Force vs Sharks - 2011R03

[qwerty51]

Fuck off referee. Ruined the game.

 

[AngrySeahorse]

Red card??? Are you fucking kidding??? Jesus.

Exactly, look at the card handed out in the previous game, that tackle was almost the same and resulted in a yellow even though it didnt deserve that and now this. Another game fucked right up the arse by another referee decision. Or maybe I'm just cranky I've done my money on the force.

 

[Spewn]

If he gets a red card for that then Leroy will also be rubbed out for his tackle in the last game. Union refs are the pits c

 

[minorbird]

I really don't have any problems with a red there. It was a pretty bad tackle. Not good for the spectator, but the tackle wasn't too good for Ndungane either.

 

[qwerty51]

Red card is like 7 yellows considering the state of the game.

Referees should use some fucking sense.

 

[cyclopath]

I really don't have any problems with a red there. It was a pretty bad tackle. Not good for the spectator, but the tackle wasn't too good for Ndungane either.

As I said, no, it wasn't good for Odwa, but I maintain the tackle was worse because the second man came in. Anyway, sure we'll hear more about it.

 

[#1 Tah]

Red card is like 7 yellows considering the state of the game.

Referees should use some fucking sense.

with 70 minutes left, it IS 7 yellows.

Also, marto is a dickhead.

 

[Sandpit Fan]

Fuck!!! Pocock off with maybe a knee injury. Say it aint so?

You think your tips for the round were looking bad... mine have just got even worse.. Pocock injured, and the force down to 14 after 15 minutes..

 

[AngrySeahorse]

If that was a legit red card then putting someone directly onto their head must be a jail term of 5 years (with all due respect to the Odwa's injury).

 

[qwerty51]

What the Sharks player did to Pocock was much worse. He put him in a submission hold.

 

[cyclopath]

You think your tips for the round were looking bad... mine have just got even worse.. Pocock injured, and the force down to 14 after 15 minutes..

My tips are so far down the toilet, most are floating off Malabar by now!

 

[louie]

That was a red. That didn't let him down, they pole driver him into. The difference in the the tel tackles is the force that's used.

 

[minorbird]

If I can remember right, after that horror O'Driscoll tackle a few years ago the IRB amended the law on spear tackles so that a straight red would be the appropriate response. Of course, what is written in law and how it is interpreted in the field of play is not always quite the same thing in union.

 

[cyclopath]

What the Sharks player did to Pocock was much worse. He put him in a submission hold.

What is a submission hold?

 

[cyclopath]

If I can remember right, after that horror O'Driscoll tackle a few years ago the IRB amended the law on spear tackles so that a straight red would be the appropriate response. Of course, what is written in law and how it is interpreted in the field of play is not always quite the same thing in union.

But that wasn't a spear tackle, it was a cleanout, no? All the Kiwis tell me so!

 

[minorbird]

But that wasn't a spear tackle, it was a cleanout, no? All the Kiwis tell me so!

Kind of like how loitering on the other side of the ruck is poor Richie having a rest.

 

[Spewn]

What is a submission hold?

A cross between the cobra hold, the sleeper hold and the brain buster.

 

[#1 Tah]

A cross between the cobra hold, the sleeper hold and the brain buster.

Yeah but pocock is a flanker, he should take it and pilfer the next ball.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

This is one of the worst games I have ever seen. The skill level has been deplorable.

 

[qwerty51]

Yeah but pocock is a flanker, he should take it and pilfer the next ball.

When someone is on your legs and then pulling you back by the neck it's hard to get up from it. It looked deliberate imo.