Hurricanes v Rebels

[cyclopath]

"But you can do that!"

"No you can't"

You think you can if you're an eedjit.
Seriously, that yellow card was a penalty too late. At least. But the Rebels have no-one to blame for not scoring. Inman especially after that break. Shoulda.

 

[USARugger]

Matu'u off - you could nearly hear the sideline docs for the Rebels giving a collective sigh of relief. Your brains are safe, for now.

 

[daz]

Piss weak from English. Surely his time is growing short.

He has gone backwards this year. No work ethic at all.

 

[Dumbledore]

One of the more braindead performances I've seen from the Rebels, and that's saying quite a bit. There's absolutely nothing happening out there. Left, right, right, right, left, left, right... Repeat for five minutes, gain two metres, turn it over. They're hopeless.

I'm sick of this team. They were shit under Damien Hill but at least they were fun.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Rebels scrum has been great but their ability to finish off in attack after so much possession was hard to watch.

Canes counter attacking has been very good & seem to be handling playing a man down so far. They look more threatening in attack.

 

[daz]

Yep. It's soul-destroying. 80 million phases to go 60 metres before turning it over. And you just knew the turnover was coming.

And we're going to lose it again here. Anyy second now.

But we don't just turn it over - We gift the other team access to our 22, or the fucking try line.

Harris has been massively out of position for the return kick today.

 

[daz]

You know I have been saying I can see improvement this year?

Yeah, nah, not so much.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

It takes the Canes two goes to get meat from 5 metres out, yet down the other end of the paddock the Rebels take 52 phases, umpteem penalties, win a yellow card and still can't cross the chalk line.

These blokes don't want to win.

 

[cyclopath]

I completely understand the frustration of Rebels' fans here - so much opportunity just squandered. Attack near the line was just too predictable and static.

 

[Dumbledore]

PAE has been a shining light - hopefully Cheika has been watching the scrums. Jones, McMahon and Higgers have toiled. Stirzaker had an excellent first half, and has done okay in the second. 10-15 has been completely unacceptable though.

Heads need to roll.

 

[Brumby Jack]

Rebels scrum has been great but their ability to finish off in attack after so much possession was hard to watch.

Canes counter attacking has been very good & seem to be handling playing a man down so far. They look more threatening in attack.

Very true.

The Rebels ended up with around 60% possession and really needed to score when they were camped on the Hurricanes line around when Perenara got binned. That would have made them nervous if they score and then all of a sudden it ends up 36-12 and doesn't look as close as it was at times.

 

[boyo]

You're safe, @Hugh Jarse.

 

[cyclopath]

PAE has been a shining light - hopefully Cheika has been watching the scrums. Jones, McMahon and Higgers have toiled. Stirzaker had an excellent first half, and has done okay in the second. 10-15 has been completely unacceptable though.

Heads need to roll.

Agree with those. Should have been 24-19 with 11 to play then anything possible. Hurricanes look dangerous on the break though.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Can someone explain to me when a ball off the chest stopped being a knock on?

Pretty much after the ink dried on this:

"DEFINITION: KNOCK-ON12
A knock-on occurs when a player loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, or when a player hits the ball forward with the hand or arm, or when the ball hits the hand or arm and goes forward, and the ball touches the ground or another player before the original player can catch it.
‘Forward’ means towards the opposing team’s dead ball line."

http://laws.worldrugby.org/?law=12&language=EN

Fair bit of luck in that try but sometimes it's not do much luck as having someone in the right place at the right time doing the right thing...............

Saw very little of the game other than Jane's & the 7's tries, but imagine 'canes fans everywhere are wallowing in it right now & rightly so, 6/6 is pretty fucking impressive.

Shame to see so many empty seats, though, maybe they need to look at a less dogs-balls obvious shade of yellow so they don't stand out like, well, dogs balls I can remember when tickets to a Horrorcanes home game were harder to come by than rocking horse shit or a modest Aussie cricket fan, and that was when they were mostly average-to-shite. Concerning.

 

[Tordah]

Can someone explain to me when a ball off the chest stopped being a knock on?

I think it always was.

Canes should have been YC'd a bit earlier, irrespective of TJP's stupid slapdown. Rebels 10 looked hopeless, every time the Rebels went from their one off ball runners (which worked well) to going wider, they either lost ground, the ball, or both. Canes' Milner-Skudder looked pretty great again

 

[vegascane]

Respect to Melbourne. Fought hard throughout the game but clear difference in skill level showed through. Great 1st by the Rebels and unlucky Inman didn't quiet get the rub of the green on the replay, certainly deserved a try.

Small subtle skills make big differences. Offloads, forwards passing like backs, timing, anticipation, running in to space, creating space and relentless support play. Small skills make a big difference.

C'mon Rebels, you're my favourite Aussie Super rugby team!

 

[vegascane]

Pretty much after the ink dried on this:

"DEFINITION: KNOCK-ON12
A knock-on occurs when a player loses possession of the ball and it goes forward, or when a player hits the ball forward with the hand or arm, or when the ball hits the hand or arm and goes forward, and the ball touches the ground or another player before the original player can catch it.
‘Forward’ means towards the opposing team’s dead ball line."

http://laws.worldrugby.org/?law=12&language=EN

Got to come off the hands or arm. I did think that Marshall touched the ball initially during the tackle when it went forward but I guess the TV official didn't.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^ contact was with the arm carrying the the ball rather than the ball therefore no knock on. Pains me to say it but Horrorcanes looking pretty awesome right now & I doubt even they could fuck it up from here........

 

[swingpass]

I'm with dumbledore, all all the crap performances by he Rebels in their short existence, tonights is by far the most infuriating. they did the 14 point turn around not once but three times tonight. WTF is Todd Louden doing during the week. Tamati Ellison aside the others look lost. the game plan is SO predictable. that is now 4 games where the Rebels have dominated possession and field position to be beaten because of the absolute inability to do anything with the ball except run into someone and eventually turn it over. and i am totally done with Leafa, great bloke, really tries hard but can't do the basics. Sexton couldn't be worse. unfortunately having decided on Debreczini they have to stick with him. ? Harris to 12 and Hegarty to 15
wooden spoon here we come again

 

[vegascane]

Rebels need a new 9 and 10, both are useless. Plus man for man the entire rebels squad need to develop better individual skills. Respectfully, Rebels would find it difficult to beat the Harlequins 1st's tonight let alone the Hurricanes B team.

Carry on Canes, on to the Stormers!