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Bob Davidson (42)
Hey JJ. The blue card thing on NSS, was a wake up call to all schools. Barker has former student, female on the ARU board. The process that the school went through on concussion protocol at the time was legitimate. I was very close to all the parties involved. Was NSS hurt. No. Did Barker get independent doctor assesment. Yes. Did they follow what they thought was the ARU process. Yes. This is schoolboy rugby and the refs have way more influence on this game than a ref does in a test match or Super rugby game. Doctors on the sideline make the decision. Not refs. But in schoolboy rugby, the refs decision to issue a blue card, we all now realise is a instant 2 week rest or more. Even if the ref is completely wrong. If I was a biased ref, I could blue card half a team the week before a decisive game for the title. Now I would never suggest that would happen, but a ref could see a way to blue card 1 or two players from a team based on bone crushing tackles. To much responsibility on the ref in my opinion.And if you include all the times Barker should have been stripped of points for breaking By laws.. barker have 1.
Blue cards, Dads as touch judges, microphones, 19 year olds playing and the many more…
In regards to Josh Nercessian in 2018. We all must understand, the CAS school, game elligibility is determined by a joint committee made up of the headmasters. The headmasters. In Josh's case all headmasters agreed to let him play. For higher honoures, the ARU regulations kick in, which is why he did not get selected in a CAS team or higher. We are predominantly a rugby blog, but Cranbrook asked for a age dispensation in 2017 for cricket player and Trinity asked for one in another sport. The headmasters agree in advance on the dispensations. Its to allow school boys to enjoy sport at school. That is after all the principle reason all the kids play sport.
Finally. The headphones thing. Really in this day and age. Yes the coach was given some time off, but since that game, instead of being in the stand in a elevated position watching the game, he is on the sideline giving verbal instructions directly instead of via a runner. Does it really matter how a coaches instructions during a game are delivered??? Every other version of union or league is done via wireless. CAS and GPS may go the same way eventually.
In the same vane that every GPS school in Brisbane run a sports scholarship programe for rugby. Every school. You should see what Knox does in the CAS tennis. All these year 10 and 11 kids in the 1sts and 2nds. Is anyone complaining? Nope. It is how the world is.