STW 2014/15 Rugby Thread

Dale Macintosh, was it yellow or red? “Well it was a forearm smash to the head, of course it was red. I’ve done it enough myself, I should know.” 😆

deadlydarcy – Member
It may be relevant the the TMO is Irish.
Very much more than likely it isn’t.

The TMO has just been consulted again – Ulster whinged that their player had been pulled back when chasing a ball into the Cardiff in-goal area. It turned out that the Ulster player claiming obstruction actually shouldered Cuthbert away first. Result, penalty to Cardiff? No, the TMO said 22 dropout. Cardiff won’t win this game. (Btw, I’m not a Cardiff supporter, but the bias so far in this match is pathetic.)

More importantly,
Chris Henry on the bench for a comeback after heart surgery and a mini stroke.
Good luck fella.

North laid out again in a match, hope he is ok though, but still out on the floor. Bit of a wierd decision, but wasps player has been red carded

They were both shoulder to shoulder chasing a ball, that’s not a penalty. Cuthbert did pull on the shorts but there was little in it. 22 was correct I think. However Cardiff should have had a penalty try for Allen’s Ronaldo style gesticulation 😀

the bias so far in this match my posts is pathetic.

North knocked unconscious in the act of scoring, Wasps No8 red carded for attempting to kick the ball from North’s hands & clattering his head with his shin.
North still down, not looking good.

It didn’t look like he was trying to kick the ball, more like he couldn’t get out of they way and didn’t have time to jump him.
He locked out his leg trying to slow down and couldn’t in time

deadlydarcy – Member
the bias so far in this match my posts is pathetic.

Maybe. But in the last minute of the first half, Ulster pulled down a rolling maul just short of the line, having been warned and having a player in the bin. Result – penalty try or 3rd yellow? Nah, just a penalty. (Which Cardiff butcher. 😆 ) Mitrea is a very weak referee. Ulster should win this game anyway – they need no help from dodgy reffing.

Yellow card for me, careless & deserves a sit down but red? Not so sure.

Agreed, yellow looked right, it didn’t look intentional. More that he had just gone too far in his run to be able to avoid

I was expecting a UFC style move from Williams. Clumsy but never red

Just watched a few minutes of Ulster v Caerdydd

The ref is as much use as tits on a bull. Truly awful decisions against both sides in about five minutes!

Oh, and this?

This must end now.

No way! Sparky is a legend!

Not forgetting Brizzly Bear 😀

What is Sparky? I’m guessing it’s a reindeer whose antlers have rotted away. 😛 . 😆

Btw deadlydarcy, do you want to comment on the match or were you just following up on any perceived anti-Irishness?

DO THE WORM BRIZ!!!!

Hmm.

I’m guessing it’s a reindeer whose antlers have rotted away.

To steal wit from someone else…..

“Bungle’s really let himself go”.

😀

Wasps let down by a poor moment of refereeing, I believe wasps could have given saints a run for the money tonight

It’s funny that, pull a maul down one week and it’s a penalty try. Do it another and it’s just a penalty. Y’know, I’ve even seen it going either way in the same game. Strange old world… 🙂

Just watched Leinster v Glasgow. 34-34.

Top game – daft yellow card for Matawalu probably cost Glasgow a win. However Toony will be happy with 3pts I suspect. Mark Bennett outstanding for Glasgow and Issac Boss for Leinster.

Nigel Owens had a decent game too.

If that’s George North’s third concussion of the season then that by the letter of the law should be season over….

Which law is that?

I think that is a red,he just swings a boot out of petulance. Is he trying to get under the ball or is he just wanting to get a cheap one in? And that Ulster stuffed bear is giving the finger to the fans behind him.

Its reckless and I’m glad to see him get a red. Too much goes by without being punished. Still cannot believe Lawes wasnt cited, guess they didnt want to make Owens look like a numpty.

Surely not a red card. Saints players would be knocking seven shades out of him I they thought it was deliberate. Even in slow motion it looks no too bad.

Cycnical, deserved a red. What was he trying to achieve if not a nasty knee/shin to the head?

Saints players would be knocking seven shades out of him I they thought it was deliberate. Even in slow motion it looks no too bad.

So the referee should use this as his guide?

I have to say, I can’t see any attempt to kick the ball or North there. Its a horrible incident I really hope North is ok, but for me Hughes is just in his stride pattern, trying to stop. The only person who knows is Hughes.

He makes no attempt to avoind an obviously dangerous collision. Its reckless and a red card. Being a big dumb clumsy oaf is no defence.

anagallis_arvensis – Member

He makes no attempt to avoind an obviously dangerous collision. Its reckless and a red card. Being a big dumb clumsy oaf is no defence.

Same as if he accidentally took a players legs away in the air, or lost control of a tackle and the tackled player lands on his head.

Equally, in my strop about Nick Williams last night – whether he intended to cause harm or not, he joined the maul in a dangerous way and caused head/neck injuries to a player. I don’t see why any of these situations are treated differently.

The ball was grounded long enough for that collision to be avoided. He was quite happy to “accidentally” collide with North.

Red card….however ..had North not been knocked out would there have even been an issue?

IMO, there is an increasing trend toward gratuitous cheap hits after someone has scored, very often with the knee and this needs sorting out, however, this is not one of those incidents. That is a very poor red card IMO. Accidents happen and it did there.

Anyway best wishes to North. Nasty.

Accidents happen but that was an accident that could and should have been avoided, it is therefore reckless.

Very worrying, how frequently North is getting concussed.

It is worrying but he has been kicked and kneed in the head so it is not necessarily more than a bad run.

Have a look at this the irish tmo says its shoulder upper arm just wtf was he looking at? **** pro12 has joke officials.

I wass speaking to one of the Scotland team Drs this morning – he is of the opinion that George North should considering retiring after the number and type of hits he has had to the head this year.

Why? Has he assessed North? If nkt he should be professio al enough to keep his gob shut imo.

Not an unreasonable statement, given the number of concussions he has had this season and the increasing evidence on the long term effects of brain injuries.

http://acn.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/03/03/arclin.acq007.short