being two regular fans calling the game - even more irritating than the regular commentators). Would love to see Rugby on fox bring it in as an option, I'd love to just watch the game, hear the sound around the ground and make up my own mind with the refs calls.
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I was very impressed with Dellit's performance today at fullback safe hands and had some good penetration.
DPK
Peter Sullivan (51)
I would particularly like to isolate the audio from the Refs/AR's mics and the sideline microphones as you can hear a lot of what the players are saying through these microphones.
The Mayor of Perth
Ted Fahey (11)
I prefer to see it as that all-important battle for 3rd place in the Oz conference.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Much better than last week from the boys, especially in the pack. Only seen the highlights so far, so can't comment much more than that.
Our game is pretty basic and it's clear that we don't have the attacking fire power that some other teams have. This makes it all the more important to execute the basics correctly and to play smart footy. We haven't done that a huge amount this season.
Our game is pretty basic and it's clear that we don't have the attacking fire power that some other teams have. This makes it all the more important to execute the basics correctly and to play smart footy. We haven't done that a huge amount this season.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Problem there is the players seem to swear a fair bit so wouldn't be too kosher for TV
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