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[2014 TRC] South Africa v New Zealand in Johannesburg (04/10/2014)
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<blockquote data-quote="Darwin" data-source="post: 676677" data-attributes="member: 24910"><p>Rubbish. The Messam tackle was reckless and deserved to be penalized (whether the officials saw it or not). While I think Barnes penalized the wrong team at the end, I think it would be naive to suggest the referee cost he AB's the game. He didn't recklessly charge Burger. He wasn't the one missing tackles on Pollard. He wasn't responsible for the AB's not supporting their ball carriers correctly. He didn't force the AB's into making basic errors when hard on attack. He didn't fire the South African's up and make them play better rugby than the AB's (I hope he didn't anyway!). </p><p></p><p>The fact is South Africa played better than us and deserved to win. The AB's made an excellent come back in the 2nd half, but if we had won that match I don't think the best side on the day would have won....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darwin, post: 676677, member: 24910"] Rubbish. The Messam tackle was reckless and deserved to be penalized (whether the officials saw it or not). While I think Barnes penalized the wrong team at the end, I think it would be naive to suggest the referee cost he AB's the game. He didn't recklessly charge Burger. He wasn't the one missing tackles on Pollard. He wasn't responsible for the AB's not supporting their ball carriers correctly. He didn't force the AB's into making basic errors when hard on attack. He didn't fire the South African's up and make them play better rugby than the AB's (I hope he didn't anyway!). The fact is South Africa played better than us and deserved to win. The AB's made an excellent come back in the 2nd half, but if we had won that match I don't think the best side on the day would have won.... [/QUOTE]
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