- Tue Jan 21, 2025 1:36 am
#71794
This one was a great result, but certainly not a great performance. Decent second half, but almost all the good work done in first half was undone by our try line panic again. To be fair to Toulon, their attack may have been disjointed and half hearted, but they still did the defensive work. Even so, we probably should have had the BP secured by half time, we certainly had the opportunities. What on earth was that silly Morris dance we did with a tap penalty?
The usual word for the ref. I thought him one of the better European refs we have had lately. The breakdown was the typical European free-for-all, apart from bizarrely penalising us for off feet at an attacking ruck early in the game (maybe even the first ruck), even Prem refs don't give that decision outside of the final few minutes (I wasn't paying enough attention at the time to have an opinion on the decision, but it was probably correct). The scrum became a bit of a mess with few completed, I think that largely down to him not asserting his authority until the 70th minute (although he wasn't shy about penalising). I have to mention our fourth try, whilst obviously not entirely down to the ref, the TMO cleared it too. As an old school former pupil, I'm happy to call that a rugby incident, but there clearly was head contact (nowhere near as much as the 9 would have us believe) and if the roles were reversed I think I would be expecting a penalty.
Doesn't that describe the majority of Sale games?Surbiton_Shark wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2025 12:57 pmOverall - frustrating watch with bouts of decent rugby.
This one was a great result, but certainly not a great performance. Decent second half, but almost all the good work done in first half was undone by our try line panic again. To be fair to Toulon, their attack may have been disjointed and half hearted, but they still did the defensive work. Even so, we probably should have had the BP secured by half time, we certainly had the opportunities. What on earth was that silly Morris dance we did with a tap penalty?
The usual word for the ref. I thought him one of the better European refs we have had lately. The breakdown was the typical European free-for-all, apart from bizarrely penalising us for off feet at an attacking ruck early in the game (maybe even the first ruck), even Prem refs don't give that decision outside of the final few minutes (I wasn't paying enough attention at the time to have an opinion on the decision, but it was probably correct). The scrum became a bit of a mess with few completed, I think that largely down to him not asserting his authority until the 70th minute (although he wasn't shy about penalising). I have to mention our fourth try, whilst obviously not entirely down to the ref, the TMO cleared it too. As an old school former pupil, I'm happy to call that a rugby incident, but there clearly was head contact (nowhere near as much as the 9 would have us believe) and if the roles were reversed I think I would be expecting a penalty.
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