Connacht Team Talk Thread VI - Some like it TOH

And if they are human, then drawing attention to their mistakes should be a big deal?

They'd surely like to learn from them & be better, correct?

I'm sure we'll get dragged for this the rest of the season so we'll end up paying a penalty beyond losing Hansen, but this omerta nonsense on officials needs to go. If they're dogshite they should be told so and know it.

Agree. Nearly every professional game on TV I have questions about a decision. Which must be incredibly frustrating for players and coaches.

I can only reconcile it with they usually catch way more and are more accurate than what most of us watching would.

Im often frustrated by refs but I understand it's a tough gig. They will make mistakes in every game but usually they do a decent job.

I'm definitely not in favour of players calling them out publicly in the heat of the moment. This is the role of the management if they have a genuine issue, complied the evidence and put a mid level member of the management out to a press conference toaje the point. Take the ban and move on. But never fight a battle that doesn't improve your teams chances.

The TMO got this one wrong. Barret hit bundi with his shoulder on the head. I know you can argue the point about camera angles etc and arrive at any conclusion you want but if you arrive at the conclusion that Barret didn't then you really started from a position of not wanting to find it.

Its happened, it was missed, Mack made his point, there will be a cost.

Have Connacht benefited from any aspect of this episode? It remains to be seen.

On a side note, do posters think South Africa benefited from Rassies Video?

Sorry FFF but is this a reply to my post? If it is it doesn't make any sense because I didn't say any of the things you are posting about.

Perhaps I've missed some post someone made about these things

No, just a general comment

You do know that the term "yobbo" in Aussie culture isn't necessarily derogatory? It's just a term used to describe a certain type of guys in Australia. And Hansen comes across as one.

Think Wilkins needs to start one of Bundee or Forde at 12 and keep The other on the bench. Bring O’Connor into 13 and Jennings to 15 with Cordero or Mullins onto the wing.

Don’t think this is a game where you need to go 6-2 either. I’d like to see Devine involved.

Good team. Would have thought no need for a 6/2 bench, would have thought it better to have had Mullins on the bench, assuming he is fit and available.

All interpro's are big games but this one feels pretty season defining to me. A big ask in an interpro but 5 points would be very nice thank you.

A little concerned about the 12/13 channel but happy to see us go again and build the understanding there.

Jennings exceptionally unfortunate to drop to the bench after another good outing however Santi has started to show some of his skill set in the last few games.

Hopefully the conversation afterwards is about rugby and not about the refs.

We have a seriously callow team. Jack Murphy getting his first start, ditto Rory Telfer. Willem de Klerk on the bench. Starts for Ben Carson (7 caps) and James McNabney (9 caps).

Missing too many players - think it'll be about maintaining pride more than anything else.

Interesting to see how the ref reacts to us tomorrow; when rassie went nuclear on the refs it paid off in spades but SA are a much bigger ticket and he made some veiled suggestions of racism which would have put the frighteners up ref.

Mack's comments weren't nearly at that level but id worry the officials would circle the wagons and look to settle the score for their mate "buzzer".

Just checked who it's is and it's Andrew Brace......when I saw the Ulster team I thought we should win handy, but a little worried with Bracie with whistle in hand.

Chris 'Buzzer' Busby is not my mate. And I am not your pal.

Being able to dish out criticism and being able to take are clearly, in your case, quite different things.

Do you also object to Mackenzie Hansen being referred to as Mack ?.

Can Cordero stop (tackle) Kok or catch the high kicking bal well? And why is the penalty king at 23th? And why is there no Devine even on the bench who is one of the native players? Maybe Wilkins has good answer.

Unconscious bias is bias. Unconscious corruption is corruption. Rugby language like painting a picture actually means cheating the ref. Anyway I will be watching to see what they do to Connacht. When pat lam complained Connacht did not get one penalty in the following game which was also against Ulster.

Out of interest is Frank Murphy still doing the ref job or has he packed it in. Haven't seen him for some time, not that that is such a bad thing