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I do think ye will have a rattle. Can't see it going in your favour but will go down fighting. An 8 point defeat or something.TBF we didn't really try then
I do think ye will have a rattle. Can't see it going in your favour but will go down fighting. An 8 point defeat or something.TBF we didn't really try then
no idea what you're talking about. I've only felt empty since the World Cup.Leinster fans seem pretty confident
I do think ye will have a rattle. Can't see it going in your favour but will go down fighting. An 8 point defeat or something.
Leinster are always a bit iffy after 6 Nations. Not to the extent of getting caught but more rusty and will do enough to get it done.Let's be real we will be lucky to get within 20
I just don't see how the laws of the game as they're written allow that. Foul play is intentional, reckless OR accidental and reckless is, from my interpretation, a red card. High tackles are the only act of foul play with mitigation and a reckless strike to the head is a red card.I think it's the right call, should've been a yellow card on the pitch
Laws are wrong, then, IMOI just don't see how the laws of the game as they're written allow that. Foul play is intentional, reckless OR accidental and reckless is, from my interpretation, a red card. High tackles are the only act of foul play with mitigation and a reckless strike to the head is a red card.
Basically if he's committed an act of foul play there it should be a red card end of, in my interpretation and opinion. It's a reckless act that has potential to cause a concussion or someone to lose an eye or it's a really unfortunate accident. I don't like the middle ground here at all and I don't like how unclear / inconsistently applied the laws are.
Well if it's accidental it's not a penalty. If that's not a penalty the game is ******. World Rugby are sitting in the middle ground and taking things case by case with no obvious use of precedent or framework.Laws are wrong, then, IMO
He got kicked in the face by his own teammate in the process and put his foot down towards turf and then at the last second the connacht player moved his head in the way - both should be mitigating factors
Accept that the laws are crap at the moment if they don't allow for any mitigation in a very obvious accidental bit of foul play, though, so in this case a red card being a just punishment and him getting no ban is the best possible outcome from the situation
100%. That's my interpretation and I've yet to see enough details from the hearing to explain why the panel disagrees with us.I just don't see how the laws of the game as they're written allow that. Foul play is intentional, reckless OR accidental and reckless is, from my interpretation, a red card. High tackles are the only act of foul play with mitigation and a reckless strike to the head is a red card.
Basically if he's committed an act of foul play there it should be a red card end of, in my interpretation and opinion. It's a reckless act that has potential to cause a concussion or someone to lose an eye or it's a really unfortunate accident. I don't like the middle ground here at all and I don't like how unclear / inconsistently applied the laws are.
Well, there's your problem. It just isn't automatically a red card.accidental and reckless is, from my interpretation, a red card.
Reckless play is a red. Accidental isn't. So, not my logic.Well, there's your problem. It just isn't automatically a red card.
By your logic Sinckler should also have been red carded for kicking Caulfield in the face, studs up, during the same incident, correct? Bristol down to 13 men after 11 minutes (and 12 shortly after) definitely seems an appropriate punishment for what every player I've observed call "a rugby incident"/total accident. They scumbags totally deserve it.
Wrong.Reckless play is a red.
It all depends on what the reckless play is.Wrong.
Precisely.It all depends on what the reckless play is.
Precisely.
ExactlyYeah it's either a red card or nothing. From the video I lean more towards red card cause that looks more like a curb stomp than a clear out.
Assuming that the below is up to date, reckless head contact is a red. It can be mitigated down to a yellow if it is deemed not to be intentional or highly reckless, which is what it appears to me that the panel have concluded.Wrong.