Waratahs roll Chiefs at home

The commentary was around the attempt to re-gather which they suggest means control was needed. Personally, you had no chance noticing that issue in real time. Try for me and no need to refer to the TMO. Fortunately the TMO used a bit of sense. Interesting that Kiwi commentators seem to show bias to the traveling team. ;-)

So we play a 10 at 12, potentially a 12 at 10, a 13 at wing, a lock at 6.......correct me if in wrong but wasn't the last coach lambasted for playing people out of position.

And we all know what wagons are pulled by don't we....... ;-) Don't back the wrong horse bigbaz!

The Blues won't beat the force in Perth easily. If you think they'll be up against the same team that the crusaders faced think again. They will have Hugh McMeniman, Chris Alcock, Kyle Godwin, marcel brach and Luke morohan back from injury. They will be rested after thier long SA-WA-NZ circus tour and NZ teams have to deal with jetlag when they go to Perth.

Whilst I agree to some extent RF, look at the Brums, beat the Hurricanes in NZ, flogged the Chiefs in Canberra, then fell in a heap.......this comp is so close this year, that I would be reluctant to write any of the top contenders out....home or away.

I thought it was the player behind him who knocked it forward, then onto the torso of the player who was awarded the try - so I would have thought a knock on (or forward pass if the scoring player was ruled to be in control of the ball).

I'd go as far as saying that Beale was actually quite poor. The overall result and performance of the players around him took the attention away from how bad he was... almost every time he took the ball into contact, he was forced backwards, and his defensive efforts were average.

Berry in the Reds Lions game was so much worse than that. Not even comparable. There were at least 4 very dubious calls, (one involving a try to the Chiefs and one a potential AAC try for the Tahs), but the Tahs got a couple of clangers that went against the Chiefs as well.

You'll have to go back to Barry though. Or Barron, if you wouldn't mind, what.

I think I rewound play about 5 times to re watch that hit. Tpn at his best

Ludicrous. If Pollock had been biased towards the Chiefs he wouldn't have called that maul at the end of the first half. He would have found some way to give the Chiefs a penalty when they desperately needed points. The Chiefs were called for ruck infringements in equal measure to the Waratahs. Both sides were infringing with equal measure, but because the Waratahs were the better team and the Chiefs apparently weren't, y'know, trying to win, the Waratahs should have got more calls? The fact is people see what they want to see. It's confirmation bias. You think non-neutral refs are biased towards the home team. Others think Australian teams always get screwed in NZ. It's all part of the entertainment. You get to have your cake and eat it too. A Waratahs win and a good whinge. You must be pleased. So much of what you're going on about is up to the TMO to intercede with as Vinnie Munroe did with the Crusaders try against the Force. If he didn't see Retallick's push then the TMO should inform him. Just because you saw it on replay doesn't mean Pollock was aware of it. And since when did a ref ask for further review from a TMO just because he noticed something more on a review? He should have asked to check the offiside along with the grounding not after watching it on the big screen. That's nonsense. What do you want next? Review every single phase leading up to a try?

they might be the strongest but the oz conference is the fastest and probably the smartest too.

is it ok if we keep it on the list somewhere though?

@ jeznez : in the little i saw of the match Horwill dropped the ball 3 times (maybe within 15 minutes). he will play because OZ cannot put a rookie in 2nd row against the big guys from France. i doubt he will captain though and will most likely come off around 60 for Skelton. Skelton is there , not because he has the game but becoz he is big. OZ need a linebreaking forward and only Palu fits the bill ATM. however he is a walking accident ward so not sure how long he will last. H'botham will be surely on the bench to cover for Palu. U shud look at Patrick Tuipolatu, who is the first to become an allback from the 2013 under 20 team (though Ardie Savea was apprentice). Skelton does not have the same game , but he is bigger. One must not forget "FIRST SEASONEFFECT' also. Luatua is a prime example ;)

BLUES have Chris Noakes, Jackson Willison & Benji Marshall leaving while Daniel Bowden is coming. CHIEFS have Bundee Aki , Mills Muliaina and Asaeli Tikoirotuma leaving while Sonny Bill is coming. CRUSADERS have Corey Flynn, Tyler Blyendaal and Zac Guildford leaving. HIGHLANDERS have Jarrad Hoeata leaving HURRICANES have Jack Lam, Faifili Levave, Tim Bateman, Alapeti Leiua, Andre Taylor leaving while Cullum Gibbins and Jason Woodward are coming.

I could live with that!

It was a great game. It had everything including a fight back and last minute try. Not to whinge but to hear other peoples opinion, was that one of the most one sided ref displays you have seen this year in super rugby? The first Chiefs try had multiple problems, offside & a knock on. At one point the Tahs had advantage and the chiefs got the ball and kicked but that counted as advantage for the Tah's. The chiefs had a penalty advantage for almost 30m and still kept it. The Cheifs were offside at the ruck most of the game and nothing was called. You know it is bad when even the kiwi commentators were sounding shocked at allot of the refs calls. Did I miss something or am I being one eyed?

Tah

Phipps was excellent last night for the 2nd week in a row. His speed of service was excellent abd he was a big part of the speed of the Tahs' attack.

Heaps - I jumped on yours 3 years ago. If you let me on then, I can squeeze you in now.