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The Rugby Championship 2023
(2022 Rugby Championship - Round 4) - Australia V South Africa (03/9/2022)
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<blockquote data-quote="saulan" data-source="post: 1099883" data-attributes="member: 60236"><p>Happy with the win, happy with the fact we scored tries. Feel we are way too reluctant to go for poles to get the scoreboard ticking over. Moodie did decently on debut, Hendrikse also continued to do well as scrum half. Finally got a bit of attacking momentum, but still need to get more consistent. Defense was a lot better as well. Felt more in line with the NZ first game.</p><p></p><p>One thing that bothered me in the game is something I was raising as an issue during the URC/Premiership in comparison to Super Rugby. Head contact was officiated so leniently in SR and that has carried over into the URC as well. Realistically there should have been a lot more cards in this game, for both teams. Kolisi had a high shot on someone (even if they were falling) and an Aus player had to go for a HIA after making head on head contact tackling Kolisi.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, I don't want our matches covered in cards for this (in the medium/long term). I want cards in the short run so that players are coached out of going too high where they can make a mistake and then have head contact. </p><p></p><p>This is also not a games gone soft topic, this is a long term sustainability of the game situation. There are too many ex-players coming out with brain issues 10-20 years after retirement. Lawsuits are going to hurt union and the momentum on it is still pretty nascent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="saulan, post: 1099883, member: 60236"] Happy with the win, happy with the fact we scored tries. Feel we are way too reluctant to go for poles to get the scoreboard ticking over. Moodie did decently on debut, Hendrikse also continued to do well as scrum half. Finally got a bit of attacking momentum, but still need to get more consistent. Defense was a lot better as well. Felt more in line with the NZ first game. One thing that bothered me in the game is something I was raising as an issue during the URC/Premiership in comparison to Super Rugby. Head contact was officiated so leniently in SR and that has carried over into the URC as well. Realistically there should have been a lot more cards in this game, for both teams. Kolisi had a high shot on someone (even if they were falling) and an Aus player had to go for a HIA after making head on head contact tackling Kolisi. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want our matches covered in cards for this (in the medium/long term). I want cards in the short run so that players are coached out of going too high where they can make a mistake and then have head contact. This is also not a games gone soft topic, this is a long term sustainability of the game situation. There are too many ex-players coming out with brain issues 10-20 years after retirement. Lawsuits are going to hurt union and the momentum on it is still pretty nascent. [/QUOTE]
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