Highlanders vs. Tah semi final - "Honest reporting" & some of the other kind, Chat & Banter.

 Landers attack defended well but Landers get the ball again & almost score. Penalty to Landers.

 Landers up by 3 after 4:30 mins.

 Frantic pace. Smith kicks long & gets good territory .

 Tahs on attack, cross kick under a penalty advantage, Horne score the try - first time tahs were in the Landers 22.

 Foley misses the conversion, 5-3 to tahs after 12 mins.

 Landers get the turn-over & make a break, kick to touch close to tahs line. Landers on attack again.

 Landers on attack & get the scrum. Tahs should dominate scrums, we will see.

 Landers on attack in the backs off a forward run. Forward pass.

 A. Smith intercept half back pass & scores the try!! Conversion misses. 8-5 after 19 mins

 Tahs on attack, Skelton tackled twice for no gain. Tahs get the penalty for off-side.

 Landers have had their fair share of possession. Landers on attack. Tahs clear from behind their own line.

 Penalty from the Tahs scrum. Foley kicks to inside the Landers 10.

 Penalty against the Landers, not rolling away. Very even game, tahs are a bit off their game.
Foley makes the kick, 11-8 after 30 mins.

 Buckman not held in the tackle, goes again & scores the try. Two opportunistic tries to the Landers.  Kick is good. 11-15 afer 34 mins.

 Foley fumbles  but Landers called off side.

 Landers are winning the line outs with 3 steals. Half time clock is past 40 with scrum to come. Landers win a free kick & go on attack.

 Penalty to Landers 41 meters out in front.  Hooper penlised, not as good as Poc*kok IMO. Misses kick. Landers ahead 15-14 at the half.
Beeno is off practicing his good sportsmanship & should join us when perfected

 Jw I think if you want to see the best teams in the final you need to end the get the Jarpy agenda.
I have just returned to the match to see the wee higlanders leading by a point.Go brumbies.
They are talking on TV re the contro versial highlanders try.

 So he's not coming back then ? No kidding that whacker is responsible for more than a few bloggers just not bothering and that includes the odd saffa as well [BB springs to mind and Crusader ]

 Hey JW your heading just grows and grows. Now we have "& some of the other kind" I suppose that refers to ou warped DUD's weird ramblings!
I went to garage to pick up daughters car.  I should be watching the tennis JW but thought you needed some guidance! 

 Beeno: I thought you were off practicing your good sportsmanship routine 

 A. Smith makes a mistake behind the scrum & chance is lost. Tahs to put in. Penalty to Tahs.

 The Tah look look they will start dominating soon. Landers look like they are playing on the edge of ability. They need to score more points from the chances they have had.

 Good sportsmen speak out about unlevel playing fileds and bent refs. Its what we do.Those wanting to win by default as it were dont.
Beeno calling it as it needs to be called in season and out of season.
Warts get penalty. Sink this and take lead. No they go for line and lose ball!!!
Everey time we make a break they commit illegal foul says Warts captain to Craig Joubert. I know, I know its what they do!

Beeno: the title of the thread was based on the expectation that you would also be reporting on this thread, lol

 Final warning to Landers, next one goes to the bin. Tide is turning against Landers, they will have to change something up here.
Foley gets the 3 points 17-15 Tahs. 50 mins gone.

 Landers scored? TMO will tell us. Looks like Nahalo scored, YES? 20-17 with kick to come.

 Kick missed. But Landers win the kick off & drive Tahs over there line. 5 Meter scrum.

Landers come up short of the try line. Swinging arm by the SA player. Yellow card, penalty try!! SA ref comes good

 Craig Joubery you ref in pocket nz ref. Why now giive thema warning give them yellow card for repeated infringments. This is rediculous.Warts take the lead.With the travel factor out of the equation this is a much better match.
Okay JW I know I represent the honest reporting part. Me and Justin Marshall are the guys you can depend on. Hahahahhahahahaha
I think ou warped DUD is still in a froth on the Brumbies/canes thread. Now there is a guy you cant depend on. 

 17-27 to landers 58 mins gone. Tough for the Tahs to come back from this, let's see what they are made of.

 Tahs look confused & ineffective. We will see what develops.
Kick is not good.

 Up yours beanfark ,heres a song for ya " Your once ,twice ,three times a loser ! "

 Now the poor Warts are being penalised for a very reasonable tackle by potgieter on a highlander diving low for line.Oz never ever get Joubert to ref when you are palying nz. He handed the RWC to the kiwis in a very biased display. He is ref in nz pocket type. You simply wont get a fair deal.
As Oz commentator says every decision goes against the Warts.Now Oz just think of one other thing as you rightly boo Craig for all his biased call. How about all the times you crook saffa sides.  You see it spoils the game. 

Thankfully we should get some decent refs in the NH RWC. They may however decide its payback time given nz antics in the last RWC. W e shall see.

 all the breaks are falling the Landers way but they need more points as I can't believe the tahs won't come up with something.

 Time perhaps to turn to the tennis to watch an honest game. May I commend Wimbledon to you all if you want to see how an honest game is run.  I guess its why there are no kiwi tennis players!  

 The froth mak es an appearance. and tries a little ditty!
Can I watch 15 more minutes of this travesty.

 Beeno slinks off in defeat as he decides to watch the small ball game This game is not over yet.
Landers are not taking advantage of the yellow card.

 Go Warts still time to win this!