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Super Round clash between Moana Pasifika and Force postponed due to Covid
By AAP
COVID-19 cases in the Western Force squad have forced their Super Rugby Pacific clash with Moana Pasifika to be postponed.
The game was set for Friday at AAMI Park as part of Melbourne's Super Round, which was to feature all 12 sides and the Super W finals at the same venue across three days.
The postponement will be the fourth this season involving competition newcomers Pasifika.
Force CEO Tony Lewis said "considerable numbers" of cases made it the only option.
"We have made every effort possible to assist in making this game go ahead," he said.
"Despite looking at multiple player replacement options, the number of players affected is simply too great,"
"We'd like to thank Moana Pasifika for their understanding, and we look forward to meeting them at a later date."
The Force (2-6) sit just inside the top eight that will contest finals, with Pasifika (1-7) are just one win back.
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There is nothing particularly significant about Ireland in this regard compared to other Tier 1 nations. To look at 'strategy' for illegal play its best to see what teams push boundaries with new laws. SA have milked two tries at ruck block downs. The strategy is to charge the first few before the ball is out at about 4 seconds but pull out and put up hands in reigned apology. The referees usually allow the scum half to clear without awarding a penalty in this scenario. The problem with that being that the scrumhalf is now taking over 5 seconds through no fault of his own. Having achieved a few slow balls > 5s , the SA forward can now pick a scrum to charge dead on 5s. Now if the scrum half waits, he will concede a penalty, as we saw against Scotland. With the new rule in place, any early charge should result in an immediate penalty.
SA also got an offside block against England which was pivotal again after a couple of 'apologetic' offside aborted charges forcing England to clear slowly.
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