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Post by baihu1983 on Sept 10, 2023 19:09:41 GMT
Great start for Wales
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Post by Danno on Sept 10, 2023 19:18:25 GMT
Yeeeeeeaaaaahhhhh
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Post by baihu1983 on Sept 10, 2023 19:19:37 GMT
Never mind..
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Post by Danno on Sept 10, 2023 19:20:25 GMT
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Post by zephro on Sept 10, 2023 19:21:28 GMT
I want to make a more detailed comment on Fiji but I have a distracting hard on.
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Sept 10, 2023 19:21:46 GMT
Wow, Fiji are inevitable 😥
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Post by bichii2 on Sept 10, 2023 19:23:30 GMT
Sure players need to be protected from dangerous tackles but this is going way too far with Currys red yesterday and everyone calling for a sa red today. Neither tackle was dangerous or reckless, it's a full contact/violent sport and of course there will be accidents where people bang heads. Reds ruin games and should only be used for dangerous or obvious intentional violent actions.
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Post by zephro on Sept 10, 2023 19:39:03 GMT
Sure players need to be protected from dangerous tackles but this is going way too far with Currys red yesterday and everyone calling for a sa red today. Neither tackle was dangerous or reckless, it's a full contact/violent sport and of course there will be accidents where people bang heads. Reds ruin games and should only be used for dangerous or obvious intentional violent actions. No they're both just reds. |
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 10, 2023 19:44:21 GMT
"No clear foul play"?
EDIT: For context, this was my astonished reaction to Matt Carley not penalising the Wales hooker for a shoulder-only tackle that prevented Fiji scoring a try!
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Post by Danno on Sept 10, 2023 19:50:18 GMT
Sure players need to be protected from dangerous tackles but this is going way too far with Currys red yesterday and everyone calling for a sa red today. Neither tackle was dangerous or reckless, it's a full contact/violent sport and of course there will be accidents where people bang heads. Reds ruin games and should only be used for dangerous or obvious intentional violent actions. I get where you're coming from, but rugby is going to get hit with the mother of all concussion/dementia lawsuits soon and they have to keep trying to prevent any and all head contact. The issue at the moment, for me, is consistency. If reds were always handed out for head contact and the bans weren't so arbitrary and based on how polite the player is to the panel then it would be an issue maybe twice this entire tournament, but instead we've got stupid shit like Steward in the 6N getting red while someone headbutts his hip, vs Farrell in the warmups being a dirty cunt and almost getting away with it until WR are forced to step in, and the head on head being completely missed despite 30 cameras and at least four refs watching proceedings (one of whom, Gardner, refused to have a second look despite Ritchie making the request in the proper way) I think that if you tackle upright, you run the risk of not playing for a while. And I just want that and all head batterings/high tackles to be consistently reffed and punished, because that is the law now. |
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Post by zephro on Sept 10, 2023 20:00:33 GMT
Also there's an upright soak tackle, Vs you're hitting it hard upright. The Chile one was only a yellow because it was passive.
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 10, 2023 20:01:18 GMT
What Danno said, 100%.
Doing everything possible to prevent head contact is the right course of action, both ethically (in terms of player welfare), and practically (in terms of safeguarding the future of the sport).
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Post by Resident Knievel on Sept 10, 2023 20:17:07 GMT
Wales looking good for the win, bit boring that the Tier 2 nations aren't living up to the hype so far.
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Post by Resident Knievel on Sept 10, 2023 20:35:08 GMT
Immense defending by Wales but lucky to survive without getting a yellow card
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Post by Resident Knievel on Sept 10, 2023 20:40:18 GMT
Well that's that
More inconsistent reffing to add to the pule, Wales didn't get a single yellow for their cynical offsides when under pressure, then Fiji get handed one easily.
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Post by Danno on Sept 10, 2023 20:40:36 GMT
Matt Carley trying to out-shit Gardner's bed with that card. Absolute joke.
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Post by Danno on Sept 10, 2023 20:42:08 GMT
About fucking time
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 10, 2023 20:42:24 GMT
Of all the things I dislike about Dan Biggar - and there are many - perhaps the most prominent is that he's a great player.
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Post by Danno on Sept 10, 2023 20:53:41 GMT
Of all the things I dislike about Dan Biggar - and there are many - perhaps the most prominent is that he's a great player. I wouldn't ever want him at 10 in a side I support. Utter cynicism from Wales at every move |
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Post by monkman5000 on Sept 10, 2023 20:55:04 GMT
Fuck's sake, Fiji getting nothing here.
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Post by Resident Knievel on Sept 10, 2023 20:56:47 GMT
Wales should be down to about 12
This has been an epic performance in shithousery by them
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Post by Resident Knievel on Sept 10, 2023 21:01:26 GMT
Funking hellllllll
What a match
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 10, 2023 21:03:43 GMT
Danno Agreed, 'cause he winds me up as much as Farrell in terms of his personality; however, unlike Farrell, I do rate him highly on a purely playing level. What a finish that was - not the result I wanted, but thrilling nonetheless.
Total shithouse cynicism from Wales across the board, but I'd expect nothing less!
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Sept 10, 2023 21:03:44 GMT
Oh my God. That felt inevitable, but the better team lost. More of that please.
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Post by zephro on Sept 10, 2023 21:04:00 GMT
Wales should be down to about 12 This has been an epic performance in shithousery by them That was some of the most cynical bullshit defence I've ever seen. Wales can go fuck themselves. Genuinely furious for Fiji. |
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 10, 2023 21:05:46 GMT
I normally rate Carley in the Prem, but he wasn't at his best tonight.
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Post by Danno on Sept 10, 2023 21:06:05 GMT
Carley should retire, he absolutely robbed Fiji until the last 8mins when he grew a pair. Biggar and 16 should have seen yellow before Fiji got one.
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Post by Ulythium on Sept 10, 2023 21:07:08 GMT
Not to mention the try-saving "tackle" from Wales earlier on (yes, I plan to bang that drum a little longer).
My throat hurts from shouting at the TV.
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Post by Danno on Sept 10, 2023 21:08:31 GMT
Oh boy now we get a really balanced bit of punditry
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Post by Resident Knievel on Sept 10, 2023 21:09:46 GMT
These pundits are pretending that was world class defending by Wales
Back to Starfield I go
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