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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 571223" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>There's no problem showing some passion, but calling the ref a 'fu**ing cheat' isn't showing passion, it's being abusive. He'd already been warned, and as a captain he should lead by example and act like a professional. It's Hartley that is making a mockery of the game by being a foul mouthed thug (combination of today and all the previous incidents he's been involved in).</p><p></p><p>Mistakes made by a referee are comparable to a player knocking the ball on, not verbally abusing someone.</p><p></p><p>Rugby is a game built on respect, it is wholly unacceptable for a player to abuse that. I'm sure most refs will let a reactionary comment like 'Oh fu**ing hell' slide the one time (probably what Barnes spoke to Hartley about in the first place), but to do it more than once, and call the ref a cheat is 100% a red-card offence, and Hartley should see a ban of some description from it as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 571223, member: 13739"] There's no problem showing some passion, but calling the ref a 'fu**ing cheat' isn't showing passion, it's being abusive. He'd already been warned, and as a captain he should lead by example and act like a professional. It's Hartley that is making a mockery of the game by being a foul mouthed thug (combination of today and all the previous incidents he's been involved in). Mistakes made by a referee are comparable to a player knocking the ball on, not verbally abusing someone. Rugby is a game built on respect, it is wholly unacceptable for a player to abuse that. I'm sure most refs will let a reactionary comment like 'Oh fu**ing hell' slide the one time (probably what Barnes spoke to Hartley about in the first place), but to do it more than once, and call the ref a cheat is 100% a red-card offence, and Hartley should see a ban of some description from it as well. [/QUOTE]
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