Wales v Tonga

[Waspsfan]

Anyone else watching? 13 minutes in and the scrums are a mess. I'm afraid the referee is clearly guessing who to penalise at the scrum. The most recent penalty he blew his whistle and then you could see him deciding which arm to raise (it took a few seconds). Painful to watch.

 

[Phil E]

What on earth are Wales wearing?

........17 mins, never a late tackle, commentators are idiots.

 

[Stuartg]

What on earth are Wales wearing?

........17 mins, never a late tackle, commentators are idiots.

They are wearing their jimjams.

Commentators - perfect assessment. Nothing new there then.

Crooked feeds a plenty?

 

[Phil E]

32 minutes...........commentators are definitely idiots........but why am I surprised?

Haven't seen a straight put in yet!

 

[The Fat]

Just noticed that the flags have the match details embroidered on them eg: Wales v Tonga Millenium Stadium 2013.

Just wondering if this is common practice? Picturing Craig Joubert's private bar room at home with AR flags mounted in mahogany framed glass cases around the walls.

 

[The Fat]

Haven't seen a straight put in yet!

52 minute mark. Straight put in by Wales. Scrum win to Tonga.
That's why SHs don't like putting it in straight.

 

[Waspsfan]

Had his name on too. Excellent stash.

 

[Stuartg]

The ref keeps talking about the "hit" when he says set at scrum time. Rod for his own back!

 

[The Fat]

2nd half. Wales 89% territory, 72% possession. Have they scored any points in the 2nd half? Hope they play like this against the Wallabies. Tonga will be happy with the final result, Wales will need someone to run around the stadium to wake up all of the supporters who paid to attend the game.

 

[The Fat]

The ref keeps talking about the "hit" when he says set at scrum time. Rod for his own back!

Joubert used the same language in the England v All Blacks game.

 

[Shelflife]

no score at all in the second half, dire game. 27 pens and no sign of a warning or a card, seems high not to have had a card or a warning.

 

[winchesterref]

I thought that too Shelflife

Game was dross. But the Tongan effort impressed me, they're improving

 

[Browner]

What the heck was that ........... the singlemost snorefest of rugby i've seen for ages ....


scrum management rating 1/10
hindfoot offsides 0/10
obstructing SH / moving away slowly 2/10
throwing the ball away after FK/PK 0/10
hestitation on decisions 3/10

why why why, didIwatch , la la la-la la la lah
why why why, didIwatch , la la la-la la la lah
snore, bore, i went to walk out the door
Forgive me, oh Joubert, I just wont com-plain any-more
I said Forgive me Oh Craig-boy I wont com-plain any mooooooooooooooooorrrrreeeee

 

[RobLev]

What the heck was that ........... the singlemost snorefest of rugby i've seen for ages ....

That was the Australian team getting one perfect prediction and two off by a single point.epper:

 

[Taff]

... Painful to watch.

... Game was dross.

Agreed. If anyone has recorded it and plans watching it later, do yourself a massive favour and delete it. I fell asleep and missed 20 minutes of the second half.

My wife went to bed at half time; I now wish I'd gone with her.

The only thing I enjoyed from the whole game, was the superb angle the Tongan player took to score by the posts.

 

[Account Deleted]

Poor game.

Two poor sides and a poor ref. I 'm glad I didn't pay to watch it.

 

[Taff]

... Two poor sides and a poor ref.

It was just the refs 2nd Test. I don't think he had a shocker, but just lacked confidence. That will come.

I reckon even Nigel Owens would have struggled to make that game bearable. What's that lovely saying the Americans have "You can't polish a turd". So true. :biggrin:

 

[Account Deleted]

It was some of the players' first test too. They still had shockers. The ref was poor tonight. Will they, and he, get better? Who knows. But judging all three components (2 sides and the ref) tonight gives a verdict of: "must do better."

By the way it was some guy called William Shakespeare who said "you can't polish a turd" not the Americans. Judging from a few of their "leaders" they have tried .

 

[KML1]

Blimey with friends like you lot, who needs enemies?!?

When we all get to the level he's at, then we get to comment on whether he's good or not. Thought RR.com was better than this.

 

[Account Deleted]

Shall we not comment on the players either? After all they have done pretty well to get to international level too.

Unless of course we are / have been international players ourselves.