[RWC2023] Fiji vs Portugal (08/10/2023)

[dirty harry]

I have mixed feelings about Aus potentially sneaking through.

It would be a shite show of a quarter, this Aus v this England lol

 

[dirty harry]

They are running over Portugal....until the Ref intevenes........everytime they get anywhere near the Portugueeze line he blows for a Penalty/scum to Portugal...he missed a clear knock on by Portugal andn then awards them a penalty a few moments later......

The Ref is doing everything he can to keep Fiji out of the knock out rounds.....it is yet another disgrace of a game.

Leave it out lol, it isnt the reg knocking the ball on, throwing it into touch or running away from support

 

[IT157]

Fiji to pull away around the 60th minute

 

[dirty harry]

Fiji to pull away around the 60th minute

That's the logical thing, but Portugal really havnt fallen away from teams at all, they pushed Georgia and Aus until late on.

 

[Booboobang]

Yeah I think fiji will ultimately get their act together and pull through here.

But so much credit to portugal and their coach for what he has done for the game in that country. Very impressive showing.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

 

[IT157]

Good try! Love it!

What a try

 

[IT157]

What a conversion.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Shouldve backed himself he was in there if he didn't cut back in

Edit: didn't matter in the end

 

[BrokenWing]

Shades of Rory Underwood and Ieuan Evans to that.

 

[Ddanno]

Mental stuff!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Terrible offload from the Portuguese 7, he's been good so far too

 

[Grizwald]

Leave it out lol, it isnt the reg knocking the ball on, throwing it into touch or running away from support

Fiji have been the architects of theor own destruction here nothing to do with the ref. Portugal have been good too.

 

[dirty harry]

How did Portugal butcher that, that's a 14 point swing because of a panicked offload in a 4 on 2

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That's red

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Yellow for me is correct

 

[IT157]

I think that is head to head. Yellow card.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

That's red

Probably be mitigated down to yellow, looking at the replays, actually

 

[dirty harry]

The step into Botia might save him, it saved a Japanese player earlier today

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

European rugby needs to sort it out because all these countries need a chance to play in the 6 nations