Yoda
Cyril Towers (30)
The referee seems to be enjoying inflicting pain on the Force.
Round 11 Chiefs V Force
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Dan54
David Wilson (68)
Rule got changed years ago, same as you can take it in air. In proper rugby laws you used to have one foot on ground, but was changed years ago. Same as when you catch it call mark and then go to touch.. I liked the days when you had to have one foot planted.
Equalizer
Trevor Allan (34)
Maybe we should.get.better forwards and then this competition would be OURS!
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
If you go back far enough, you could make your mark and get a free kick whenever you caught the ball from the opposition, intercepts, knock-ons etc it didn't need to be a kick.
Shiggins
Simon Poidevin (60)
Referees. U have to love them. Penalties to the force for marginal offsides that you can't see on tv but allow the chiefs to seal off the ball and throw line outs a meter.
Foot clearly in touch but the TMO must be blind. You can see the boot damage the grass on the touch line! Wtf angles to they watch
Foot clearly in touch but the TMO must be blind. You can see the boot damage the grass on the touch line! Wtf angles to they watch
Equalizer
Trevor Allan (34)
2 bad games in a row where the team had poor discipline and just didn't seem interested. Compare the last 2 games with how they tackled and muscled up against the Crusaders. Just a different team. Don't think IFL is the answer at 9. Missed Nic White and his competitiveness
Shiggins
Simon Poidevin (60)
Cheifs surely need to at least attempt to throw the line out in sort of straight. Force competing and have no chance as its always on the outside shoulder of the chiefs lock
Force attack isn't up to scratch to score points. Need to vary the attack a bit. Maybe some kicks in short or something.
Force attack isn't up to scratch to score points. Need to vary the attack a bit. Maybe some kicks in short or something.
Shiggins
Simon Poidevin (60)
Fines has gone backwards emensly this year. Such a shame
Shiggins
Simon Poidevin (60)
It's so true. The game is very fast and the ref, refs so differently. Favours the way NZ play in a big way.
Cheifs charge down a kick and the ref says it's into our own player and accidental offside hahaha.
Shiggins
Simon Poidevin (60)
Yet the force get pinged in the first 5min multiple times for offside when they didn't even look offside
Shiggins
Simon Poidevin (60)
In NZ when the game gets officiated like this you have to be a very skillful team to compete. The ref was penalising the force for lots of things the chiefs were doing but for some reason didn't penalise the chiefs. Even with this being consistent we still get flogged.
should be coming fourth then. Not last.
Shiggins
Simon Poidevin (60)
He said compete. Not win
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
You could also attempt a "drop goal from mark" & I think it was worth more than a regular DG, certainly as much as or more than a try at the time.
Dan54
David Wilson (68)
Yep and I remember an AB playing for Baabaas doing exactly that WOB. 63-4 tour of Great Britain, Don Clarke dropped kick out for a 25yd, ball was caught and marked by his brother Ian (who was playing prop foer Baabaas), Ian then did a droppie to get the Baabaas only points in I think was a 36-3 win to ABs.
Strewthcobber
Simon Poidevin (60)
We are going all over the place dates wise here, but at one time it didn't even need to be a dropkick. You could do a place kick, but the opposition could charge it as soon as it hit the ground.
There used to be a holder like NFL for these kicks
waiopehu oldboy
George Smith (75)
LOL, meanwhile Gen X & beyond are wondering WTF us boomers* are prattling on about.
*being me & Dan for sure don't know whether Strewth is a boomer or just knows a lot about rugby pre-colour TV.
*being me & Dan for sure don't know whether Strewth is a boomer or just knows a lot about rugby pre-colour TV.