The bad, the good and the farce

The bad - poor Monty is still not 100%. Sarah took him into the hospital again last night as there still seemed to be a hernia problem but they think it is a stitch working its way through. We shall see.

The good. We spent last evening at Sarah/Joe's and when we came home about 9 PM I watched the Hurricanes - Force game. Hurricanes terrible - so with 4 minutes to go at 27-16 and having to score twice I went to bed.

Woke up this morning - 28-27. Unbelievable. I have just watched the last few minutes on the replay. They didn't deserve to win they were so bad but in the usual Hurricanes fashion they did it.

The farce: Last weekend; 3 farces from Africa.

The Brumbies - Cheetahs games was a farce as they both wore their away strip. The ref (Matt Goddard) told the Cheetahs to change at half time but they didn't.

In the Hurricanes game the Sharks scored using a quick throw in but with a different ball. We didn't see this until a few days later when SKY screened a video version (different angle) gained surreptitiously. All in front of the refs.

Thirdly they gave a kick as over when it plainly missed.

With Suvivatu try not allowed in the Chiefs - Waratahs game we must go back to neutral refs - even if it is just perception.

I took the animation above from a US rugby womens blog that I read from time to time - 'Saturday's a Rugby Day'.