General Warriors Harold Matthews 2024

[Riz]

The question was about Dougal Grant who played SI under 16s.
Saw Bishop on day one v Vulcans and he hardly touched the ball in the first half. Got it a bit more in the second half but usually just for hopeful barge ups.
They didn’t seem to have a plan to utilise him properly.
Today v Wellington he was closer to the action and you could see the talent but it’s like he was expected to do something sensational each time he carried.
Then got sent for what I would describe as reckless endangerment in a tackle.

My bad, I misread your comment.

 

[Viking]

Bishop Neal was sent off today. Dangerous driving/dumping tackle.

As a ref, are you seeing more lifting tackles now than in previous years? I don’t know if I’m just noticing them now that they’re being scrutinised more or if they’ve become more prevalent in every grade. Is it because players are wrestling more to control the tackle maybe? I must see at least 3 a game now.

 

[Ref]

As a ref, are you seeing more lifting tackles now than in previous years? I don’t know if I’m just noticing them now that they’re being scrutinised more or if they’ve become more prevalent in every grade. Is it because players are wrestling more to control the tackle maybe? I must see at least 3 a game now.

Like you say, we are definitely scrutinising them more.
As soon as player is lifted we have to call held which has only really been a thing for 3 or 4 years now.

BTW was your boy in the 16s or 18s and what number was he wearing.
I reffed the 16s in their semi which they won with the golden point dropped goal.

 

[Noitall]

Like you say, we are definitely scrutinising them more.
As soon as player is lifted we have to call held which has only really been a thing for 3 or 4 years now.

BTW was your boy in the 16s or 18s and what number was he wearing.
I reffed the 16s in their semi which they won with the golden point dropped goal.

If it hasn’t happened already, do you reckon players will potentially jump off the ground in some scenarios to be deemed in a dangerous position? Might sound ridiculous but the lengths players will go to in first grade to earn penalties is crazy

 

[Ref]

If it hasn’t happened already, do you reckon players will potentially jump off the ground in some scenarios to be deemed in a dangerous position? Might sound ridiculous but the lengths players will go to in first grade to earn penalties is crazy

Hey mate.
If they did then I will call held but make them wait ages to play the ball so the defence and markers can get set.

 

[Viking]

If it hasn’t happened already, do you reckon players will potentially jump off the ground in some scenarios to be deemed in a dangerous position? Might sound ridiculous but the lengths players will go to in first grade to earn penalties is crazy

Can’t see players ever jumping to milk penalties. It’d be too dangerous and obvious if they tried.

 

[Teets]

They didn’t select anyone that was already in the NZ schoolboys u16s as they’ll be playing against each other. I think most the picks were good considering who couldn’t be picked.

Yeah between the Schools and Clubs teams I think particularly in the 16s there's still a bunch of players as good or better than players selected, who performed well at the tourneys who are not in either team. All in the eye of the beholder of course.

Didn't they do Auckland vs Aoteroa Whaanui in the 16s last year? 18s was club v schools. I much prefer that AKL v Aotearoa Whaanui format for our big end of rep season games.

 

[Viking]

Yeah between the Schools and Clubs teams I think particularly in the 16s there's still a bunch of players as good or better than players selected, who performed well at the tourneys who are not in either team. All in the eye of the beholder of course.

Didn't they do Auckland vs Aoteroa Whaanui in the 16s last year? 18s was club v schools. I much prefer that AKL v Aotearoa Whaanui format for our big end of rep season games.

Yeah I agree. Wellington gave us the toughest game of the tournament and their forward pack was bigger than Counties which is saying something. I expected another of their forwards to make the squad and you could make a case for two even. I didn’t go to schools but I couldn’t justify picking Bishop on this weeks performance tbh, he was a lot better in the schools games. He should’ve played with his St Thomas mates in the 18s probably.

The Ak vs the rest of nz was a weird format last year as they didn’t pick an official NZ residents team from that game.

 

[Teets]

I didn’t go to schools but I couldn’t justify picking Bishop on this weeks performance tbh, he was a lot better in the schools games. He should’ve played with his St Thomas mates in the 18s probably.

The one streamed Canterbury 16s game I saw they had him doing a bit of ball playing at 13 and it just seemed counter productive.

He's best as a destructive edge who runs hard and can offload from what I've seen.

Agree on the Welly pack, I thought their 13s in both grades were good and they had some good edge forwards.