Round 2: Rebels v Force 8pm - 1st March

[Shiggins]

Force the better team for majority of the game. If they had a decent scrum the score would have been much worse for the rebels. Not sure what to take away from that game

 

[Shiggins]

Force did not come close to the energy levels of the Rebels in that second half. Rebels were only just sticking with them in the first.

Sticking with them ? They were getting beaten convincingly

 

[Shiggins]

If you're giving up 48 points to the Rebels, bad luck isn't your biggest problem

That's a good point. The rebels clearly can't let teams get in front like that. They looked terrible and were lucky to get back in the game with the intercept and a couple of fluke trys. Once they were in the game they actually looked decent

 

[Wilson]

Exciting game, lots happened though very little of it was defence.

Rebels did very well to flip that deficit and win with a bonus point but equally that was very poor from the force. They played better when their scrum was getting shredded than they did when it wasn't a handbrake any longer.

Both teams looking very flawed at this stage.

 

[Shiggins]

Exciting game, lots happened though very little of it was defence.

Rebels did very well to flip that deficit and win with a bonus point but equally that was very poor from the force. They played better when their scrum was getting shredded than they did when it wasn't a handbrake any longer.

Both teams looking very flawed at this stage.

Can't disagree

 

[Shiggins]

Jeremy Williams looked very good. And captaincy was great when he was on. That's a good result for the force

 

[Equalizer]

Ridiculous result. The kind of game that breaks OG Force supporters hearts. Just be ruthless and put teams to the knife instead of what took place tonight.

 

[TSR]

Don’t mean to be an old man - but when did ‘learning’ become a noun?

 

[Shiggins]

It hurts losing to a team that didn't look like they wanted to be out there for 50 minutes.

 

[Shiggins]

Jeremy Williams looked very good. And captaincy was great when he was on. That's a good result for the force

Take the 2 mistakes away. One pass and the kick receipt and the force won 45 to 15

 

[AFL_Converted]

Gotta feel for you force fans, that was like our entire last season. Didn't matter who it was, for 60 min we would puch then and often dominate only to give it all up in the last 20.

I'll take the win but both teams will need to do better in coming weeks. Defence was rubbish

 

[Equalizer]

Take the 2 mistakes away. One pass and the kick receipt and the force won 45 to 15

Mate they need to do it in reality not on hypotheticals. They need to toughen the f@rk yp and put teams down.

 

[Scooter]

Tupou and Tuttle went off and the Rebels look different. Much faster pass from Louwrens.

Daugunu getting involved is so good to see. He’s a genuine weapon on the Wing when fit.

Exactly re Louwrens getting ball out of ruck much quicker than Tuttle. Surely "biceps" is our starting 9 next week.

 

[Wilson]

Don’t mean to be an old man - but when did ‘learning’ become a noun?

Some time around the 14th century.

learnings - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

en.m.wiktionary.org

 

[Scooter]

It is going to be a slow and painful death isn't it?

Thankfully for tonight at least this post was premature. Still not 100% sure how we won.

 

[AFL_Converted]

I really liked Kemeney's try. The whole build up was more like we played last year. That aside, the rest of the tries were more because the force let us play rather than us creating it.

It sort of felt like someone flipped a switch at the 60 min mark. Maybe they were waiting for the best spot betting before putting down a large sum on it. We have to pay off that debt somehow ;-)

 

[Shiggins]

Mate they need to do it in reality not on hypotheticals. They need to toughen the f@rk yp and put teams down.

I agree but it's 2 mistakes and rebels would have died if they didn't happen. It was like a parallel universe

 

[TSR]

As a neutral I thought it was a good game to watch there were definitely a few parts that were pretty loose - but at least both teams had a crack. Rebels really need to sort their lineouts and the Force injury toll at prop is almost comical (not so if you’re a Force Fan I’m guessing). Both teams coaches have plenty of work ons but both teams also can take some positives.

Thought young Williams was excellent for the Force. Happy to see Daugunu play some good rugby.

 

[Rebel man]

Comical from Berry tonight, how can you speak to the Force captain, say the next penalty is a card than penalise the next two plays without a card?

 

[Rebel man]

Outside of that the Rebels were always going to be too strong off the bench, the Force started well to their credit the Rebels line out issues continued. Not sure who the new defensive coach is but we have seemed incredibly poor over the opening two weeks. At the ground live both times, the line speed is very slow