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2021 British & Irish Lions Tour
Test Match 2: All Blacks v British & Irish Lions (Wellington)
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<blockquote data-quote="Amiga500" data-source="post: 862999" data-attributes="member: 56767"><p>I think the interpretation of tackling someone in the air when they are taking a pass (rather than kick) needs to be a bit different from "his feet are off then ground, he's in the air, so its automatically dangerous".</p><p></p><p>Something more like "if you tackle a player the air receiving a pass out of hand, then you accept responsibility for bringing them to ground safely. If the tackled player lands high on their shoulder, penalty+yellow card, on their head, penalty+red card, otherwise, no foul play committed."</p><p></p><p>Or to that effect.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On the match, Lions made very, very, very heavy work of putting away 14 men. Doesn't reflect well on the on-field and off-field decision makers that they couldn't figure out a way to stretch a team that was a man down for around 40-50 mins. Also doesn't bode well for the 3rd test.</p><p></p><p>The deciding penalty was correct to the letter of the law, but if I were a kiwi I'd be well ****** off at losing to that. A very unsympathetic (to the game, never mind either team) interpretation of the rules IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amiga500, post: 862999, member: 56767"] I think the interpretation of tackling someone in the air when they are taking a pass (rather than kick) needs to be a bit different from "his feet are off then ground, he's in the air, so its automatically dangerous". Something more like "if you tackle a player the air receiving a pass out of hand, then you accept responsibility for bringing them to ground safely. If the tackled player lands high on their shoulder, penalty+yellow card, on their head, penalty+red card, otherwise, no foul play committed." Or to that effect. On the match, Lions made very, very, very heavy work of putting away 14 men. Doesn't reflect well on the on-field and off-field decision makers that they couldn't figure out a way to stretch a team that was a man down for around 40-50 mins. Also doesn't bode well for the 3rd test. The deciding penalty was correct to the letter of the law, but if I were a kiwi I'd be well ****** off at losing to that. A very unsympathetic (to the game, never mind either team) interpretation of the rules IMO. [/QUOTE]
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