Round 3 Brumbies v Force Canberra 9 March

[WFDS]

Today's referee a was timid & very naïve

 

[Equalizer]

It barely touched his noggin.

Yeah I don't think Potter intended to take Swain out but he was carded. So if a high swinging arm doesn't draw blood or knock the player out it's not officially a high shot. Good to know for future.

 

[Derpus]

Yeah I don't think Potter intended to take Swain out but he was carded. So if a high swinging arm doesn't draw blood or knock the player out it's not officially a high shot. Good to know for future.

Yeah. Rugby is always like that. If you pinged literally everything that could be a penalty it'd resemble something closer to NFL.

Are you new to the sport or something?

 

[griffins]

Feels like some brumbies players are well off the pace this year? Ikitau especially - dropping off tackles, can’t make half breaks and metres in contact.

Uncharacteristic and confusing. A team that are known for their success off the back off great structure are throwing it out the window.

The brumbies don't give him the ball. As to falling off tackles I reckon that's a system issue, they look all over the shop compared to previous years. New assistants taking time to settle.

The crap attack has to fall squarely on Larkham though...

 

[Equalizer]

Yeah. Rugby is always like that. If you pinged literally everything that could be a penalty it'd resemble something closer to NFL.

Are you new to the sport or something?

First game today. Baffling sport. Do they still have the rule that a player is allowed to take a pitchfork and shovel on the field if he intends to take up a plot of land and plant vegetables in the in goal area within 7 minutes after the conclusion of the game? I think it's Section 23, article 9, subsection 19, clause 12(b).

 

[chiraag]

Yeah I don't think Potter intended to take Swain out but he was carded.

Shouldn't have been a card or a penalty. Fair contest in the air. Potter was in a realistic position to hit the ball back, and only had eyes for the ball. That's why the review took 10 seconds.
That and the obstruction call were the turning points of the game.

 

[Brumby Runner]

You'd think so. Muirhead isn't fast enough to be as small as he is. Bit of a nothing winger. Definitely be better off with Wright on that wing.

My thoughts too D.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Yeah I don't think Potter intended to take Swain out but he was carded. So if a high swinging arm doesn't draw blood or knock the player out it's not officially a high shot. Good to know for future.

Potter is very lucky not to have been upgraded to a red card. He was responsible for Swain being hit in the air, even if it was unintentional, and Swain landed on shoulder and almost simultaneously on head. Very close to a red card threshold.

 

[chiraag]

Potter is very lucky not to have been upgraded to a red card. He was responsible for Swain being hit in the air, even if it was unintentional, and Swain landed on shoulder and almost simultaneously on head. Very close to a red card threshold.

You're allowed to contest the ball in the air. Players are allowed to make contact in the air as long as they are in a realistic position to contest and aren't intentionally taking an opposition player out.
What happened to Swain because of the contact is inconsequential, just as it was when Potter was kneed in the head

 

[Strewthcobber]

World Rugby's position

• If a player is not in realistic position to gather the ball, there is contact and their opponent lands on their back or side – Yellow card
• If a player is not in a realistic position to gather the ball, there is reckless or deliberate foul play and the player lands in a dangerous position – Red card

A player having eyes on the ball is not by itself a mitigating factor when the match officials are determining whether potential foul play has been committed. The primary consideration is whether both players were in a realistic position to regather the ball.

Potter was not in a realistic position to gather the ball (Swain is at least 1m above him and being lifted)

 

[Derpus]

Its a terribly drafted rule. Either you win the ball or you wern't in a position to win it. If you were in a position to win the ball you would have, you know, won it. So yeah - if you contest in the air its basically always gunna be a card hence why it pretty much never happens.

 

[Strewthcobber]

Its a terribly drafted rule. Either you win the ball or you wern't in a position to win it. If you were in a position to win the ball you would have, you know, won it. So yeah - if you contest in the air its basically always gunna be a card hence why it pretty much never happens.

You have to be smarter than what Potter was.

If the opposition is lifting a second rower, and you are jumping you are almost never going to be in a position to regather(that's why receiving teams do it).

The chance of a penalty or yellow/red card is huge

From a kickoff, it's a pretty dumb penalty to give away, and Potter has done it twice now

 

[Derpus]

You have to be smarter than what Potter was.

If the opposition is lifting a second rower, and you are jumping you are almost never going to be in a position to regather(that's why receiving teams do it).

The chance of a penalty or yellow/red card is huge

From a kickoff, it's a pretty dumb penalty to give away, and Potter has done it twice now

Sure I'm not disagreeing. Just saying its pretty dumb.

 

[Shiggins]

Goog is an idiot and clearly commentates bias. He does it for the wallabies as well. Something that we don't have an much anymore now that Keares is gone. Wells scored a clear try with 400kg on him and he rekons he crawled forward? I was about ready to fly to Canberra and get in the TMO box when wells was saying he scored . That would have been an absolute shocker by the ref.

 

[WFDS]

Good to see improvement from the Force. Really starting to put it together.

Once we start to get the injuries back things will progress further. Good times ahead

 

[WFDS]

Goog is an idiot and clearly commentates bias

After he did the short interview with Hooper on the pitch at HT he said "we're with you"!!!

 

[Derpus]

Wooooohooo what a win.

 

[Shiggins]

What an absolute joke no try call from the TMO. Decoy runner didn't interfere at all. If he held the player fair enough. It was miles from the ball and didn't impact the play. Poor call

 

[chiraag]

Potter was not in a realistic position to gather the ball (Swain is at least 1m above him and being lifted)

Looks very realistic to me.

 

[Shiggins]

Harry potter going clearly for the ball. Almost touches it and gets sent to the bin. Just can't compete for the ball anymore. It's fair enough for player safety but there is no contest.