So at minute 72 with the score Oz 34/Bargies 26….the Bargies kick off and don’t make 10 metres. Huge dumb mistake, they are still well in the game and could have probably forced a Bargie lineout inside the 10 metre line with a deep kickoff.
Next a scrum on halfway. The Bargies change some players, which they could easily have done before the kickoff…wasting time.
Then the first scrum. Oz now plays their role. They get a bit of a right wheel but the ref, perhaps wrongly, calls for them to ‘use it’. They go on scrumming and their number 8 is bemused when they are penalized.
The Bargies get a lifeline….their scrum. Incredibly Oz fold and the Bargies now have a penalty from the halfway spot…..they should kick it out inside the 22 and go for the try. Nope they go for the penalty which from that range is at best 50/50…ie an expected value of 1.5 points. He misses.
Four minutes of sheer stupidity by both sides has now gone by…it’s minute 76.25 before the drop out takes place.
The Bargies play some nice rugby but they are terminally dumb both at a team and an individual level and after long exposure at the top it doesn’t seem to be improving.
