DD (despite being a hooker who played just on the wrong side of the rules) I stopped being a Tigers fan after the infamous Neil Back hand in the scrum incident. Even though the victim (Stringer) was perfect, there is cheating and then there is cheating! I agree with your crit of Healey, the cynicism has a pungent and unpleasant smell
@onehundred, interesting. Was trying to find highlights last night butbthey only has the whole match so still haven't seen it.
Bristol gearing up for the play offs again. First round is against Bedford. A team which has won 12 out of 21 games this season, yet is still in contention for promotion 🙄
Hand in the scrum is fine from a flanker! Assaulting the ref was slightly worse!
Is St Gav broken?
Is St Gav broken?
I'm not sure anyone can tell through all that cotton wool!
Except in the Saracens v Wasps game where McIntyre kicked Itoje deliberately in the head and got a yellow.The only consistent thing about the reffing is the inconsistency.
I was suprised that Itoje didn't get a yellow as well for his part in that.
The racing player picked and should have scored. I thought, given that tigers had lost possession, a tigers scrum was harsh on racing.
100thIdiot:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/my-sincere-apologies-moment-nigel-11235229
'My sincere apologies': The moment Nigel Owens owns up to his mistake in huge European match
[i]With three minutes left on the clock at Nottingham’s City Ground, Racing’s Argentine wing Juan Imhoff picked up a loose ball and raced away towards the line.
But Welsh World Cup final ref Owens had already blown up in the belief that Imhoff had knocked the ball on, going for an interception.
Subsequent replays proved this wasn’t the case and that the ball had gone to ground through a wayward Leicester pass.[/i]
Just watched Saracens Wasps - great match, but Poite was biased towards Saracens at crucial times. Penalty just before half time for "kicking the ball out of the ruck" - Itoje [i]threw[/i] it out of the ruck! That gave Saracens the lead. Then the penalty try - Britts fell over and the maul tripped over him and his team get a penalty try. I'm neutral when it comes to those teams but Wasps fans mustve been doing their nuts!
The McIntyre yellow? Prob shouldve been red, but he came back on with 30secs to go, so wouldnt have made any difference.
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Except in the Saracens v Wasps game where McIntyre kicked Itoje deliberately in the head and got a yellow.
The only consistent thing about the reffing is the inconsistency.I was suprised that Itoje didn't get a yellow as well for his part in that.
Oh good, it wasn't just me that thought that! Red for kicker, yellow for cheat...
Then the penalty try - Britts fell over and the maul tripped over him and his team get a penalty try. I'm neutral when it comes to those teams but Wasps fans mustve been doing their nuts!
Yes, surprised that Wasps weren't bellowing to go to the tmo over that. But even the commentators were biased towards Sarries.
The McIntyre yellow? Prob shouldve been red, but he came back on with 30secs to go, so wouldnt have made any difference.
No difference in this match but it creates a precedent. It was only a gentle kick so the ref says a yellow is fine, therefore others players will feel aggrieved when they get a red for gently kicking a head.
Marler and Farrell both cited.
I bet boudjellal is threaders he didn't get Carter(!)
There is no probably about McIntyre, I was really suprised at the colour of the card,red for a kick in the head surely. I take it Farrell has been cited for the high tackle? That could be interesting as well as he has previous. Marler may as well just start browsing the Thomsons brochure, his season will be over.
Oh good, it wasn't just me that thought that! Red for kicker, yellow for cheat...
Agreed. If it's seen by the ref, and penalised, it has to be a red. Both that and the Marler kick were the same in my eyes. A deliberate kick at/to the head. No leniency, no degrees of kick. The intention was to kick at someone's head. That's simply not on.
Anyway, who was claiming that Super Rugby was boring because the defences are poor? I thought that Saracens v Wasps was pretty dreadful because neither attack had a clue, bar a few breaks by Wade. If the idea if good rugby is breakdown - pass one out - crash - breakdown - pass one out - crash - ad infinitum , then give me SR any day. It's not even that the defences were so good - they simply weren't tested.
And the Sunwolves won! 🙂
[i] I was really suprised at the colour of the card,red for a kick in the head surely.[/i]
I was too. I suppose I listened to Stuart Barnes' reasoning too much afterwards!
Duckman - you done much reffing of 7s? I'm down to ref a "pub 7s" tournament next weekend. Little bit concerned as I've only done 13 & 15-a-side youth games so far!
