2020/21 Carling Currie Cup

[Cartman]

Pearce totally said ivan van Snail there

[Chilli]

Bring back crowds so we can’t hear the squealing from both benches.

The second half has been poor quality Rugby.

[Chilli]

Pearce totally said ivan van Snail there

Pierce is Sandstorm?

[Sandstorm]

Herschel ruck ball is slower than Poeppies. Not looking sharp today

[Sandstorm]

Turnover and WP run 80m to score

[Sandstorm]

15-8 WP

60 mins

[Cartman]

Fresh Prince scores

[Sandstorm]

Ruaan Nel is an underrated player

[Chilli]

Ruaan Nel is an underrated player

Plays to many nothing games

[Chilli]

Sardi's boy Tim Swiel on.
WP by 59

[Chilli]

Try Bulls

[Sandstorm]

Brace for Arendse, 15-15
68 mins

Scarra on and playing kak like usual

[Chilli]

15-15

[Chilli]

Try WP

[Sandstorm]

Ruaan Nel is an underrated player

Plays to many nothing games

You were saying? 3 parts in that great try by Van Ryn

[Sandstorm]

20-15
71mins

[Sandstorm]

Fresh Prince is quick!

[Sandstorm]

Scarra is sooo kak

[Sandstorm]

Try Bulls, but the ref was very lenient at the ruck to penalise WP for collapsing

[Sandstorm]

WP bench has dropped the intensity by 50% unfortunately

[Sandstorm]

20-22 great conversion

[Chilli]

Try and conversion Bulls

20-22

[Sandstorm]

Bulls win, deserved after lifting the intensity despite a bullshit red card

[Sards]

Bulls win, deserved after lifting the intensity despite a bullshit red card

WP left 10 points out there with poor kicking. When will they learn that they need Kade.

[Chilli]

WOW! Great win by the Bulls.

[Sandstorm]

Arno Botha is a beast, strips the ball for fun

[Chilli]

Duanne is a genuinely great bloke.
He lived down the road from me in Durbanville. Saw him often. And he was a good bloke then.

[Chilli]

After the weekend:
The Bulls played well at stages, were lucky to win.
The WP didn't play all that well, should have won. If they play to their potential they will be in the final. In my opinion: play Swiel or Quade. Willemse just is not a 10.
The Sharks played efficiently. Did the job. There is something about how they played that made me think that they could just get it right

[OomStruisbaai]

WeePee fans are going to have a black Christmas.

Bulle are Beasts

[assfly]

After the weekend:
The Bulls played well at stages, were lucky to win.
The WP didn't play all that well, should have won. If they play to their potential they will be in the final. In my opinion: play Swiel or Quade. Willemse just is not a 10.
The Sharks played efficiently. Did the job. There is something about how they played that made me think that they could just get it right

My take on the weekend.

One game totally one-sided.
One game ruined by the weather
One game ruined by the ref

I'm starting to worry about the upcoming Lions series.

[OomStruisbaai]

Yep, Rasta is a qouta, I could not understand that red card, thought it should not even a yellow. Justice in the end with the Bulls win.

This is very good medicine for WeePee. The next two games is make or break for them.

[Sards]

My take on the weekend.

One game totally one-sided.
One game ruined by the weather
One game ruined by the ref

I'm starting to worry about the upcoming Lions series.

Probably the most pleasing aspect of the poor reffing is that the right outcome still occurred irrespective of the poor calls. I understand that there was a lot of emotion attached to the game but getting a result should not influence a game. Huge kudos to the Bulls for pulling it off. That is JWs influence.
I never enjoyed Whites stint at the Sharks because he was trying to knock a square peg into a round hole, but he has found the right home at the Bulls.

[Sards]

Yep, Rasta is a qouta, I could not understand that red card, thought it should not even a yellow. Justice in the end with the Bulls win.

This is very good medicine for WeePee. The next two games is make or break for them.

