Those were the days when the evil empire of the east ruled the rugby universe. It was only a small band of rebels that finally upset them in 2018 on the last play of the day.....lets relive this Subbie one more time. (I shall think of a new persona for the TSC lads)
I watched the game on Cluch yesterday and the stream was fine but today I get an error message as well. I have written to them and asked why.
10-5, Kings kicked a penalty goal to win the game. Shore lost because of penalties, apparently the penalty count was about Shore 24- 5 kings.
That riverview dump tackle was outrageous, I agree that the Fittler tackle was a penalty but not sure about the Cummins or Guilfoyle (Number 2) tackles.
This video needs a trigger warning at the start
Joeys dropped the ball at least 6 times yesterday and everyone was called knocked back
I posted something similar in the very lonely ISA forum last night Albi. Oakhill played every game yesterday from 13E’s to First 15 & all soccer games yesterday. It’s a winter sport & yep this rain has been incredible but the 13E boys are just as excited about their game as the Firsts. The soccer ground actually looked worse than the rugby fields by the end of the day!
Maybe true but I do know the Newington lads did not knock back the spread of food at the end of thee game.
Yeah what happened there?
If you have watched recent test matches you would have plenty of players sin binned for this style of "tackle"
There were speeches all I am saying is the Newington lads were very happy for the food. What was nice was seeing a large Newington lad taking a few empty platters to the kitchen to help the ladies out. Nice.
The Kings boy that was shown a yellow in the 3rds game - can also be very clearly seen throwing many punches throughout the course of the game. Ridiculous how none of it was seen. Seems as though many referees were disappointing yesterday all across the AAGPS.
I stand corrected
Kings vs shore rivalry very heavy now due to the head of river. And with the kings rowers coming back this week wouldn’t of helped this future rivarely.
I think it is a little fraught trying to apply the same level of scrutiny to schoolboy matches as Pro / Test rugby. It is well documented that a lot of the tackle issue in Pro / Test matches are identified by the TMO - not often called by the Ref or ARs in real time. No TMOs here.
Well said.
Very good take, I think the uproar is more than fair in this games scenario considering how many high tackles/shoulder charges were missed by both the touch judge and referee and the inconsistency of how they were dealt with (not to mention the affect they had on the end result). As you said a build up of these high shots can have detrimental effect on the boys playing and not punishing the players can lead to repeated dangerous offences.
The kings 4 was attempting a ‘classic’ charge down of the kick- arms raised and face tucked down to prevent a ball to the face. Charge down unsuccessful and unfortunately with face down continued into the Shore 15 with a head clash.
Yeah I watched the 2nd XV game and couldn’t see the punch that lead to the red card either but the Assistant ref reported it to the ref and he obviously had a much better view than us watching what was the worst ever camera work I’ve seen on Cluch.