SUPER RUGBY – WEEK 4: WESTERN FORCE V REBELS

[Jules]

Great win and so lovely to leave the match with a spring in the step rather than disappointment and the head down! Now if they aim to play like that for 80 min for the rest of the season it will be a great season.

[brokendown gunfighter]

Hey Gunny - did you win the signed ball after the match??

not that Im aware--what makes you think that Alison?

[andrewM]

Still can't get those jokers from the SMH herald to say our name..

[zed]

Great game. Stoked to see them win. Thought they recycled the ball well, some very quick phase ball with not too many errors. I think if we can play at that pace every week, we should do OK this season. I thought the kicking was poor though, especially the clearance kicks from the fullback, he was getting no more than 15, 20m with them. We need to get that sorted out, as a better back 3 than the Rebels could do a lot of damage.

[SinBin]

Kudos to Sean Maloney for his constant unbiased call of Force games. He went into raptures last night especially when Hodgo scored. Can someone with a Twitter account give him some praise from the sea of blue.

[palitu]

I have been a big fan of Junior's, but he hasn't been bringing anything to the table. He can be a more bullocking runner, but he's jsut not doing it. Could be the service he's getting - I don't know. Perhaps more suited to the wing?

yep, yet to be impressed with junior. he hsould be smashing in instead of pussy footing and trying to get around them...

[GIGS20]

Saw Gigs n Mini Gigs on the replay after Albys try.

Still can't believe that first 30 minutes even after watching replay!

They missed the real celebration, as Alby was running it in, I nearly exploded!

By the time the cameraman got there we had settled down quite a bit.

[GIGS20]

missed the first half of today's game, so I can't comment on the specifics of the Inman call.

I watched the replay, the Inman call pertained to him being tackled, and then promoting himself forward to place the ball, it was nothing to do with a double movement it was more about him 'walking off the mark' he would have scored if he reached out rather than crawling forward.

[Rex Messup]

A similar incident in the Bulls v Blues overnight. The Bulls were rewarded a try and it seemed a more clear cut case of a "no try" than the Inman try. Consistency please is all we ask

[Buddha Handy]

A similar incident in the Bulls v Blues overnight. The Bulls were rewarded a try and it seemed a more clear cut case of a "no try" than the Inman try. Consistency please is all we ask

Exactly, just watched that game and should have been no try also. Definitely wasn't momentum that got him there or reaching out to score

[AndyS]

Yeah, that was a disgraceful decision, particularly when it gifted the home team a bonus point.

[GIGS20]

Yeah, that was a disgraceful decision, particularly when it gifted the home team a bonus point.

So it was Joubert then?

[palitu]

Very happy with the result, but i am still really wary of getting my hopes up too much.

The defense was caught out to the order of 5 on 2 on about three occasions, which the rebels couldn't take advantage of, a highlight of one of these was that the force drift defense has come a long way and shut down an overlap attack.

Also, Sias really was the man at 10, i would like to see him hit up the line in counter attack. Every time he takes the ball off of a kick, he runs a bit, then an up and under, every now and again he shoudl hit the line, or pass to counter attack. It really stunts our attacking potential in broken play and is very predictable.

but great to see a win like that! keep backing it up boys!

[Jeansyjive]

Great game by the Force gave Hodgo the 100th game he deserved. Really stuck it up the Rebels and there arrogance of changing 6 players.

Definetly has a spring in the step on the walk back to the station.

Coleman looked really good in the line outs when he came on. Got the ball against the throw a couple times.

Keen to see more of Brache and Stander.

Cmon the Force, now to beat the Highlanders