Recent content by Barry T

Thoughts on SLC and how a team could potentially knock them off. - They pick and drive all day long however they seal and kill the contest majority of the time so therefore should be penalised a lot however the ref chose to treat them like the all blacks who could not possibly do anything...

8 tries to 2 for the men in brown. 24-12 @ half time with eddies scoring their points off gifted possession in the 22 (well constructed however). Eddies 8 was lucky not to receive a red card after a tip tackle which left Padua lock on his head. Pretty convincing win with the Padua boys showing...

Assuming Ashgrove win, I'm hoping both Iona and Padua also get up which will give us 4 teams with one loss after 3 rounds. Will make the back end of the season even more interesting.

Other Scores from around the grounds?

Not really Padua played poorly and failed to use the wind in the first 25 mins and only have themselves to blame. In regards to foul play I'd rather cop an elbow that causes no damage than a late shoulder charge that ends my season. That's always been my biggest gripe foul play that causes a...

Agreed, there is a lot of gamesmanship/tactics at scrum time at all levels. Referee interpretation at scrum will continue to be the most frustrating element of Rugby but it is what it is.

Add to that uncontested scrums only took place after prop was red carded literally 5mins left on the clock.

Although a very scrappy game to watch and poor execution from both sides the biggest deciding factor and the main reason Padua failed to win was - Late hit (shoulder charge) on Padua 15 Will McCulloch by Pats 11 Nesta (I think) only produced a yellow card(red card in my opinion). McCulloch left...