Tahs showed their class? Nonsense - they are the most cynical side in the competition with their tactics of collapsing the scrum to avoid being shoved up their own backsides. They rely heavily on the ref ordering the other team to "use it" while they act as roadblocks to the advancing mudslide threatening to devour them for once and for all.
Here is a hint, when the dominant scrum can't shift the opps and the ball is available at the back, they get the call of "use it"
When a dominant scrum does get the opps shifting they get the penalty, sometimes you just have to get on with the game
And that cynicism was on show again when Hooper interfered with Gill at the scrum that Holloway made his impressive burst. I am not saying that Hooper engineered the break, but the intention was clearly there.
Really? Cynicism? give me a break, that is called rugby, to good 7s making it hard for eachother
The ref really should have taken some action (other than issuing penalties) when there had been a succession of 6 or 7 infringements on the trot between the 5th minute and the 15th.
Possibly, the challenge was there was a couple of off sides, a warning then no more off sides
The Tahs may show their class in upcoming games, but it certainly wasn't on show in this one.
Well we get to disagree, the Tahs were pretty average, they had no continuity, couldn't build any sustained pressure; yet went into half time ahead.
You often see more class in adversity than you will ever see in a rout. Class? Phipps was immense, Foley showed why he is clearly the best 10 in the country. No ball to waste, great decisions to close out a match. Younglings showing they have something to offer