Round 5: Brumbies v Highlanders, Sat 25 March, 7:45pm AEDT - GIO Stadium

[waiopehu oldboy]

Ten minutes in & Horan's talking about the dew on the ground like it's a reason no-one knew who the pass was intended for.............

 

[Pedrolicus]

3-0 Hawera pumps one from 40m

Fardy strips Speight and grumbbers it to the landers. Nice.

 

[Pedrolicus]

Toua inexplicably kicks out on the full and brums infringe at the lineout. 20 m lineout to the landers who equally inexplicably knock on.

 

[Pedrolicus]

Fardy with a trademark clearing kick after the brums scrum was bossed by the landers.

 

[Pedrolicus]

Fardy with his second clearing kick in as many minutes, why do modern wingers struggle with that skill?

 

[Pedrolicus]

now the brums dominate the scrum and they earn a pen.
20m lineout, that won't stop them trying to push it over though.

 

[Pedrolicus]

Great subterfuge, the forward pod sets up to drive and gets sacked which alcock takes advantage of and uses his pace to win the one on one down the blind. 8-0 brums with the kick to come.

 

[Mr Doug]

10-0 Go the Brumbies!!

 

[Pedrolicus]

Kick was good. 10-0

Speight earns a holding on pen after kick chasing.

 

[Pedrolicus]

of course the kcik isn't out and the brums are now throwing in behind half way. Chip from powell is into touch and the landers will need to work their way from from 30m out.

 

[Pedrolicus]

Highlanders scrum 5m out. Scrappy but committed play from the landers. Another pen and the Brums are skating on thin ice.

Another scrum.

Work an overlap and score on the right.

10-5 ktc.

 

[Pedrolicus]

kick is away, 10-5 with seconds to go in the first half.

Landers rumble forward and kick and powell ends it kicking to touch.

10-5 halftime.

Evenish half smattered with errors and some nice set piece plays making the tries for both teams.

 

[Cbrando]

The inability to kick the pill out or the uncanny ability to do so on the full is something that really cruels the brumbies.

 

[ACR]

Oh get stuffed ref. How blatant does a knock on have to be?

 

[USARugger]

The inability to kick the pill out or the uncanny ability to do so on the full is something that really cruels the brumbies.

It's such a glaring issue for Aussie teams in general.. it's pathetic, honestly

 

[USARugger]

That's not offsides at all????

Fuck me that wasn't even close. He was a full foot behind the last foot when that ball came out

 

[Pedrolicus]

Speight is onside in what a french referee would describe as a tackle only situation and gets called offside.

 

[USARugger]

Brumbies have to clean up their ruck accuracy on attack - particularly on first phase, Landers are absolutely hammering them there

 

[USARugger]

"The Highlander's fullback"

Quality of Fox Sports commentating never ceases to amaze me

 

[Cbrando]

Well

"The Highlander's fullback"

Quality of Fox Sports commentating never ceases to amaze me

Not incorrect, right?