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[2015 RWC] Pool A: Australia vs. Wales (10/10/2015)

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sanzar said:
Wow... you really have it in for the Wallabies don't you? No offence, but the only thing this and the Tuilagi incident are evidence of is just how f#cking soft WR are trying to make the game. Neither incident would have got a penalty in Origin or the NRL.

Seriously people, it's a ****ing contact sport.
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I don't want to go OT, but the way NRL handles dangerous tackles is offensive in this day and age. "Your on report" - whoopy-****ing-doo NRL. Immediate yellow and red cards should be used (obviously).

Anyway, that's my small rant over. Sorry :)
 
sanzar said:
Wow... you really have it in for the Wallabies don't you? No offence, but the only thing this and the Tuilagi incident are evidence of is just how f#cking soft WR are trying to make the game. Neither incident would have got a penalty in Origin or the NRL.

Seriously people, it's a ****ing contact sport.
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Sanzar you're a pretty good bloke and poster, so don't reinforce my stupid generalization. But you can't seriously deliberately knee a guy in the ribs and expect to get away with it, regardless of it being a contact sport or not, fair play and rules have to exist, otherwise the bloody sport would be UFC 15 v 15.
 
KeyboardWorrier said:
I don't want to go OT, but the way NRL handles dangerous tackles is offensive in this day and age. "Your on report" - whoopy-****ing-doo NRL. Immediate yellow and red cards should be used (obviously).

Anyway, that's my small rant over. Sorry :)
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The NRL is too lenient in some instances, but in Union it's like they're trying to turn us into soccer at the moment. No wonder diving is creeping into the f#cking game.
 
Besides the major difference here in intent, Pocock has gone out of his way to commit foul play, where as Tuilagis was pretty accidental and innocent.
 
Wow certain people have short memories.
Only reason we a skirting the rules is because most of the Southern hemisphere wouldnt know fair play if it bit them on the arse.
When in Rome.....
 
Kiwi_ said:
Sanzar you're a pretty good bloke and poster, so don't reinforce my stupid generalization. But you can't seriously deliberately knee a guy in the ribs and expect to get away with it, regardless of it being a contact sport or not, fair play and rules have to exist, otherwise the bloody sport would be UFC 15 v 15.
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WR may rub him out given what they're doing to the game, but he's reacting to the Welsh bloke holding him back and it's little more than a "**** off" and there's very little in it.
 
General Tah said:
Wow certain people have short memories.
Only reason we a skirting the rules is because most of the Southern hemisphere wouldnt know fair play if it bit them on the arse.
When in Rome.....
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I hope thats Cheikas attitude. He wont have a team left by the time they make the finals! LOL.

And BTW I think its all a load of crap and iv been saying it all year. Im just in here to wind you aussies up.


BTW#2 hopefully Pocock gets a 4-5 week ban that sounds about appropriate to me. LOL.
 
austingtir said:
I hope thats Cheikas attitude. He wont have a team left by the time they make the finals! LOL.

And BTW I think its all a load of crap and iv been saying it all year. Im just in here to wind you aussies up.
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Hehe im sure he is hoping Hooper and pocock dont stray to much.

Kiwis are just upset that after years of their god Richie doing it to others the shoe is now on the other foot. Its a joy. [emoji6]
 
General Tah said:
Hehe im sure he is hoping Hooper and pocock dont stray to much.

Kiwis are just upset that after years of their god Richie doing it to others the shoe is now on the other foot. Its a joy. [emoji6]
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Now now Mccaw "cheats" but he isnt dirty about it.... other than that argy player he didnt like running away with "his" ball earlier on in the tournament I cant even think of an instance where he's deliberately kneed someone which is amazing considering the amount of games he's played and been subject to alot of targeting......
 
General Tah said:
Hehe im sure he is hoping Hooper and pocock dont stray to much.

Kiwis are just upset that after years of their god Richie doing it to others the shoe is now on the other foot. Its a joy. [emoji6]
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Umm, you don't remember the Gregan era? Come on, don't pretend the Aussies were clean players before now. Truth is, all good sides cheat, the great sides get away with it.

Underarm bowling? *cough*
 
Was Dan Bigger's missed PG in the 1st half decisive? If the HT score had been 9-9, the 2nd half could have been very different...
 
Being greeted by the news that Liam Williams is now out of the tournament this morning is really not a good feeling :(

I really do now fear this may be a step too far for this Welsh team. We're struggling to put a coherent back 3 together without Williams if North moves to centre. I know our group of forwards have been pretty immense so far and kept us in games, but when the backline becomes this depleted and you're having to rely on the likes of Cuthbert and internationally unknown players winning their first caps your hopes of making it any further kind of go out the window. If they now manage to pull off some sort of miracle against SA it would probably be the proudest I've ever been of this Wales team.

