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Wallabies v Springboks - Adelaide Oval, Sat 27th August, 2022

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wamberal

Phil Kearns (64)
Sounds like everyone at the grounds had a great experience.

I will say though, the broadcast scheduling was annoying for QLD rugby fans. We talk about getting the game connecting with grassroots, not only did it clash with the final round of QPR but they clashed with the QLD Country Grand Finals being hosted in Toowoomba.

The Shute Shield finals which would normally be held yesterday are being held today.
 

qwerty51

Stirling Mortlock (74)
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See this image? It's pretty simple. A shoulder charge would mean his arm left is in front of Mapimpi - not behind him. ie. tucked close to his chest.

There's an attempt to wrap/use arms. That's really the only factor, we all know the shoulder was the main force but that happens all the time. The TMO cleared it quickly as he saw the arm.
 

Adam84

Nick Farr-Jones (63)
He's not doing that though is he? At the point of contact, his foot is on the ground and he's in a fairly normal running stride. It's not illegal to try and dive after the tackle.
Go watch in real-time rather than freezing points of the video searching for confirmation bias. He clearly changed his stride, whether that was to step back inside or dive over we don't know, but he is not diving for the corner as you suggest.
 

Grant NZ

Bill Watson (15)
I think the contact arm is attempting to wrap.
Mapimpe subtly changes direction which means the contact is on the upper arm rather than shoulder and this prevents the arm coming around. Koro slightly overruns him due to the direction change and leap.

Insufficiently attempting to wrap perhaps. Basically what he have is Koroibete having to run full pace to get there in time to attempt the tackle. He doesn't have sufficient time to square up or bring his left arm up in time to complete a legal tackle. It's a game of margins and he gets his timing slightly wrong which leads to him tackling illegally IMO.

Now, it's not a heinous example of a shoulder charge by any means - as the discussion and the decision shows, it's borderline and I can see how people would think it's ok. But given the context (ie, try scoring opportunity) he got a bit lucky for mine and could easily have seen the PT/YC combo on another day.
 

Grant NZ

Bill Watson (15)
Go watch in real-time rather than freezing points of the video searching for confirmation bias. He clearly changed his stride, whether that was to step back inside or dive over we don't know, but he is not diving for the corner as you suggest.


I actually agree - I think he's trying to step inside & let Koroibete overshoot.

What he's clearly not doing is "jumping into or over the tackle" as evidenced by his feet being on the ground and him not jumping.

He might have been 'preparing to jump' but he didn't get the chance cause he got tackled illegally.
 

Tomikin

Simon Poidevin (60)
I actually agree - I think he's trying to step inside & let Koroibete overshoot.

What he's clearly not doing is "jumping into or over the tackle" as evidenced by his feet being on the ground and him not jumping.
He tried to jump and went into the tackle. It was a great tackle, his arms out in an attempt to wrap.
Mapimpe jumps for whatever reason... He should be more pissed off he didn't step off his left, korobetie would have gone straight past him. He tried to jump dive what ever you want to call it and got cleaned up in the cover tackle.
 

tragic

John Solomon (38)
I actually agree - I think he's trying to step inside & let Koroibete overshoot.

What he's clearly not doing is "jumping into or over the tackle" as evidenced by his feet being on the ground and him not jumping.

He might have been 'preparing to jump' but he didn't get the chance cause he got tackled illegally.
Koro would have hit him with a text book tackle in the corner if he’d not changed direction. He realises at the last minute he’s not going to make it and tries to come inside and dive for the line.
That brings the contact a split second earlier, off the shoulder and launches him.
I think it was fine from both sides and just an immense tackle.
What rugby’s all about

edit - check out the spider cam view on the roar. It makes the direction change fairly clear
 

qwerty51

Stirling Mortlock (74)
Why don't we use actual laws terminology/reference here.

You mentioned "insufficient attempt to wrap" - doesn't say that anywhere in the law book.

DEFINITIONS
Shoulder charge
Arm of the shoulder making contact with the ball-carrier is behind the tackler’s body or tucked in ‘sling’ position at contact.
Looks like it's all about the arm position. His arm wasn't in the "sling/tucked" position nor is it behind Koroibete himself.

Case closed.
 

D-Box

Ron Walden (29)
The feet being on the ground at contact doesn't mean he is not trying to jump up and over, just that he hasn't completed it at the point of contact.

If you were to track the path of of his centre of mass (which is all that matters from a physics point of view) you would see it decelerate and start shifting up prior to contact. This is continuing post contact leading to the up and over. The shit also causes the point of contact to shift lowered on Mampimpi's body.

If Mampimpi didn't break and try to jump up I am pretty sure the result would have looked more like this
 

dru

Tim Horan (67)
Also, the image shows the 'jump into the tackle' narrative is BS.

I could, but I can't be arsed. You can see the slow mo here

Looks to me like he didn't really make sufficient attempt to get his arm up prior to contact. And while I love a good hit, the reality is having your arm down like that does allow for the tackler to make a greater impact, which is the entire point of the law.

So what the slo mo shows is that you had to be really creative to find a still to present what you wanted. 10/10 for effort dude.
 

Grant NZ

Bill Watson (15)
Why don't we use actual laws terminology/reference here.

You mentioned "insufficient attempt to wrap" - doesn't say that anywhere in the law book.


Looks like it's all about the arm position. His arm wasn't in the "sling/tucked" position nor is it behind Koroibete himself.

Case closed.

That's not the law - that's from a guideline framework for high tackles.

The actual law is this

A player must not charge or knock down an opponent carrying the ball without attempting to grasp that player.
 

stillmissit

Chilla Wilson (44)
The still image shows he didn't make a sufficient attempt to use his arms and only confirms my thoughts after watching it in real time. It was a great hit, but he got away with one - those will often get called and given the context it probably would have been the PT/YC combo as a result.

On the citing, that doesn't really follow logically as the citing thresh-hold is red card level offence.
I thought the major problem was that he tried to stop and step inside of Koro. Only watched the gif posted by dismal p.
 

tragic

John Solomon (38)
Incidentally what the f#@k has rugby done to itself to make a spectacular cover tackle into a bleating frame by frame analysis and calls for a card.
15 years ago there would be no questions asked and that would be lauded as a spectacular tackle by both sides, no questions asked.
The tackle framework is one of the things that’s crocked rugby.
I’m all for improving player safety but this type of response and the escalation in player dives to milk a card shows they don’t have it right.
 

fatprop

George Gregan (70)
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Great win, but we had most of the luck, I can't see the Boks missing so many penalties (and not being able to convert pressure) every match

Looking forward to next Saturday to see if we can turn up twice in a row
 
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