Tomikin
Simon Poidevin (60)
Ever notice how lots of players shit the bed at Eden Park vs the All Blacks, probably the hardest place to play in the world.. Think in Japan he will be alright.
Wallabies 2019 Thread
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Ever notice how lots of players shit the bed at Eden Park vs the All Blacks, probably the hardest place to play in the world.. Think in Japan he will be alright.
Tomikin
Simon Poidevin (60)
Your dull
wamberal
Phil Kearns (64)
How Australia approaches Reece Hodge's citing will be interesting.
Seemingly they will have to plead it was a yellow card only offence for him to get away with no suspension. This will be difficult as they initially need to show that it wasn't a shoulder charge because his arms were wrapping sufficiently. They then need to convince the commissioners that it wasn't a high degree of danger.
This gets into the more subjective elements of what was involved in Hodge's tackle.
Personally I think the Wallabies will need to consider what the likely outcome is for pleading guilty. It would certainly be to miss the Wales game but that could be it. Certainly he'd be back before the quarter finals. I tend to think this is the sort of outcome they need to go for and then just move on. There's also the issue that if you fight to get Hodge off his charge and play him, you've had enough uncertainty for enough of the week that it proves disruptive anyway.
Seemingly they will have to plead it was a yellow card only offence for him to get away with no suspension. This will be difficult as they initially need to show that it wasn't a shoulder charge because his arms were wrapping sufficiently. They then need to convince the commissioners that it wasn't a high degree of danger.
This gets into the more subjective elements of what was involved in Hodge's tackle.
Personally I think the Wallabies will need to consider what the likely outcome is for pleading guilty. It would certainly be to miss the Wales game but that could be it. Certainly he'd be back before the quarter finals. I tend to think this is the sort of outcome they need to go for and then just move on. There's also the issue that if you fight to get Hodge off his charge and play him, you've had enough uncertainty for enough of the week that it proves disruptive anyway.
Strewthcobber
Mark Ella (57)
Jeez, making your international debut, for your first game in 6 months, in the world cup, against the number 1 team in the world isn't ideal either
Derpus
George Gregan (70)
True true.
KOB1987
Rod McCall (65)
number 4 now actually
Strewthcobber
Mark Ella (57)
was thinking they might think about Foley on the bench as a reserve 15 and push Beale to a wing if someone needs to come off.
Or put Nic White out there to cause havoc ala Bledisloe 2015
KOB1987
Rod McCall (65)
I was thinking about this earlier, it's not ideal but it would probably be the sensible thing to do.
We can apparently challenge the grading of the offence (i.e. should it have been a red card or was it only worthy of a yellow card) without affecting the later plea.
We'll do that and then if unsuccessful, Hodge will plead guilty for a reduced suspension.
Jeez, they went downhill quickly.
KOB1987
Rod McCall (65)
they actually went back to 5th but rose again to 4th on the weekend courtesy of the ABs beating the Boks
If we beat Wales by 15+ we'll be up to third next week!
Up the Guts
Steve Williams (59)
Same guy who dismissed Moody's elbow to the throat on Beale because "he had a clean record"?
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