Super Rugby 2017

Well, the opposite is now true. Glad for my picks but sad for the Cheetahs. Three tries to the highlanders in the last 5 minutes. NEVER rule out a NZ team. :cry:
 
Cheetahs blew it big time, must be very difficult for all the Cheetah supporters, hard pill to swallow to lose like that
 
Agent_Smith said:
Well, the opposite is now true. Glad for my picks but sad for the Cheetahs. Three tries to the highlanders in the last 5 minutes. NEVER rule out a NZ team. :cry:
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Not one of those tries should have been allowed. First try from a scrum penalty where the Highlanders started scrumming before the ball went it, and so it continued. I'm not a Cheetah supporter but this last 5 mins were farcical. Three horrible misses by the ref in the last 5 minutes.
 
Vrotappel said:
Not one of those tries should have been allowed. First try from a scrum penalty where the Highlanders started scrumming before the ball went it, and so it continued. I'm not a Cheetah supporter but this last 5 mins were farcical. Three horrible misses by the ref in the last 5 minutes.
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Can't argue with you there. Definitely thought the Highlanders pushed early. But the two follow up tries were just classic NZ 'we won't lose this' mentality.
 
Also the high tackle. Ref had no problem until he saw it on the big screen, turned it into a yellow card and penalty. Then miss penalty, forward pass another forward pass, Farsical. Why did he not review any of those possible forward passes?
 
Vrotappel said:
Not one of those tries should have been allowed. First try from a scrum penalty where the Highlanders started scrumming before the ball went it, and so it continued. I'm not a Cheetah supporter but this last 5 mins were farcical. Three horrible misses by the ref in the last 5 minutes.
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I didn't see any of that, tbh. Neither did any of the commentators or other players it seems. Hanyani Shimangi is usually very good at spotting scrumming infringements.

As per my earlier comments, I thought the reffing was very bad but didn't see anything wrong with those tries.
 
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Vrotappel said:
Also the high tackle. Ref had no problem until he saw it on the big screen, turned it into a yellow card and penalty. Then miss penalty, forward pass another forward pass, Farsical. Why did he not review any of those possible forward passes?
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Ref was a joke if you ask me, inconsistent most of the game. Looked like an upset, but these NZ teams have a never give up attitude.
 
OrbitalDawn said:
I didn't see any of that, tbh. Neither did any of the commentators or other players it seems. Hanyani Shipman is usually very good at spotting scrumming infringements.

As per my earlier comments, I thought the reffing was very bad but didn't see anything wrong with those tries.
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I don't think a Cape Crusader would see any of those.

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Ref and gang was poor to both sides throughout the game. There are some chops who need the boot and should not even officiate schools rugby .... too many good games ruined.
 
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