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They just wanted it more
given the way the following 2 games went/are going, 31-13 isnt too bad.
Not happy! It may have been diabolical conditions but no reason to play that badly, some absolutely terrible decision and pathetic penalty’s that you wouldn’t expect from under 10s.
According to Cron it’s not ok to accept good over great?
We re we great today? Was that a great “performance”?
Well done to the Drua they were excellent and a well deserved win.
That game should never have taken place, the officials need to give themselves an uppercut, as those conditions were not only diabolical but totally disregarded players safety.
Stats are totally irrelevant in that quagmire and therefore I will not produce them this week.
The Force boys would not only more than likely never played in those conditions but probably since school rugby never played on a pitch in such a state, yet they kept trying and did as best as the could.
The poblem now is the fatigue they would have suffered in that atrocious match will have further implications against a high flying blues in Auckland on a six day turnaround with a plane flight thrown in for good measure, so let's temper our expectations and not judge the boys too critically this week.
After the blues time for the bye and a reset, and let's keep the faith and keep being the Force behind the Force
I reckon potters ankle will be a direct result of the conditions. But not complaining, we simply couldn't adapt to that.
It doesn't factor into my assessment of the capabilities of the team, unfortunately it does count for points on the table.
As one journo said. Hats off to both sides for making an entertaining game . My thoughts were …. What if you get trapped face down in a 2cm puddle while having to breathe heavily….
Not wanting this to sound like sour grapes (though I guess it is a little), do others believe this match would have gone ahead if anywhere else in the Super Pacific grounds?
I feel it's a bit "it's Fiji so don't complain".
Absolutely love Fiji, their being included and everything that they represent, but I'm not sure you can put that duck pond on Saturday down to just home ground advantage like a quirky local wind or a bit of a slope in one corner.
Perhaps some of the millions being tipped into Pacific Rugby by RA and Federal Government should go towards better drained and formed up feature grounds?
I used to play in those conditions in Wellington for years-the only difference it was 30 degrees cooler,lol
I played in it locally too ("genuine" risk of dying in the Frommel cricket pitch at Guildford most years, used to have a choice of "middle" for kick off) and totally get that.
This is Super Rugby though, a little different and a fair bit higher stakes (apart from the dying bit though maybe... ;) )
It's not sour grapes. Some of us posted that the match should not have started when they'd just kicked off. So much for player welfare. I hope the issue will be investigated formally.
Round 6 TotW
1. Matt Gibbon (Melbourne Rebels)
2. Tom Horton (Western Force)
3. Taniela Tupou (Melbourne Rebels)
4. Darcy Swain (ACT Brumbies)
5. Seru Uru (Queensland Reds)
6. Tim Anstee (Western Force)
7. Carlo Tizzano (Western Force)
8. Charlie Cale (ACT Brumbies)
9. Ryan Lonergan (ACT Brumbies)
10. Noah Lolesio (ACT Brumbies)
11. Darby Lancaster (Melbourne Rebels)
12. Hunter Paisami (Queensland Reds)
13. Filipo Daugunu (Melbourne Rebels)
14. Jordan Petaia (Queensland Reds)
15. Tom Wright (ACT Brumbies)
A little surprising (not saying they are without merit) that the three Force lads would get a look in with the Reds v Brumbies love-in.
The unfortunate injury to Lachie Lonergan, combined with his first TotW selection and ongoing good form gives Tom Horton a genuine pathway to Wallaby Trial selection.
Was a little disappointing on "Two Posts" they were all laughing about how great it was and should be more of it, like it was some schoolboys match.
Again, it feels a bit "file it under It's Fiji, just go with it" rather than it being a genuine concern of how do we fix it.
This day and age, with the money invested and at stake, "we" deserve better.
I said at the time that if we had supplied a pitch in that condition we probably would have been fined and the match abandoned and probably points awarded to the other team. So yes I believe it should have been postponed and it may have been inconvenient to TV companies but nature trumps TV.
The Guildford top oval (the one you see from the road following the rail) was notorious. Would be minimum ankle deep in glue on the cricket pitch square from the first decent rain of Winter. I'm sure Guildford would have had plays designed around the square.
Should be grateful I guess, the lower fields for the footy were basically marshlands...
I do remember Scotch lower grounds (about 2/3rds by about a meter step) being a good foot underwater one year from Lake Claremont overflowing.
Might have been '89 I think. Boarders had a great time in it for weeks!
Shit, just realised our next 4 games are against NZ teams. We need to somehow win 2 of those to have any finals aspirations.
We don’t get to play rebels and Moana again either. We are going to regret those earlier games we should have won
SH#T, Potter gone for the season, this match should never have been played #$#%$#$%