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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1048815" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>I thought it was a pretty dangerous tackle, not saying its a red, but shoudnt be conpletely downplayed.</p><p></p><p> but i do hate hollywoods. Rennie made the point that you see similar tackles and the player bounces back up and nothing is made of it. That happened with botia tackling damian woth force to the head last week, no penalty, nothing. And then with damian this week another dangerous incident and he told the ref it was nothing but they ended up penalising the fijian but nothing more.</p><p></p><p>just careful what you say on these boards about hollywoods because although in the southern hemisphere, apart from argentina, we see them as an incredibly disgraceful, shameful, unsportsmanlike act, in europe and argentina they celebrate this behaviour. They call it gamesmanship. I had to look it up, it means deliberate cheating.</p><p></p><p>their heroes do it, and not just in football. So its really offensive to them to suggest the act is shameful. For example farrell clutching his eyes and face and screaming after being pushed lightly in the forehead, or odriscoll literally throwing himself to the geound on his back and clutching his neck when slipping a tackle below the chest against the all blacks first time he played them after 05.</p><p></p><p>its just a different culture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1048815, member: 65365"] I thought it was a pretty dangerous tackle, not saying its a red, but shoudnt be conpletely downplayed. but i do hate hollywoods. Rennie made the point that you see similar tackles and the player bounces back up and nothing is made of it. That happened with botia tackling damian woth force to the head last week, no penalty, nothing. And then with damian this week another dangerous incident and he told the ref it was nothing but they ended up penalising the fijian but nothing more. just careful what you say on these boards about hollywoods because although in the southern hemisphere, apart from argentina, we see them as an incredibly disgraceful, shameful, unsportsmanlike act, in europe and argentina they celebrate this behaviour. They call it gamesmanship. I had to look it up, it means deliberate cheating. their heroes do it, and not just in football. So its really offensive to them to suggest the act is shameful. For example farrell clutching his eyes and face and screaming after being pushed lightly in the forehead, or odriscoll literally throwing himself to the geound on his back and clutching his neck when slipping a tackle below the chest against the all blacks first time he played them after 05. its just a different culture. [/QUOTE]
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