As storms swept the country last night the howling wind played havoc with the scheduled games. Kicking was a nightmare but in the end:
Wasps thrashed Saracens by nearly 20 points - Saracens hardly got the ball in hand and when they did they seemed to give it away as well as the TMO again deciding against them. McTague was reported to have said he 'lost the will' in the second half and only a last minute try saved a whitewash. The Wasps seem to be on a real roll at the moment. The next game sees them playing Stad in what may be one of the games of the season!
Stad meanwhile were playing in a gruelling game with the Sharks. The wind played havoc with both sides although a drop goal from inside their own half for Sale owed more than a few metres to the wind! Mistakes were made at both ends and Sale's defence on the try line was awesome. Twice they stopped Stad from driving over from close, although with the TMO's help on one of the drives. A couple of mistakes resulting in obstruction cost Sale a chance of victory.
The reports we are getting back is that foul play was almost eradicated from both games as high tackles and professional fouls were clamped down on by the officials.
Roll on the next round!
Wednesday 12 March 2008
Sunday 9 March 2008
Crunch games loom ...
Tuesday evening sees some crunch games in the PEWC CUP. After a couple of weeks mid season layoff the teams will be welcoming their players back from the Six Nations and eager to get into the action.
The games on Tuesday kick off off at 7:30pm:
Sale at home to Stad
Saracens at home to Wasps
The Saracens v. Wasps game is seen by many to be a 'grudge' match as tempers were high in their last affair between both coaches and players. Fase the Wasps coach will want to keep their momentum going after a near run thing with Stad and then their thrashing of Sale their confidence will be high. Saracens last match was the grind against Stad and they will feel they have enough power to beat Wasps.
Sale and Stad produced a good open match last time and the crowd will be hoping for much of the same this time around. The big question is, can Sale bounce back from the heavy defeat they took at Wasps last match?
The weather for both matches for Tuesday is looking bad ... hopefully the full storm winds and rains will have passed but we will have to wait and see.
The refs have been ordered to clamp down on dirty play in the Cup and players can expect not to get away with as much niggly play around the tackle area.
(In game terms any ref rolls will only be done on a 5 or less as a pass - rerolls will be on a 5 as well and only allowed for dirty play, technical infringements will not get a re roll)
The games on Tuesday kick off off at 7:30pm:
Sale at home to Stad
Saracens at home to Wasps
The Saracens v. Wasps game is seen by many to be a 'grudge' match as tempers were high in their last affair between both coaches and players. Fase the Wasps coach will want to keep their momentum going after a near run thing with Stad and then their thrashing of Sale their confidence will be high. Saracens last match was the grind against Stad and they will feel they have enough power to beat Wasps.
Sale and Stad produced a good open match last time and the crowd will be hoping for much of the same this time around. The big question is, can Sale bounce back from the heavy defeat they took at Wasps last match?
The weather for both matches for Tuesday is looking bad ... hopefully the full storm winds and rains will have passed but we will have to wait and see.
The refs have been ordered to clamp down on dirty play in the Cup and players can expect not to get away with as much niggly play around the tackle area.
(In game terms any ref rolls will only be done on a 5 or less as a pass - rerolls will be on a 5 as well and only allowed for dirty play, technical infringements will not get a re roll)
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