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7ton says...

Lawynd

Looked like they were pretty stuck to me and with their hands in the air they could hardly play the ball on the ground.

The problem here is it is such a grey area at the breakdown and to be fair the referee has a very difficult job and being human of course will make mistakes. Now I wouldn't suggest any ref was deliberately biased and I appreciate they try their best and they all have a bad game now and again but this was a WC final and with all the hard work the players put in beforehand I think they deserved better.

Lucky NZ missed a few penalty kicks as well but while the English girls must be credited for some excellent defence it was the unnoticed infringements close to the tryline that possibly prevented the ferns scoring more tries or kicking more penalties that made the difference.

Posted 23:03 07th September 2010

Ramage says...

Ah but England lost again.

Posted 15:43 07th September 2010

lawynd says...

England didn't deserve to win the game but the Kiwis can have no complaints about the refereeing performance - all except two or three decisions were bang on the money. It wasn't that the Black Ferns girls were getting stuck or pushed into rucks accidentally like you're suggesting 7ton, they were deliberately lying on the wrong side, frequently playing the ball on the floor and constantly offside. If anything I'd say New Zealand were lucky that England didn't kick the three penalties they were given.

Posted 14:39 07th September 2010

olepete says...

Up to now it was only the English who whinged about the referee when they won the match....

Posted 13:54 07th September 2010

7ton says...

@Daffyddg1984

Its not touch rugby. Try tackling someone while staying on your feet or rolling away with a load of opposition bodies piling over you when they should be staying on their feet.

Bring back proper rucking but who done away with that?

Posted 09:28 07th September 2010

Dafyddg1984 says...

Is there any referee the kiwis like?

Corrigan had a good game. Stop messing around on the floor. The law updates keep coming because you want the faster game... Stop lying on the deck and play the game on your feet and you won't get penalised.

Posted 23:50 06th September 2010

7ton says...

They have spent the last year telling us how they will win it but despite all the money thrown at them, home advantage and a very obliging referee they lost.

However here we have one team member, Maggie Alphonsi now guaranteeing they will win it in 4 years time.

Posted 20:59 06th September 2010

Ramage says...

Where just where did they drag that referee from what a disaster.

Posted 16:31 06th September 2010

bigb69 says...

Yep who knows, on another day, and another ref you would have gone down by 25 pts

Posted 10:59 06th September 2010

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