[i]Anyway, who was claiming that Super Rugby was boring because the defences are poor? [/i]
Whoever did was talking rubbish. Utter rubbish.
If the idea if good rugby is breakdown - pass one out - crash - breakdown - pass one out - crash - ad infinitum , then give me SR any day
You've been watching my U9s play havent you?
I blame, ahem, the coaches myself. 😳
Whoever did was talking rubbish. Utter rubbish.
Absolutely. Super rugby is [i]exciting[/i] because defences are poor 😉
Argh! The defences aren't poor! the attacks are bloody brilliant!
anyway, see the Robson Tweet to Farrell? good job the players are more forgiving than you lot 🙂
https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=d_jrobson&s=typd
If it is pub 7's dez, you will be OK. Stay further away from the breakdown ready for a flyer as there are fewer players involved. Run straighter rather than at an angle towards play as you would in 15's. Do not refuse pre match brandy if it is social 7's. Any team wearing stupid cut off tops should lose every 50/50 decision.
Dezb - that must have been some hit to leave an ear shaped bruise. 😯
Yeah, it was a nasty collision.
Cheers duckman!
[i]Yeah, it was a nasty collision[/i]
Definitely. Farrell wanted to smash him, but it went a bit wrong.
I bet boudjellal is threaders he didn't get Carter(!)
Indeed. IMO Toulon would have won that QF with JW or Carter at 10, in fact the game was tighter than it might have been as Carter got an injuty and didn't kick any penalties after the first 20 odd minutes. Nonu is a fabulous and dangerous player but his impact isn't that of Carter.
Farrell citing could be massive - does any ban apply to all games so he can serve a suspension before the final a month from now ?
Jam, lower end for dangerous tackle is two games. BUT; Farrell got a warning after prem final as he was cited,and the yellow in the WC, both for the same thing. McIntyre cited for kick and Itoje warned also last night.
The Farrel tackle doesnt look majorly ban worthy imo. If he had been given a red he'd be better off now imo.
The cynic in me would suggest it is a revenue gathering exercise. He does have previous though and the panel will look at intent as well.
I thought only red-worthy offences were citable? High tackle is a yellow. This is all getting a bit OTT now.
Given that Robson started heading to the floor prior to the tackle, and Farrell left what appears to be an ear imprint on his forehead 8O......I think citing him for a high tackle is pretty dubious tbh......plenty of people questioned whether it was even a yellow at the time!!!
Panel can overule the ref. Used to be that if it had been dealt with on the pitch then it was over.
I saw the photos but is it really possible to leave an ear imprint on someone's forehead ?
Well, it's an ear-shaped bruise. Farrell would have to had completely lost his marbles to mean to collide head-to-head in the way he did. It was just a hard challenge that went wrong imo. But they're not allow to make (dangerous) mistakes these days are they?!
Castrogiovanni "cited" after "video" evidence 8)
Asked to miss the ERC SF to attend a family medical emergency in Argentina, boys will be boys
[url= http://www.planetrugby.com/news/castrogiovanni-suspended-after-vegas-photos/ ]Planet Rugby[/url]
Marler's got a two week ban.
2 weeks is a bit pathetic, I dont have a lot of faith in the whole citing thing these days.
He got two weeks for an offence with a low end tariff of 4.
Seems fair to me but coming straight after his other ban I would expect more tbh.
I thought the entry point was four weeks.
I'm thinking he took Chocolate Olivers. They are, after all, delicious.
Maybe he took a risk that The Beak was a dunker, and took some Ginger Nuts! Could easilly backfire though!
Any news on Farrell?
Just seen Farrell got 3 weeks, reduced to 2. An absolute joke. Just seen the video replay. He commits to the tackle, at the last minute, Robson slips, and falls over, making Farrells tackle marginally high, and a clash of heads. Marginal yellow, which he got. 3 week ban?? It's a bloody contact sport - absolutely no intent at all.
Totally agree danstw13. It's getting silly.
McIntyre got 2 weeks too, I think - same punishment for an intentional boot to the head...
In deciding to disregard the player's recent suspension as it was of an entirely different nature, the Committee then reduced the sanction by two weeks - 50% of the entry point - before imposing a suspension of two weeks.
So they reduced Markers ban by 2 weeks because hecwas a different type of **** in his last game? You couldnt make it up!
And deemed to be just as bad as Marlers transgression. Marler served a ban for being sent of for violent conduct two seasons ago,that stinks.
