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  1. Thomond78

    RWC 2011 QF1: Ireland v Wales (W Pool C v RU Pool D)

    It's Wednesday. Oh, and Bungalow Bob has left the sinking SS Leckwith.
  2. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    It's worth noting that since Nigel Owens came out, Alfie Thomas, the former Wales captain, felt he too could finally come out outside of the game. BTW, for those who'd like some idea of how this is viewed, you have here: the Justice4 decision...
  3. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    And here's the difference; you're a random punter, who's demonstrably showing he knows nothing, is clearly wrong, and is now throwing toys when he's having it pointed out - which, btw, isn't a personal attack, because pointing out you're being crassly dumb isn't quite the same as retweeting...
  4. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    Balls. Of the decisions I've looked at this far, there's a French judge there, a Kiwi QC (Quade Cooper), an English judge who's the leading guy world-wide in rugby law; control by the home unions?
  5. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    If you're going to try and make a point, learn a bit about the central contract systems in various European countries, or the regionalised set-up in Wales. Otherwise, you just make yourself look even more asinine than before; which is no mean feat.
  6. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    Shame he didn't ask for that without the homophobia, threats, and accusations of bias and racism, then, isn't it? Because that's what he's being done for; and rightly so. And let's not pretend otherwise. Other people have complained about these issues, but they've not been done, because...
  7. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    BTW, he's also let down his club, Gloucester, who are now left paying his wages while he's busy tweeting away.
  8. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    And that, btw, would appear to be more or less the take of the Samoan RU. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10756753
  9. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    On claims of racism, and bias? None. On how he's landed Samoa in the doghouse? None. On the claim that Williams was wrongly sent off? None. Williams admitted the foul play at the citing hearing. On the claim that Nigel cost Samoa a quarter-final place? None. Wales got five points against...
  10. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    The decision is interesting; they repeat it. And John Eales, who was on that panel, is not a man whose word I would doubt. Hell, if Eales told me the sun rose in the west, I'd tell the compass it knew bugger-all.
  11. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    If you need to call someone a racist, or biased, or retweet homophobic threats to make your point, it suggest there's not much of a point there to make.
  12. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    Exactly. It's worth having a look at the decision in the "Justice4" case against the World Champion Bokke. But for a technical point that meant they couldn't do so, the citing panel were going to impose a suspended expulsion from this RWC on the Bokke. That for a public dissent with a...
  13. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    Death penalty for a second offence. Simple as that.
  14. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    And for those who haven't seen some of the tweets (some of which, btw, he has removed):
  15. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    The Tuilagi brother playing for England copped the same fine for the same offence as his brother.
  16. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    Because I've read the regulations, and I know what's required to be sent pre-hearing. Even on his tweeting alone, you're looking at fifty or sixty pages.
  17. Thomond78

    RWC 2011 QF1: Ireland v Wales (W Pool C v RU Pool D)

    You've no idea. None. From the virtual village pub, the Glad Ship, where the manager just did six months for offences tactfully left unspecified but which we know involved That End of the village and a masked gerbil, to the unspeakable things done to a Clart and a Munsterman in The Van, all the...
  18. Thomond78

    RWC 2011 QF1: Ireland v Wales (W Pool C v RU Pool D)

    Courtesy of Pies and Bungalow - Leckwith. Diolch.
  19. Thomond78

    The IRB is getting too big for its boots

    Balls, he didn't. The Samoan RU knew about it, and turned up. They tried to contact him, as well as the IRB; the IRB accepted that. This guy has been retweeting homophobic abuse and threats to a ref, as well as making his own accusations of racism and bias. He's now trying to play the...
  20. Thomond78

    RWC 2011 QF1: Ireland v Wales (W Pool C v RU Pool D)

    Gwlad... Well, Gwlad's... Different. And shit, natch. You'd need to register to take a look. A word of advice; for the love of Gareth Edwards, don't go into the Banjo Lounge unprotected. Just don't. You'll thank me later, believe me.
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