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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2016 RBS Six Nations] Round 4: England vs. Wales (12/03/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="The Jones Boy" data-source="post: 789403" data-attributes="member: 70721"><p>Not the tip, not possible at that angle and not possible at that speed.</p><p>It's clutching at straws and there was nothing in it regarding eye gouging.</p><p></p><p>If you are gouging someones eyes then you need to, by definition, stick your fingers into the socket.</p><p>Clipping him on the nose, particularly when he's prone, is not on, it's a cheap shot , yellow card, but the way some of you are carrying on you'd think it was a nailed on case of eye gouging.</p><p>It was nothing of the sort.</p><p>The idiot commentator got it completely wrong and so has anyone who believed him.</p><p></p><p>Regarding Marler's comment about being a gypsy boy.</p><p>This sort of throw away comment to get opposing players riled has been part and parcel of the game since it began. However times have changed and people are moving on from casting racist remarks around for effect.</p><p>He should get a rebuke and a mark on his record and move on.</p><p>In cases like this it's not so much the act itself, but how it can be perceived by parents and their kids.</p><p></p><p>Both of these cases highlight the importance of keeping it clean across the board in how you play and how you say anything while under the intense scrutiny that comes with being in the international spotlight.</p><p>Everybody is a role model.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Jones Boy, post: 789403, member: 70721"] Not the tip, not possible at that angle and not possible at that speed. It's clutching at straws and there was nothing in it regarding eye gouging. If you are gouging someones eyes then you need to, by definition, stick your fingers into the socket. Clipping him on the nose, particularly when he's prone, is not on, it's a cheap shot , yellow card, but the way some of you are carrying on you'd think it was a nailed on case of eye gouging. It was nothing of the sort. The idiot commentator got it completely wrong and so has anyone who believed him. Regarding Marler's comment about being a gypsy boy. This sort of throw away comment to get opposing players riled has been part and parcel of the game since it began. However times have changed and people are moving on from casting racist remarks around for effect. He should get a rebuke and a mark on his record and move on. In cases like this it's not so much the act itself, but how it can be perceived by parents and their kids. Both of these cases highlight the importance of keeping it clean across the board in how you play and how you say anything while under the intense scrutiny that comes with being in the international spotlight. Everybody is a role model. [/QUOTE]
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