Not so Fassi

Which is why he was run over twice for tries last Saturday.

I see more of Christian Cullen.

Right..... he never got run over once...he got run over twice.

Look at the two Reds tries....one out on the wing where he should have got the guy into touch, and another closer to the poles.

"Look at the two Reds tries....one out on the wing where he should have got the guy into touch, and another closer to the poles."

Hmmm . . . well, firstly the Reds scored 3 tries but let's see now . . . take a look at the clip below . . .

Now, the first Reds try happens at 1.30 in that clip and Aphelele Fassi makes his tackle on James O'Connor. The ball gets to Henry Speight who scores with Fassi nowhere in sight. Not sure how anyone but a rugby noob could say that Fassi was run over.

The second Reds try happens at 3.25 in the clip when Tate McDermott runs through the Sharks forward pack to score with Fassi not even in the shot. If he was run over then only the rugby noob saw it . . . or should I say, imagined it.

The 3rd and final Reds try happens at 5.10 and comes from a rolling maul. It's very hard to tell if Fassi gets "run over" because once again, he's not involved in any way and not even in the picture.

I suspect we're dealing with a complete rugby noob who has taken an instant dislike to the excellent Aphelel Fassi and has started making up lies and bullshit about Fassi in the same way that he does with World Rugby's Player of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit.

‘Gets to his man but can do nothing’....hahaha, sure. Get’s to his man is the only true thing about that statement. Missing is ‘he gets to his man right on the sideline’ and couldn’t even nudge him into touch. 

Look as a Spies, Watson, Lambie, Deysel groupie I suggest you refrain from discussing the merits of rugby players...you fat, inebriated old coot.

Sorry it’s the Jaguares as mentioned in the first post on the string and it is Fassi who runs across looking up at the ball, never focuses on the open Carreras. So rather than tackling him he runs past him. The Bargie holds the ball awkwardly high, but no matter he just gets a nice back rub.

The second try is equally inept....the Sharks line rushes up and is beaten by a wide pass. Fassi is floating around marking nobody, but tries to come back to stop the try. He hits the try scorer five metres out with a from behind tackle....but goes too high and Tuculet bursts through his tackle

The tackle attempt was similar but easier than the tackle in the NZ WC game which many on here blamed on Mostert....a lock against a back.

Waaaaaaaaahahahahahaha!

And he wonders why he's regarded as a rugby noob in these parts!

And here are the  stats showing his two missed tackles. Game, set and match:

Down goes the fat Wallie!

Oh, so now it's become "missed tackles" rather than being "run over"?

So you concede they were missed tackles.....feeble ones....good enough for me. Two try conceding, feeble, missed tackles. Point established.

No, I conceded nothing of the sort. Just remarking on your sudden switch from "run over" to "missed tackles".

Most people who have any knowledge or appreciation of the game know that they're not the same thing.

So, Moffie, just so we're all clear, are you retracting your laughably stupid and biased claim that Fassi got "run over" twice against the Jaguares . . . or the Reds in case you want to flip-flop back to that game because you're too drunk to know which game you're talking about?

Just a simple "yes" or "no". That's all.

I’m just struggling to understand the point in picking holes in one of our bright young talents 

Dave he actually made contact with the guy before the try was scored....his rookie mistake was to be laser focused on catching the ball, instead of realizing he had to make a try saving tackle.

And yes he did get handed off for the second try, he went too high....those tackles from behind need to be made low. And what the blue blazes is the point of being wide when you are not marking somebody. In the rush defense he needed to be pinching inwards....another rookie mistake.

He is a fluid runner with smooth pace. Promising, but still callow in a rugby sense.

The deep . . .

. . . deep . . . 

. . . deep . . . 

. . . dive!

LMAO!

Nothing funnier than a pompous old fool who is so conceited and so far up his own arse that he cannot admit he's wrong even when it's blatantly obvious to everyone else.

Moffie either put up the two timestamps that show Fassie getting "run over" (your words) or else retract your lie and wipe all that egg off your stupid face.

The time difference.....remember the earth rotates....the lad has made 12 tackles in 4 games,  with 6 missed tackles.....2 of which were officially recorded against the Jags, when he was brushed aside for tries.

Not so Fassi, lots of work needed.

You have both admitted his involvement in the two tries, you just put      a rosier spin on them. Brushed aside may have been an alternative description to  ‘run over’, but they both point to a lack of physicality. 

So remind me again, what exactly am I supposed to admit to?

"Well based on your incredibly childish, evasive and cowardly behaviour on this thread"

Rooi: " Hold my beer."

LMAO!!!!