The TMO was the final call

[assfly]

Probably the most pleasing aspect of the poor reffing is that the right outcome still occurred irrespective of the poor calls. I understand that there was a lot of emotion attached to the game but getting a result should not influence a game. Huge kudos to the Bulls for pulling it off. That is JWs influence.
I never enjoyed Whites stint at the Sharks because he was trying to knock a square peg into a round hole, but he has found the right home at the Bulls.

Ja they showed some real nerve at the end, especially without a crowd and a player down.

[Chilli]

Yep, Rasta is a qouta, I could not understand that red card, thought it should not even a yellow. Justice in the end with the Bulls win.

This is very good medicine for WeePee. The next two games is make or break for them.

The TMO was the final call

Nope. Not how I saw it. The TMO said yellow, the Ref then went red and the TMO changed his mind.

[Chilli]

After the weekend:
The Bulls played well at stages, were lucky to win.
The WP didn't play all that well, should have won. If they play to their potential they will be in the final. In my opinion: play Swiel or Quade. Willemse just is not a 10.
The Sharks played efficiently. Did the job. There is something about how they played that made me think that they could just get it right

My take on the weekend.

One game totally one-sided.
One game ruined by the weather
One game ruined by the ref

I'm starting to worry about the upcoming Lions series.

Is it fair of you to complain about the weather ruining the Sharks match? We all know that it will be hot and humid in Deben in late November.

[Sards]

Yep, Rasta is a qouta, I could not understand that red card, thought it should not even a yellow. Justice in the end with the Bulls win.

This is very good medicine for WeePee. The next two games is make or break for them.

The TMO was the final call

Nope. Not how I saw it. The TMO said yellow, the Ref then went red and the TMO changed his mind.

I understand that. But the TMO has the advantage of technology to make the call. Surely he can override the ref on field. Which is why I said final call. Or am I wrong?
In the context of the game it gave the Stormers a huge advantage at scrum time...their go to penalty

[Chilli]

The TMO was the final call

Nope. Not how I saw it. The TMO said yellow, the Ref then went red and the TMO changed his mind.

I understand that. But the TMO has the advantage of technology to make the call. Surely he can override the ref on field. Which is why I said final call. Or am I wrong?
In the context of the game it gave the Stormers a huge advantage at scrum time...their go to penalty

In my understanding the Ref has the say. However, in this instance the TMO advised a yellow, and when the Ref said red should have stuck to his guns and said "My recommendation is yellow".

Either way it was never a red, maybe a yellow.

[assfly]

In my understanding the Ref has the say. However, in this instance the TMO advised a yellow, and when the Ref said red should have stuck to his guns and said "My recommendation is yellow".

Either way it was never a red, maybe a yellow.

Apparently there is a code that the TMO and the ref can communicate to each other in. If one doesn't agree with the other one, they say something like "I think you need to have another look at it" or "can show you another angle".

Either way, the general standard of reffing around the world is the lowest it's been in a long time.

[Sards]

2. Possible foul play. The TMO is free to communicate with the referee at any time if he sees something he suspects is foul play. Equally, the referee can ask the TMO to look at an incident, either while the game continues or after stopping play.


Strong signal: referees can draw a box to signify to the crowd that a decision has gone to the TMO (Getty)

Doesn’t it hold the game up?

Yes. But efficient use of the TMO system has improved over the years. Referees have been encouraged to refer fewer decisions ‘upstairs’ in a bid to reduce the interruptions.

Usually the footage is shown on a big screen inside the ground. If he likes, the referee can make a quick decision himself, without waiting to hear what the TMO has to say.


World Rugby spell out in their laws that “the referee should not be subservient to the system” and that he is “the decision-maker and must remain in charge of the game”.

Generally what happens is that the referee will relay “what I’m seeing” to the TMO, who will agree with him. The decision is made and the game resumes.

But there are instances of TMOs trying to persuade a referee to change his mind. If they say “Would you like to look at it again?”, it suggests they think the ref has made the wrong call!

My apologies. Ref has final say.