Brumbies vs Blues, Sat May 21, 2022, Canberra

[Adam84]

Honestly it is frustrating, but do the refs ignore the illegalities?

Huh?

 

[Dan54]

Brumbies only have themselves to blame. They push the laws at breakdown time and aren’t the ABs so they don’t get away with it

Of course and isn't all NZ teams that get away wuth it???

 

[Dismal Pillock]

HT 8-7 2011 RWC final score redux, call it off now

LOL@brainless Blues and their shitty scrum cant even make a dent in whatever is left of the Brumbies pack.

LOL@GAGR getting stroppy at ref Damo for daring to have the temerity to ping the Brumbies for their repeated desperate infringments when under the kosh on their own goalline ffs

 

[Dan54]

Huh?

Was agreeing with you in reply to the comment about refs deciding games

This one
(Don’t you hate games decided by referees instead of players)

 

[Tomikin]

Of course and isn't all NZ teams that get away wuth it???

Yep two kiwis agreeing.. who would have thunk it... Murphy's has made some shockers.. special when there's been nothing in or missing something.. e.g scrum pen's

 

[LeCheese]

LOL@GAGR getting stroppy at ref Damo for daring to have the temerity to ping the Brumbies for their repeated desperate infringments when under the kosh on their own goalline ffs

I think the ruck infringements have been mostly fair, Brums unlucky with a few of the scrums though. The shithousery and Murph’s assuredness in that early disallowed Blues’ try didn’t help his case either.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

HT 8-7 2011 RWC final score redux, call it off now

LOL@brainless Blues and their shitty scrum cant even make a dent in whatever is left of the Brumbies pack.

LOL@GAGR getting stroppy at ref Damo for daring to have the temerity to ping the Brumbies for their repeated desperate infringments when under the kosh on their own goalline ffs

Your blues struggling to beat the brumbies with 14 players. Brumbies just need Murphy to put away the whistle and stop the turnover errors.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Penalty count against the Brumbies is typical of any game they are officiated by Damon Murphy. And a good percentage of his decisions is unfathomable to say the least.

 

[Lightblue]

If you are a Blues fan you’d hate Nick White ... he’s such a pain in the arse .... but bloody good at it!

 

[zer0]

Nice physical half of ruggers (apart from that painful final ~10 mins). Been a while since the Blues have had to adjust to a halftime problem that that can't be solved by "just smash the cnuts ffs". Though that would undoubtedly help. Time for Joe Schmidt's autismo to step up. Also give Clarke more ball pls.

 

[A mutterer]

HT 8-7 2011 RWC final score redux, call it off now

LOL@brainless Blues and their shitty scrum cant even make a dent in whatever is left of the Brumbies pack.

LOL@GAGR getting stroppy at ref Damo for daring to have the temerity to ping the Brumbies for their repeated desperate infringments when under the kosh on their own goalline ffs

you're not the real dismal.

the lack of gif response is telling.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

Penalty count against the Brumbies is typical of any game they are officiated by Damon Murphy. And a good percentage of his decisions is unfathomable to say the least.

12- 1 penalty count!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dan54]

Yet Damon just let the Brtumbies run down the time they had No2 in bin by throwing penalties, they did it well.

 

[Dismal Pillock]

Brumbies just need Murphy to put away the whistle

So just let them freely infringe at the scrums, rucks and mauls?

 

[Tomikin]

So just let them freely infringe at the scrums, rucks and mauls?

The Blues seem to be doing it well straight down again..

 

[Upthenuts]

shithouse scrums wheres dowd and brown when we need props!

 

[Jeffrey]

The quality of rugby is generally not that high for 2 of the top teams in the competition.
The Blues have been poor; everything from the lineouts to Beauden Barrett's touchline kicking screams a lack of professionalism.

This is an unpopular opinion, but the Brumbies were illegal in many facets of defensive play - hands in ruck, disrupting the halfback, not releasing, offside, and deliberately slowing play lying on the wrong side. But this is exactly how I would love for my team to defend. Do everything you can to prevent the other team from scoring. If it's illegal, you'll get away with at least some of it. But show your commitment and effort and urgency.

For the Blues, Finlay Christie has been talked up as an AB scrumhalf. For mine, he is nowhere close. He is hardworking and yet ponderous. He was rattled by the illegalities, but not smart enough to highlight these to the ref. He was eager to clear the ball, but offered no variety in threat himself. Ofa and Alex, AB props, were horrific. How do you struggle against a 7 man scrum? Kurk only really turns up to score tries. Darry lacks physical oomph. Sotutu was excellent - i worried about his ability to play a tight game as an 8 but he did it in this game. Tucker was by other pick- urgency, commitment, effort.

The attacking alignment is poor, and very little happens to help the ball carrier - whether it is options or decpetion. Beauden Barrett's pros and cons as a player was evident. On his try - it really had to be him didn't it. Everything about it was so intuitive - the line, the timing, the angle, the pace. Easy peasy. He's an excellent rugby player. But he's not a 10. He can't get his line to align. He doesn't make calls to run moves. He can't create for others what comes so naturally to himself. His brother, Jordie, has similar problems. Indiviudally terrific, but he is a bit of a hindrance for collective performance.

Blues need to improve. Brumbs might tire from the tackling, but for the top billing of Super Rugby, the quality has to be a lot better.

 

[Up the Guts]

This scrum officiating

 

[Rugbynutter39]

So just let them freely infringe at the scrums, rucks and mauls?

Don’t you know oz players don’t infringe but are just misunderstood by referees..only those dirty kiwi players infringe and are very naughty

 

[Upthenuts]

poor