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macdone wrote:Some big individual errors from Pyrgos and Schoeman. But it comes down to our lack of tries. We need a new attack coach 100%. 1 try isn't enough.
KenMavor wrote:Wottie wrote:Friday Knight Lights wrote:Would never have happened if Schoeman didn't barge into him however soft.
The blame ends with Schoeman.
I think that is harsh. 99 times out of 100 nothing happens there. It’s not impacting play as the game has stopped. It wasn’t violent or dangerous it was a mere tap with someone standing his ground as players ran through a contested area of the field. The Oscar winning dive won the penalty, that and a TMO who saw something more on it than all other pundits. Here’s what the guys at Eggchasers thought about the two main incidents (37 mins in)
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the ... d5db870c5e
I disagree with this.
If it hadn't been Schoeman it would have been someone else....
I think Beirne went, intentionally, looking for someone to clatter into him and vice versa.
Look at the field position. For sure Schoeman reacted but Bierne knew what he was doing and then played it through the process to milk it for all it was worth.
It was a premeditated to get a penalty. Similar to Hoggs "it's not soccer" event and Niko M milking event. Similar to Andy Haden's 1978 line out dive.
Beirne knew what he wanted and needed to do. He just needed to pick his moment and person and milk it for all it's worth. I think Nigel got suckered on this one......he will be annoyed when he looks back on this one as he usually is pretty hot on these events.
lenmorangie wrote:I’ve eventually got round to watching the recording of the match. For the first try Pyrgos was hovering at the back of the scrum (as a good scrum half should). When Murray picked up the ball Pyrgos HOOKED his passing arm (as a good scrum half should). It wasn’t a knock on.
lenmorangie wrote:For his pains he was penalised for deliberate knock on and taken out with a blatant judo move which was many times worse than Schuman’s reversed penalty decision which resulted in the second try. I’m mystified and raging.
macdone wrote:I agree with all the comments above. But Pyrgos biggest mistake was flying out for an interception for their 2nd try and missing.
Regardless of everything, we should have scored 3 tries instead of 1 with the possession and territory we had. It was in our control.
biffer wrote:Well, Rory Scannell says it was a dive, and so does Beirne's girlfriend apparently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LmKlKOjuZ0
35/36 minutes.
biffer wrote:Well, Rory Scannell says it was a dive, and so does Beirne's girlfriend apparently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LmKlKOjuZ0
35/36 minutes.
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