[RWC2023] Samoa vs Chile (16/09/2023)

[saulan]

Chile's attack has lost its shape now. Trying to do some of the more fancy forwards/backs interplay that you see from Ireland and Scotland, but just not knowing what to do with the ball when they pass so far back, and then just getting caught behind the gain line.

 

[BrokenWing]

"Rolling it across his instep"

As the screen shows a slo-mo of him clearly kicking off the outside of his foot.

 

[Summer Rose]

"Rolling it across his instep"

As the screen shows a slo-mo of him clearly kicking off the outside of his foot.

Peacock is calling it a "banana style" kick. First I've heard that term.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

there was a us national panel referee (I think might have made World Sevens series) who thought the ball had to go dead to go back for a scrum. Didn't think touch in-goal counted. My jaw dropped.

Wait so he thought going out the side of the pitch was different to dead? That's not the case in any situation right?

 

[saulan]

Ugh. Shut up commentator and let us listen to the refs.

 

[BrokenWing]

Peacock is calling it a "banana style" kick. First I've heard that term.

It's more of a soccer term, but you can curl the ball with the inside or outside of your foot.

 

[die_mole]

Wait so he thought going out the side of the pitch was different to dead? That's not the case in any situation right?

correct and correct

 

[Summer Rose]

Shoulder to the head, no arms, that has to be a red for me.

 

[IT157]

Down to 14 men this could get bad for Chile

 

[die_mole]

whatever gremlin put Paul williams and Angus Gardner on one game together is part of the anti-growth coalition

 

[IT157]

I don't really see much issue there

 

[BrokenWing]

If it takes three international officials that long to decide if he'd done something wrong or not…

 

[IT157]

I think that is harsh on Enari.

 

[Summer Rose]

I'm confused, why is that a yellow?

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Ref bunker: great idea.

Stopping the game to hold the captain's hand and tell them the decision: Less so.

 

[saulan]

I don't really see much issue there

But at least we got some nice clean and clear communication as to why a decision was made, which is way better than what we have heard before.

Honestly I think a big problem this World Cup is also commentators not knowing when to shut up when the TMO is communicating with the ref.

They need a noise like you have in F1 to play so that the commentators know to keep quiet.

 

[die_mole]

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

The Chilean sin binned player with tears in his eyes because his brother goes off injured. Might be a bad one.

 

[IT157]

Getting a bit disjointed. Would like Chile to score one more try

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Incredibly harsh yellow that imo.

A world cup is not the time to start randomly clamping down on rolls (even though that wasn't one)