Sports Rugby World Cup 2023

[Matiunz]

I’m an equal union and League fan but Union has dug itself a very deep hole with its pendanticness in officiating and obsession with cards

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

I’m an equal union and League fan but Union has dug itself a very deep hole with its pendanticness in officiating and obsession with cards

Hopefully this showcase game for union is so heavily criticised that union takes a deep look at itself and adjusts.

All year people were fearful red cards would affect the World Cup and here we are…

 

[Aman 2.0]

Fuck anytime anyone gets the ball they just kick it away!!!

Has it always been like this?

 

[Aman 2.0]

The all blacks are retarded. Deserve to lose

 

[Aman 2.0]

haha this officiating has lost the plot

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

What a f*****n farce the bunker is in rahrah. Correct decision I suppose but can nobody call it when they see it?

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

haha this officiating has lost the plot

Imogene if your in the crowd, you wouldn’t know what was going on or why everything changing afterwards from what’s happening in the play.

I don’t even understand it with the ref and commentators explaining it all.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Might as well have AI refereeing the game

 

[JaggedJ]

Fuck anytime anyone gets the ball they just kick it away!!!

Has it always been like this?

In Europe yes and they've adjusted rules to suit them because that's where the $$$ is.

 

[Aman 2.0]

Pretty shit advertisement for rugby

 

[sydneywarrior92]

Union can keep shooting itself in the foot with games like this. Will only make the up the wahs movement that much stronger.

 

[Tragic]

Up the Wahs!

 

[jonesy101]

For drama that was huge. The game itself though was awful.

 

[regenerated borg]

A world cup final ruined by officials.... not much more to say about the game really..

 

[Makasene]

For those that don't follow union that closely, the powers at be will consider that a classic match - which is farcical.

For the game itself, a lot will be mentioned about the officiating but that game came down to goal kicking

NZ: 50%
RSA: 100%

There's your world cup

 

[hornbybrown]

I watch both sports, All I can say is League was the winner on the day

 

[Kaos A.D.]

haven't been into union since the early 80s when I discovered league as a teenager, but still back our national side an especially over South Africa ... Ahhhh sucky our three main teams losing in the space of 12 hours .... as always its the women's teams that show the way

 

[tyrael]

SA captain should have been a red card. Frizzel shouldn't have been card, zero intention and got knocked down by SA player.

 

[Billyspleen75]

haven't been into union since the early 80s when I discovered league as a teenager, but still back our national side an especially over South Africa ... Ahhhh sucky our three main teams losing in the space of 12 hours .... as always its the women's teams that show the way

I thought I'd be safe from cricket spoilers in a rugby thread on a league forum

 

[Tragic]

I’m an equal union and League fan but Union has dug itself a very deep hole with its pendanticness in officiating and obsession with cards

Yeah the cards are ridiculous but to be honest I don't see much difference between today and last nights game where officiating goes a big way to decide the result. At least in rugby the get a ref from another country