Re: Academy semi final : Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:50 pm  

thesaint71 wrote:

Don't if anyone's seen it but Keith Mason's had a right meltdown on Twitter over it

I always feel for his lad with the amount of pressure he heaps on him.

Re: Academy semi final : Sat Sep 23, 2023 6:49 pm  

thesaint71 wrote:

Don't if anyone's seen it but Keith Mason's had a right meltdown on Twitter over it

I can’t blame him, he has been let down.

Re: Academy semi final : Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:34 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I always feel for his lad with the amount of pressure he heaps on him.

Not so bad.

Re: Academy semi final : Sun Sep 24, 2023 6:45 am  

Stu M wrote:

I’m only going off what I’ve been told. However I’m also wondering in that case that if the official mandate is 8 subs but no one in an official capacity is managing that, then perhaps coaches have an unwritten rule between them that they’ll use more subs during the regular season games.

Some teams don't adhere to the rules because they know it's unlikely they will be caught. You don't seem to get how seriously they take academy rugby, it's nothing like a friendly. The players are playing for contracts and the coaches are coaching for their next move up the ladder as well.

Re: Academy semi final : Sun Sep 24, 2023 7:25 am  

Has anyone checked how many subs Warrington used?

Re: Academy semi final : Sun Sep 24, 2023 7:45 am  

Grimmy wrote:

Some teams don't adhere to the rules because they know it's unlikely they will be caught. You don't seem to get how seriously they take academy rugby, it's nothing like a friendly. The players are playing for contracts and the coaches are coaching for their next move up the ladder as well.

every team does it

Re: Academy semi final : Sun Sep 24, 2023 1:08 pm  

bazdev wrote:

No because its embarrassing and we deserve booting out because of it

Well said. One is a mistake but four is taking the pizzle.

Re: Academy semi final : Sun Sep 24, 2023 1:32 pm  

ryano wrote:

Well said. One is a mistake but four is taking the pizzle.

We do deserve what happened. It is strange 4 extra was used and it would be interesting looking over every game played to see if it was broken previously. Who knows we could have been doing it for months now and gotten away with it.

Re: Academy semi final : Sun Sep 24, 2023 5:33 pm  

thesaint71 wrote:

Don't if anyone's seen it but Keith Mason's had a right meltdown on Twitter over it

His poor lad must be cringing his back off at him.

Re: Academy semi final : Sun Sep 24, 2023 6:34 pm  

SFW wrote:

His poor lad must be cringing his back off at him.

I always hope that the kid is as self sure/obsessed as his father because if not he must feel such a weight of expectation and like he wants to mute him at times.