Round 5: Lions v Rebels - Sun12:05am @Emirates Park

[Ash]

Another penalty, nice Lions break and the half back cynically threw it into the returning player. I think they would've been better off keeping attacking.

Another penalty for not being onside, another yellow card warning.

This will be a 14 - 1 penalty count now.

 

[Ash]

Another advantage, pretty certain this ref is only reffing one team now around the ruck and offside line.

Rebels need to be careful, this is reminiscent of another Lions v Australian team from a few years back.

33 - 19 54 gone.

 

[Ash]

Cooper had a brain explosion there, needed to simply dive on a ball instead of letting it run dead could have gifted the Lions a try. edit: it did, 33 - 26 now 56 gone. Lions throwing the ball around now and finding space everywhere.

 

[Tomikin]

Yeah Cooper shat the bed big time there.. Lions coming home with a wet sail.

 

[Ash]

That forward pass call on Genia to Naisarani was a shocker, looked half a metre back. Rebels were hot on attack 22m out too.

 

[Derpus]

Didnt go to bed.

Rebels clocked off at half time. Frankly, deserve to lose for their blatantly cynical fouling. Should have had 3 yellows at least.

 

[Ash]

Lions in again off a turnover (with the defender not rolling away, no clear release and questionably supporting his body weight, but anyway)...Lions playing with a mass of confidence now and throwing the ball around everywhere.

Rebels have gone into their shell and are playing really conservatively. Rebels look to need a miracle from here.

 

[Ash]

Rebels are imploding forcing these passes.

 

[Rebels3]

Phill Kearns will sleep well tonight knowing he’s no longer the biggest cheer leading/biased commentator in rugby

 

[Derpus]

Didnt go to bed.

Rebels clocked off at half time. Frankly, deserve to lose for their blatantly cynical fouling. Should have had 3 yellows at least.

Having said that 16 - 1 penalties is clearly false.

 

[Ash]

Hmmm, this ref is definitely reffing one side.

Lions had one player in a ruck, Rebels counter ruck threw and the tackled player through the ball 10m away from the ruck area after presenting.

 

[Derpus]

17-1.

No rugby game has ever had a similar disparity. Not even ones involving the Irish.

 

[kiap]

Phill Kearns will sleep well tonight knowing he’s no longer the biggest cheer leading/biased commentator in rugby

These Rebels are "borderline disgusting"

 

[Ash]

Amusingly you could hear the ref yell hands off blue at the ruck where he was on his feet and had full rights to the ball.

 

[Derpus]

Fuck its so hard to tell if the ref is bias or the Rebels are just the worst disciplined team ever.

 

[Slim 293]

Amusingly you could hear the ref yell hands off blue at the ruck where he was on his feet and had full rights to the ball.

Lions already had penalty advantage for Korobeite being offside............

The Rebels are lucky not to have a player or two in the bin.

 

[Ash]

The Rebels discpline has been woeful, but you need to ask if you believe that the Lions have given away just 1 penalty all game.

 

[Slim 293]

Fuck its so hard to tell if the ref is bias or the Rebels are just the worst disciplined team ever.

After two weeks of it, definitely the latter.........

 

[Derpus]

After two weeks of it, definitely the latter...

1 lions penalty though?

 

[Ash]

Cottrell just sin binned when the replay from the back showed he went through the middle of the maul. Pretty sure you had an argument with some other Rebels around the side, but definitely Cottrell looked fine.