VIDEO: Barry Crocker of the Week – Round 1

Matt Rowley February 21, 2013 16

We asked what else to add to our Team and Player of the Week ratings, and you answered. While the details varied there was a common thread: you demanded a SHOCKA OF THE WEEK. And we have listened.

Here’s a video reel to refresh your memory of round 1′s worst moments, and you can vote below. Your choices are:

Kimlin’s kick. There’s two points in it, your team is hot on attack in the oppo’s half and the tall boofhead lock grubber-kicks it straight to them. Just awesome.
Cooper’s pass. The kiwis have never forgiven Carlos Spencer; should we forgive our own flawed genius?
JOC’s haircut. That bad, apparently a charity paid him two thousand buck to get rid of it.
Mathewson’s yellow. There aren’t many times you’d argue against a kiwi getting carded. This is one of them.

Which is your SHOCKA OF THE WEEK?

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Discussion »

Chick

Credit to JOC he raised over $10k for a very worthy charity……in saying that, hope he doesn’t re-grow it.
http://www.greenandgoldrugby.com/ Andrew Mosey

JOC’s hair is truly awful, so got my vote.

Perhaps another worthy nomination would have been Mafi’s try celebration, with a punch like that he could be a SBW opponent in the ring
http://youtu.be/9i7L62A_wcQ?t=1h4m50s
- Patrick
  
  That was gold.
Gibbo

Had to give it to Kimlin for the forwards kick – what was he thinking. Even I know – head down bum up and run.
Hawko

I may be in the minority, but deliberately preventing the other team from taking a quick tap penalty is blatant cheating, not “a bit of push and shove”. Bet Matthewson doesn’t try a repeat performance any time soon. The only Shocka is that most refs don’t have the necessary gumption to do it.
Hawko

I may be in the minority, but deliberately preventing the other team from taking a quick tap penalty is blatant cheating, not “a bit of push and shove”. Bet Matthewson doesn’t try a repeat performance any time soon. The only Shocka is that most refs don’t have the necessary gumption to do it.
- http://www.facebook.com/josh.loughton Josh Loughton
  
  It is cheating, but not a yellow card-able offence i don’t think. But i can see where the ref is coming from, It was the 3rd blatant penalty from the force in 1 phase of play, 2nd by Mathewson, and a stadium full of rebels fans wanting him sent off. Not the call i would make, but wouldn’t call it a shocka.
- Patrick
  
  I’m with you, would that that was a yellow card minimum offence, especially in internationals. Players would make bloody sure not to do it then.
- James Buchanan
  
  Absolutely agree. It was not ‘a bit of niggle’ as many of the apologists seem to characterise it, but instead a deliberate action to remove the option of a quick tap (which 1m out from the line with a disorganised defence is a very viable option) from the Rebels decision making. Not to mention it was the last in a number of deliberate infringements to avoid the try. If you ask me, the Shocker in this situation is that so many people have declared it a mistake.
http://www.facebook.com/michaelcoledesigns Michael Cole

I agree with the voting so far. Cooper’s pass is not really a “shocka”. His team was down by 11 with a minute to go so they needed a try to get a bonus point. On his own 22 he tried something in desperation and it didn’t come off but you can’t really blame the guy or call the option a shocker. If the scores were tied and Reds had attacking ball in opposition territory then yeah it’s a shocker.

I think the video would have been fine with the 3 choices that actually were shockers.
- Gus
  
  Completely agree, Cooper’s intercept was not a shocker at all and I was really happy that the media didn’t blow this up as some big deal. This is the first I’ve heard of it at all actually.
  
  Given the scoreline and 79 proceding minutes of rugby giving up the extra points meant nothing. It was going to take nothing short of a miracle for the reds to get 75m and a try so why not attempt a miracle ball as there is pretty much no downside even when it doesn’t come off. Even the most ardent reds fan (me) knew we were not getting a point out of that game.
Zed

I reckon the words ‘Cooper’s pass’ will pop up every week for this vote. I’d love it if they didn’t, but I reckon they will.
yourmatesam

JOC’s haircut is awful, but that yellow card is pretty soft too.
Gottsy

Would have to go with kimlin, I know it wasn’t a dunning field goal but still a bit of a shocker!
Happy

It has to be JOC. The other three were decisions made in the heat of battle, but he had plenty of time and no pressure, and yet still decided to have that haircut
Fatflanker

The haircut…looks like a white ompaloompa.