We've all just got to hope that Roberts isn't injured. That would probably be the final nail in the coffin.
 
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I've seen enough dirty play by captain mcaw over the years and all blacks forwards. Pocock isn't really known for this sort of thing. Wales haven't reported it so I'd be surprised if he gets cited. I had a look at the replay, the Wales guy is holding onto him from the ruck, he was freeing himself. Obviously he didn't put too much force into it or the guy wouldn't have got up. Storm in a kiwi teacup :-)
 
Ospreylian said:
Being greeted by the news that Liam Williams is now out of the tournament this morning is really not a good feeling :(

I really do now fear this may be a step too far for this Welsh team. We're struggling to put a coherent back 3 together without Williams if North moves to centre. I know our group of forwards have been pretty immense so far and kept us in games, but when the backline becomes this depleted and you're having to rely on the likes of Cuthbert and internationally unknown players winning their first caps your hopes of making it any further kind of go out the window. If they now manage to pull off some sort of miracle against SA it would probably be the proudest I've ever been of this Wales team.
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The unity and purpose in the Welsh team is awesome. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the beat south Africa.
 
RJAH777 said:
I've seen enough dirty play by captain mcaw over the years and all blacks forwards. Pocock isn't really known for this sort of thing. Wales haven't reported it so I'd be surprised if he gets cited. I had a look at the replay, the Wales guy is holding onto him from the ruck, he was freeing himself. Obviously he didn't put too much force into it or the guy wouldn't have got up. Storm in a kiwi teacup :-)
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It doesn't work like that mate.
 
Kiwi_ said:
Pocock should be out off the tournament. Samoa wing Tuilagi was suspended for 5 weeks using a knee, I hope he's dealt with appropriately and fairly. At least 2 weeks, like what Tuilagi received eventually, after the appeal. There is far more foul play and intent in Pococks incident and he should be out off the tournament, regardless of what a good player he is, rules are rules.

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Again foul play costing Australia players, they are cheap shotters, really sick of their dirty cheap shots, it seems endless.
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Deliberate - yes! No doubt.
Should he be cited - yes! No doubt.
Should he be banned for a game - not so sure!
The contact seems soft.

Here's an idea - instead of banning a player for "x" number of games for a soft offence in a post match citing, selectors can still select him for the next game but he starts in the sin bin. A retrospective yellow card. That's not to say that outright bans cannot be enforced in a post match citing depending on the severity of the offence. If this had been spotted in play he would have in all likelihood served a yellow.

This retrospective yellow card should not have an expiry date. So irrespective of when he is next selected he will serve 10 minutes from the get go. This would cause a real headache for coaches and selectors cos at some point they would want to play him but knowing that they will start with 14. No coach wIll want to be put in that position by a player and so by implication may affect whether a player is selected or not indefinitely.

Just a thought!
 
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Wales obviously didn't think there was anything worth reporting as they are past their 12 hour deadline. So unless the citing commissioner thinks otherwise very soon...yes it actually does work like that. I get it that as a nz fan you would be desperate to avoid playing the Wallabies with David pocock...
 
RJAH777 said:
Wales obviously didn't think there was anything with reporting as they are past their 12 hour deadline. So unless the citing commissioner thinks otherwise very soon...yes it actually does work like that. I get it that as a nz fan you would be desperate to avoid playing the Wallabies with David pocock...
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Yeah, fingers crossed. So did the Japs report Tuilagi?
 
RJAH777 said:
Wales obviously didn't think there was anything worth reporting as they are past their 12 hour deadline. So unless the citing commissioner thinks otherwise very soon...yes it actually does work like that. I get it that as a nz fan you would be desperate to avoid playing the Wallabies with David pocock...
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I'm not. I don't get the hype behind Australia right now. So they beat a few crap teams, so what? Yes, they've improved a lot in the last two years but beating the Wallabies is no harder than beating RSA, Ireland or Argentina.

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General Tah said:
So wasnt dirty or cheating [emoji2]
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It was dirty.
 
KeyboardWorrier said:
I'm not. I don't get the hype behind Australia right now. So they beat a few crap teams, so what? Yes, they've improved a lot in the last two years but beating the Wallabies is no harder than beating RSA, Ireland or Argentina.
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If you get passed France see you guys in the final and we will see.

KeyboardWorrier said:
It was dirty.
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No, it was against the spirit of the game.
 
KeyboardWorrier said:
I'm not. I don't get the hype behind Australia right now. So they beat a few crap teams, so what? Yes, they've improved a lot in the last two years but beating the Wallabies is no harder than beating RSA, Ireland or Argentina.

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Which crap teams have they beaten?
 

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