Mosborough Game 13/1/07
Mosborough 16 - 14 Oaks
A game we should have won easily would seem to be the consensus amongst players and supporters.....but one which we lost with difficulty.
We dominated the game for long periods, and were only ever behind very early and very late in the game. We should have won this match with ease, but one factor made this very difficult.....
The main difficulty being the appalling "referee(?)" who's like I have never seen before!!
He seemed to have invented new rules that no-one either on or off the pitch was aware of. He rarely enforced the wheeling scrum rule - allowing Mosborough to peel off the back of the scrum after turning 180 degrees and run virtually unchallenged the full length of the pitch due to our forwards being on the otherside!!! He continually pinged us for crooked lineouts when theirs seemed to go unnoticed - although it was a very strong wind we were playing in. He failed to understand and enforce the new scrummage engagement rule which left us all wondering what the point of ot was. We were gifted a penalty try which warranted only a penalty and a sin binning of their player for continued killing of the ball in the ruck. However the most heinious decision of all was to give them a penalty with 2 minutes remaining in front of the posts. We were initially penalised for a handling infringement giving Mosborough the penalty, the "ref" then sin binned one of their players for a more serious offence after this decision - but refused to reverse the penalty as it should have been according to any rule book you care to read. The score at this time was 14 - 13 to Oaks, the resulting penalty kick from their admitedly good kicker gave them an ill deserved victory. If this result has any bearing on the survival of Oaks in this division I only hope we don't ever have the same "ref" again....!!!
That said, it was Sheffield Oaks who conspired to lose a very winnable game of rugby, regardless of the refereeing decisions. We really need to win all our remaining home games to try and keep up in this division.
A game we should have won easily would seem to be the consensus amongst players and supporters.....but one which we lost with difficulty.
We dominated the game for long periods, and were only ever behind very early and very late in the game. We should have won this match with ease, but one factor made this very difficult.....
The main difficulty being the appalling "referee(?)" who's like I have never seen before!!
He seemed to have invented new rules that no-one either on or off the pitch was aware of. He rarely enforced the wheeling scrum rule - allowing Mosborough to peel off the back of the scrum after turning 180 degrees and run virtually unchallenged the full length of the pitch due to our forwards being on the otherside!!! He continually pinged us for crooked lineouts when theirs seemed to go unnoticed - although it was a very strong wind we were playing in. He failed to understand and enforce the new scrummage engagement rule which left us all wondering what the point of ot was. We were gifted a penalty try which warranted only a penalty and a sin binning of their player for continued killing of the ball in the ruck. However the most heinious decision of all was to give them a penalty with 2 minutes remaining in front of the posts. We were initially penalised for a handling infringement giving Mosborough the penalty, the "ref" then sin binned one of their players for a more serious offence after this decision - but refused to reverse the penalty as it should have been according to any rule book you care to read. The score at this time was 14 - 13 to Oaks, the resulting penalty kick from their admitedly good kicker gave them an ill deserved victory. If this result has any bearing on the survival of Oaks in this division I only hope we don't ever have the same "ref" again....!!!
That said, it was Sheffield Oaks who conspired to lose a very winnable game of rugby, regardless of the refereeing decisions. We really need to win all our remaining home games to try and keep up in this division.
posted by Sheffield Oaks RUFC | 8:35 am
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