an aside. Not overly impressed with WR highlight packages. 3:20 total taken up by the first 45 seconds being pre-game rubbish
It's that haka isn't it ?
Whatever we think of it it's def not a highlight
an aside. Not overly impressed with WR highlight packages. 3:20 total taken up by the first 45 seconds being pre-game rubbish
The NZ PT is here https://youtu.be/OflypaJat2g?t=50 I can see why it's given, Red was straight off feet although NZ holding on too.
Don't recall and can't find the other incident
On the PT, I think Poite made the 'standing up' signal with the hand which wasn't signalling the try - so perhaps it was a 'whole scrum' penalty, rather than any clear individual explaining the lack of YC (and sidestepping the question of who was infringing on the floor).
I repeat, watch Poite's signal. That tells you what the PT was for.
Standing up.
The standing up call makes sense (although I didn't see that offence myself), so guess I saw what I was expecting for off feet, same wobbly arm signal really just depends on the context
certainly standing up in the scrum (assuming it happened) had no material effect on Read's ability to pick & go.
Possibly it stopped the drive going over the goal line. Thus the situation now required the pick up whereas the player could just have dropped on the ball to score. If so very material.