KaboobieGarfunkelShazam
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Being about the first game I watched the Sharks play this year, I was astounded to see the tactics the team was obviously coached to employ.
Namely:
Laying all over the tackled player.
and
Holding the defense away from the ball.
We got the penalty count 11-7, but Robinson never stamped his authortiy on the game, as they still held us down and off the ball, numerous times whilst getting away with it.
Worst offender was Stapleton, earning that most ridiculuous penalty for pulling PJ down, whereby he should have got 10 in the bin.
Instead of us getting a penalty on their try line - they end up scoring.
Replays were not conclusive over Fui being not being let go of in the scrum, when the Sharks scored their first try - but Cayless was blowing up royale, which made it a tad suspect.
Interestingly enough, when the Sharks were disallowed a try for a forward pass, I saw a Sharks player keep hold of Tim Smith after he kicked, effectively stopping him making the tackle that lead to the break.
And finally to add insult to injury, the Sharks first try of the second half came from a double penalty, starting with us being penalised for laying all over the tackled player?
I could have counted 10 incidents the Sharks got away with, whereby they spent longer on top of us.
If that is the best Stuart can do, is to teach his players to hold down and hold back continuously to overcome a weak referee's resolve then he is even more of a prick than I originally thought.
Namely:
Laying all over the tackled player.
and
Holding the defense away from the ball.
We got the penalty count 11-7, but Robinson never stamped his authortiy on the game, as they still held us down and off the ball, numerous times whilst getting away with it.
Worst offender was Stapleton, earning that most ridiculuous penalty for pulling PJ down, whereby he should have got 10 in the bin.
Instead of us getting a penalty on their try line - they end up scoring.
Replays were not conclusive over Fui being not being let go of in the scrum, when the Sharks scored their first try - but Cayless was blowing up royale, which made it a tad suspect.
Interestingly enough, when the Sharks were disallowed a try for a forward pass, I saw a Sharks player keep hold of Tim Smith after he kicked, effectively stopping him making the tackle that lead to the break.
And finally to add insult to injury, the Sharks first try of the second half came from a double penalty, starting with us being penalised for laying all over the tackled player?
I could have counted 10 incidents the Sharks got away with, whereby they spent longer on top of us.
If that is the best Stuart can do, is to teach his players to hold down and hold back continuously to overcome a weak referee's resolve then he is even more of a prick than I originally thought.
