Shute Shield 2015

[Quick Hands]

Fits the score lads?

Eastwood up 13-6 with an attacking 5 m scrum. They have complete scrumk dominance - pushover or penalty try possible. Andrew Lees is the ref, so anything could happen.

 

[Quick Hands]

Penalty try to Eastwood. Very strange as the scrum hadn't collapsed and was still moving about 1/2 metre from try line and he blew a penalty try just as Eastwood were about to score. Manly had possibly infringed in the scrum but they weren't going to prevent a try being scored. No impact as was near the posts and Eastwood would have converted anyway. Worrying when a referee who does super matches doesn't know the laws.

A penalty try must be awarded if the offence a prevents try that would probably otherwise have been scored.

 

[GunnerDownUnder]

21-3 Pirates at oranges

 

[GunnerDownUnder]

In fairness, the coastal areas received much more rain than the rest of Sydney and Manly Oval unfortunately has a cricket pitch in the middle.

Sorry QH lost me
I was taking piss at crowd here in opposite stand

 

[GunnerDownUnder]

Harvey gets 2nd try 26-3

 

[Quick Hands]

Sorry QH lost me
I was taking piss at crowd here in opposite stand

Just talking about the condition of the grounds. Manly Oval closed so no colts, but Milner & Concord both looking good.

 

[Quick Hands]

Eastwood 23-9 and hard on attack. Manly hanging on by their fingernails. I have a horrible feeling that the floodgates are about to burst and Eastwood are going to run away with this.

 

[Quick Hands]

Eastwood in again 30-9 - it's only a question of the margin now. This could get ugly 50 is not out of the question.

 

[GunnerDownUnder]

Just talking about the condition of the grounds. Manly Oval closed so no colts, but Milner & Concord both looking good.

Ground not great but decision for only 1st on ground has paid off and it's holding up as best as can
31 - 10 with 17 left

 

[Quick Hands]

Penalty try to Manly for a deliberate knock on 2m out from tryline. Both teams now have a player in the bin 30-16 to Eastwood.

 

[qwerty51]

Are we both on Planet Earth? Maybe in an alternative universe?

You were saying?

 

[Quick Hands]

Normal service has been resumed 43-16 to Eastwood, still 20mins left.

 

[wamberal]

You were saying?

My flabber is gasted.


Do you have supernatural powers? Water into wine, that sort of thing?

 

[qwerty51]

Always going to happen. Marlins haven't looked that good since Ale went down, lost a couple more. Woodies coming off a loss and got Roach and Gillespie back. Revenge for last time.

Woodies still the benchmark.

 

[Dave Beat]

Foundations laid in the engine room, big boys winning the battle and the team taking the game. Well played Woodies.

 

[wamberal]

Foundations laid in the engine room, big boys winning the battle and the team taking the game. Well played Woodies.

Where was Porecki, Dave? Might have made a lot of difference.


Pat Sio's last game, I doubt we can win this year without him.

 

[qwerty51]

Where was Porecki, Dave? Might have made a lot of difference.


Pat Sio's last game, I doubt we can win this year without him.

I would move Barry to #8 and bring up Tom Alexander

How about that hit from him on Treweek!

 

[Dave Beat]

Where was Porecki, Dave? Might have made a lot of difference.


Pat Sio's last game, I doubt we can win this year without him.

Porecki has got a gig at Saracens, well done to the lad, hard work pays off.
Pat heading offshore to? I cant believe the Tahs didn't sign him with Cliffy moving on.
Think today's game was a good game to have.

 

[Quick Hands]

Too many players out today against a high quality Eastwood team. We'll get a couple of players back in the next couple of weeks, but unless there is a marked improvement at scrum and lineout time we'll only be making up the numbers in finals.

I realise it is all dependent on money, but the English and French clubs seem to have a higher opinion about Shute Shield than either ARU/NSWRU. As good as the NRC is, rugby in Australia needs SS as it's development ground for young players. It should be a priority to find mind to pay our best young guys to participate - NRL 20s are also signing promising rugby guys.

 

[Eyes and Ears]

Penalty try to Eastwood. Very strange as the scrum hadn't collapsed and was still moving about 1/2 metre from try line and he blew a penalty try just as Eastwood were about to score. Manly had possibly infringed in the scrum but they weren't going to prevent a try being scored. No impact as was near the posts and Eastwood would have converted anyway. Worrying when a referee who does super matches doesn't know the laws.

A penalty try must be awarded if the offence a prevents try that would probably otherwise have been scored.

I just watched the replay of this scrum. Manly infringed by standing up and unbinding from the scrum. At this point, the scrum is over and can no longer continue. Therefore the referee has to stop the scrum and award a penalty for the infringement. In this case, it prevented a probable try. Therefore penalty try was the correct decision.

Clearly you don't like Andrew Lees as a referee and that's your opinion but I am not sure that you need to tell us over and over again.