Super XV 2014 General Discussion Thread

Swiwi.

No no from Mvovo

I'm actually a bit shocked that the Sharks haven't offered more. OK their backs are mundane, but they do have a good forward pack normally.

LuckyGent88

Embarrassing defeat for the sharks. Just did not execute in any part of the game.
Handling, kicking and decision making were shockingly bad.
Mistakes all over the place.

In saying that, very good performance from the crusaders. Great tempo to there game and have been very accurate in both there attack and defence.

Swiwi.

Can DC actually kick these days? Pretty mediocre display from the tee.

LostArt

matthew8

Such an unfortunate start for the Brumbies, they were looking better.

DDC1990

Question to anyone watching the Tahs v Brumbies game.

Why did the Ref give a penalty to Mogg a while ago after he was tackled and got to his feet without releasing?

Ref gave 4 penalties in a row to the Waratahs and then the last 6/7 have gone to the Brumbies.

LuckyGent88

Great battle between the tahs and brumbies.
Brumbies have dominated the set pieces but have lacked the attack to get through the tahs defence.
Tahs defence has been up really fast and forced the brumbies backwards on numerous occasions.

matthew8

DDC1990 wrote: »

Question to anyone watching the Tahs v Brumbies game.

Why did the Ref give a penalty to Mogg a while ago after he was tackled and got to his feet without releasing?

Ref gave 4 penalties in a row to the Waratahs and then the last 6/7 have gone to the Brumbies.

Apparently the burden was on the tackler to release first, which seems crazy given any tackled player can just get up before the release then and earn a penalty. Looked like a release too.

LuckyGent88

DDC1990 wrote: »

Question to anyone watching the Tahs v Brumbies game.

Why did the Ref give a penalty to Mogg a while ago after he was tackled and got to his feet without releasing?

Ref gave 4 penalties in a row to the Waratahs and then the last 6/7 have gone to the Brumbies.

Pretty sure he got that mogg tackle wrong anyway as foley had clearly let go of him after the tackle and then went for the turnover.

Ref has been pretty good so far but surely the tahs defence have been offside on numerous occasions.

matthew8

So much for Lealiifano. Awful kicking recently.

matthew8

This is so mean on the Brumbies. 2 tries for the Waratahs both from Brumbies possession.

LuckyGent88

Fisher hooks mogg off straight after that mistake.

DDC1990

Killer for the Brumbies. Throwing away points from the kicking and those 2 tries. Falau is starting to get on the ball more and look dangerous.

matthew8

Brumbies should really be winning this with a bit to spare.

DDC1990

Brumbies very unlucky..

Speight looks injured, and then they butcher that try.

matthew8

Lealiifano is at 50% for the year. Most senior cup teams would have someone doing better.

LuckyGent88

While the brumbies haven't been great in attack, the tahs defence to keep out the brumbies has been fantastic.

.ak

I kinda want brumbies to score to make the last 10 really interesting.

matthew8

Waratahs defense is unreal. Great tackle by Phipps there.

matthew8

That try was unbelievable! Try of the season for Tahs, game over.

DDC1990

What a try! Class from Skelton!

.ak

Skelton isn't human.

DDC1990

.ak wrote: »

Skelton isn't human.

Still so raw especially with his tackling, but on the ball like that... unreal. The hands in that move were class.

DDC1990

Nasty late hit there. Could have been Red.

razorblunt

DDC1990 wrote: »

Nasty late hit there. Could have been Red.

That kind of stuff infuriates me, as needless things go it's up their with tîts on a nun. Our old coach would drop us for anything like that in a heartbeat.

Only caught the second half but unreal hands and awareness from Skelton, Nathan Grey looks to be one hell of a defence coach too.

CatFromHue

It was a stupid tackle attempt from your man, brainless.

The Tah's haven't played the Crusaders yet this season so who know's which way it'll go.

The Brumbies scrum half had no interest in trying to tackle Skelton for the last try either.

Judgement Day

Swiwi. wrote: »

Can DC actually kick these days? Pretty mediocre display from the tee.

Rustiness (?) hopefully - the rest of his game is spot-on. Having watched both games today the boys have little to fear from Waratahs provided that they don't think all they have to do is turn up. Kieran Read - some man for one man!

Judgement Day

Crusaders 38-6 demolition of the Sharks earlier to day - enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERn1YXjsRaQ

George Hook

So, now we are at the final who have been you're guys top 5 standout players this season? I'm still mulling it over - there were a lot of matches I missed.
I'm thinking in no particular order:
Nemani Nadolo, Beauden Barrett, Malakai Fekitoa, Marcell Coetzee and Israel Folau.

So many other names coming back to me now that could easily slot in. :S

Neil3030

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYKd0klmYfs

Skelton's break and offload were just ridiculous. He basically looks like one of those create-your-own video game characters, where the height and weight are tuned to the maximum setting.