ex-lucy
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I thought Saint Wayne didnt cover himself in roses at the weekend ...
forward pass for Toulon's try !! jeez, unlike in Cardiff (NZ v France) .. he was right there adjacent to the blue 9 the ball passed him in flight ... the centre who received the pass was quite obviously in front of the 9 who passed it. AR was standing there in line too !
Sentinels again .. Orish teams get away with it, why?
phalanx of red fanning out of ruck preventing defenders.... in Sarries game it was a phalanx of white !
too many red players off their feet at tackle/ ruck time... time and again they just dived in off their feet - sealing etc.
i quote Dixie and OB here:
The yellow card for George Smith was incorrect, imho.
I think Saint Wayne got carried away. yes, the pens leading up to the YC were correct and the escalation was good but teh actual card decision was incorrect. He pinched that ball fair n square imho. The fisrt offence in any case was 3 red players diving in off their feet. The crowd baying may have had something to do with it.
Wayne's positioning for Munster's 2nd, 3rd 4th and last try was awful.
A L10 ref would have been castigated.
There seemed to be lots of pens ... but few cards
forward pass for Toulon's try !! jeez, unlike in Cardiff (NZ v France) .. he was right there adjacent to the blue 9 the ball passed him in flight ... the centre who received the pass was quite obviously in front of the 9 who passed it. AR was standing there in line too !
Sentinels again .. Orish teams get away with it, why?
phalanx of red fanning out of ruck preventing defenders.... in Sarries game it was a phalanx of white !
too many red players off their feet at tackle/ ruck time... time and again they just dived in off their feet - sealing etc.
i quote Dixie and OB here:
However, I wonder what happened to the "planes landing" and "planes taking off" analogy? So many pro players now hit the ruck in a "planes landing" attitude that I can't help conclude:
a) it's been coached
b) it's to be expected that they will end up off their feet
c) it would be perfectly reasonable to ping them for failing to make an effort to stay on their feet
The breakdown is a point of contest. It is rare for diving over to be immaterial.
The yellow card for George Smith was incorrect, imho.
I think Saint Wayne got carried away. yes, the pens leading up to the YC were correct and the escalation was good but teh actual card decision was incorrect. He pinched that ball fair n square imho. The fisrt offence in any case was 3 red players diving in off their feet. The crowd baying may have had something to do with it.
Wayne's positioning for Munster's 2nd, 3rd 4th and last try was awful.
A L10 ref would have been castigated.
There seemed to be lots of pens ... but few cards