Jaguares v Force

[FingerTips]

Force win 16-6

That score will have pissed off the ARU, QRU and NSWRU somewhat.

It won't stop the Waratahs and Reds from squabbling over who is going to get who from the Force playing list if the Force go under ...

[kipper_mckinnon]

One other observation from me.
did anyone notice how fast Peter Grant was?
Didn't think he had that turn of foot

[sandgroperrugby]

As much as I would have loved a bonus point, I believe they did the right thing by not trying to stretch themselves further after a terrific effort. If it was a home game I woikd have been dissapointed at not trying for a bonus point but not with the travel thau have to do and the already long injury list.

We would have gone ahead of the Tahs with that bonus point on point difference. So can't agree on the difference between home and away.

[sandgroperrugby]

One other observation from me.
did anyone notice how fast Peter Grant was?
Didn't think he had that turn of foot

Noticed the same thing when he ran back to clean up that ball and got the penalty

[jono]

Needed some more leadership at the end. The Force should never have put that ball out. They should have kept on playing for another try as they had nothing to lose and another point on the board to gain.

Great to win. Sorry for the downer comment just think they need that killer instinct.

I mentioned this to jargs offline.
We couldn't lose, the jags getting a BP was overall less important consequentially than us getting one.
Both teams were equally as knackered. So you never know what could have happened. We were breaking the line more and more as the game went on.

The other side of the argument is no matter what the score is, you never see a kiwi team stop playing. This isn't AFL we play to the whistle, not the siren. So we should make the most of any game time we get.

[sittingbison]

Someone said he had a bad knee bend...was he still running at the end? Is he Ok??

Is Lance ok?

[DazloT]

I must be watching a different game. I'm really enjoying this ,plenty of positive intent, good defence, best I've seen the Force play all season

Spot on. As frustrating as the errors are they kept on going for it. And we did well transitioning from defence into attack and vice versa. And we managed to have a strong defence and attack whereas before we could only manage one aspect in the game. I started to believe we could have a bonus point at the end.

Great win boys

[GIGS20]

One other observation from me. did anyone notice how fast Peter Grant was? Didn't think he had that turn of foot

And after lambasting him last week, it's important that I acknowledge his quality this week, he looked like a different man, hopefully last week was just him being short of a run and this week is a sign of things to come

[Macattack]

Great win under trying circumstances, fantastic defence, line speed and great aggression in the contact zone. That will really lift the boys and fantastic for Force supporters. Sooo much better commitment than last week, really pleasing. Also brilliant that we played out the whole 80 so well, bench also did well. Really like having both Adam and Ritchie in the second row, both show great aggression and are effective in defence. It is so good when you see them drive the opposition attack backwards.

How happy was Heath in the post match interview!

[DazloT]

How happy was Heath in the post match interview!

He deserves to be, thought he did a great job as captain as well as the win.

[mothy]

I want to pass on a brick bat to Crown casino as I had to watch the game on a small screen for all but the last ten minutes of the match. This only came about because I gave the people on the phone both barrels. The big screens were covering EUROVISION which fair enough there was a crowd big enough to justify it but it ended at half time. Surely we could have had one screen. We were the only other patrons there. Instead they initially put it on soccer that no one was watching and UFC which also attracted no support.

Come on Crown support local clubs and content we do it tough as it is!

[beige]

Missed the game but great result. Equal on wins with the Brumbies, NSW and QLD. I wonder what the odds are on us pulling off the upset next weekend and then the Rebels doing us a favour the next day?

[Macattack]

Not much assessment in the article, but love the headline " Force see off Jaguares and restore some faith in Aussie rugby"

http://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby/w...952087f91a0fd6

[GAFFA]

Great effort from the boys.

Whilst Prior did well to set up the first try I thought he was just so slow to the breakdown and even scooter getting it out.

Limited our attack as it gave the Jags time to set.

When the young Fella Short came on with about 12mins left the difference was noticeable as was it in his first match.

Also Verity-Amm Is a gun

[South]

Masirewa Was a gun! Received some crap passes but if they were to the hand he would have scored a few! And awesome under the high ball