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Reds fans frothing at hometown refereeing as the Queenslanders fall on the wrong side of a 13-2 penalty count
The absurdity of not using neutral referees has once again been called into question after the final match of Super Rugby’s third round.
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The Reds, who raced out to a 14-nil lead after 20 minutes then went into the break with a 24-12 advantage, were thoroughly outclassed in an open second half and ultimately fell 27-43 to the Jaguares in Buenos Aires.
Regardless of how well the Jaguares played in the second half, however, Reds fans are incensed at the lopsided penalty count, which saw Argentinian referee Federico Anselmi penalise the visiting team 13 times.
The home side, in contrast, were hit with just two penalties.
It was a 63rd minute yellow card dished out to Liam Wright that really turned the game, however, with the visitors entering the third quarter with a 27-24 lead before capitulating in their captain’s absence.
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The Jaguares scored three converted tries with Wright off the park, ending the contest and consigning the Reds to a third straight defeat, 27-43.
Reds fans took to Twitter to vent their anger with the referee sharing the brunt of the blame for the eventual loss.
Thoroughly impossible to watch this competition any longer. Damn shame having to watch it destroy itself #fixedmatch #JAGvRED #RIPSuperRugby
— Andrew Wills? (@andrewwills0704) February 16, 2020
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Top shelf home cooking in Argentina. Hard to beat 16 blokes.#JAGvRED
— Sam Phillips (@samphillips06) February 16, 2020
If you landed from mars to watch your first game of rugby you’d definitely wonder why the team in black also has a player in hideous green and blue. #JAGvRED
— JW (@rugbyaus1) February 16, 2020
I’m sure @SuperRugby will address the lopsided penalty count with typically impeccable accountability.#JAGvRED pic.twitter.com/wPyBAzoOgZ
— Sam Phillips (@samphillips06) February 16, 2020
https://twitter.com/76_rnw/status/1228842677325549568
Watching the #jagvred game from UK. How do they let a Argentinian ref the Jaguares? Never seen a game with such one sided decisions #cheat #corrupt
— Ben Hardy (@ben_t_hardy) February 16, 2020
The officiating in this game has been nothing short of disgraceful, hopefully Brad Thorn and Liam Wright tee off at the presser, screw the fine #JAGvRED
— Bryce Parker (@bryce_parker26) February 16, 2020
Jags scrum got munted there. Should have been a penalty.#JAGvRED
— Pfitzy (@NickPfitzner) February 16, 2020
Reds should have had a penalty on the Jaguares 5m line at the scrum.
Five minutes later, multiple penalties later, Reds lose lead and down to 14 men.
Huge turnaround #JAGvRED
— Christy Doran (@ChristypDoran) February 16, 2020
Rugby is way to determined by officiating. It’s a plague on the sport. Get two reds out there like rugby league. One for each half of the field. #JAGvRED
— Rugby Report Card (@rugby_podcast) February 16, 2020
What's the current maul law? Can players join in front of the last man? I thought they had to join at back and ball be moved back. #JAGvRED
— Dave Jefferson (@cyclopath967) February 16, 2020
The Reds sit bottom of the Super Rugby log alongside fellow Australian side the Waratahs and South Africa’s Bulls, who have both also yet to record wins.
While the Reds have chalked up two bonus points, however, the Waratahs and Bulls have nothing to their names as yet.
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🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
27 Go to commentsJe suis sûr que Farrell est impatient de jouer avec Lopez et Machenaud et d’être entraîné par Collazo… 🤭
1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
1 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusades , you can keep going.
1 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
5 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
27 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
27 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
27 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
14 Go to commentsLike tennis, who have a ranking system, and I believe rugby too, just measure over each period preceding a world cup event who was the longest number one and that would be it. In tennis the number one player frequently is not the grand slam winner. I love and adore the All Blacks since the days of Ian Kirkpatrick when I was a kid in SA. And still do because they are the masters of running rugby and are gentleman on and off the field - in general. And in my opinion they have been the majority of the time the best rugby team in the world.
27 Go to commentsHaving overseas possessions in 2024 is absurd. These Frenchies should have to give the New Caledonians their freedom.
21 Go to commentsBell injured his foot didn’t he? Bring Tupou in he’ll deliver when it counts. Agree mostly but I would switch in the Reds number 8 Harry Wilson for Swinton and move Rob Valentini to 6 instead. Wilson is a clever player who reads the play, you can’t outmuscle the AB’s and Springboks, if you have any chance it’s by playing clever. Same goes for Paisami, he’s a little guy who doesn’t really trouble the likes of De Allende and Jordie Barrett. I’d rather play Carter Gordon at 12 and put Michael Lynagh’s boy at 10. That way you get a BMT type goalkicker at 10 and a playmaker at 12. Anyways, just my two cents as a Bok supporter.
14 Go to commentsThanks Brett, love your articles which are alway pertinent. It’s a difficult topic trying to have a panel adjudicating consistently penalties for red card issues. Many of the mitigating reasons raised are judged subjectively, hence the different outcomes. How to take away subjective opinions?
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