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Well your teaching them very poor technique that I would and will be issuing cards for next year under the protocol. Better get with the times if you want to coach and have your kids succeed. Closed hand is a very good indicator or what the player is intending. Have you even bothered to examine...

All the debated "High tackles" would've immediately attracted red cards at the U20 WC and this was discussed heavily there and we all thought there'd be a spate of Reds at this RWC. I was very surprised that at the referee's decision making processes under the framework, but one things really...

I honestly think it has to come under the reckless part of Law 9(11) and will make some enquiries with some senior Refs and Development Officers.

An interesting point of discussion this one, it wasn't penalised in the game. Arg v SA 35 min. Etsbeth jumps over the tackle of Matera. He has done this in the past. To my mind this is dangerous play as any contact is likely to cause him to be up ended, and this has happened in the past...

My thoughts :- 1) The Red Card was always Red. The Ref explained it perfectly as per the directives and the Laws. There was no grey area. In fact Last year Kepu got the Red for a Ruck clean out shoulder to head and SBW as well against the Lions 2 years ago? It is not even a new interpretation...

I saw that and it is a baffling one. If its a penalty its a YC. If its not a penalty its a scrum. As a penalty was awarded to my mind it was also a YC under current interpretations. In fact I think Gardiner admitted as much when he said to one of the ABs "good point" but the decision had been...

Do you ref? Do you know the laws of the game, or do you prefer to use "the vibe" like in the movie The Castle"? I'll comment if the Ref made an error at law. There was none here. 1) The whistle had gone. There was no contest to contribute too. 2) Eldstat was on the side of the ruck when TT...

Firstly the same peers have under performed for years. The passive defensive line is his responsibility then? This was mentioned even by the grossly biased Kafer and Kearns as a common factor in the Wallabies losses since last year. Secondly regarding Matera, the Argies like the Saffas and...

Overall the Wallabies showed little change from last year and we should not forget that this was a second string Bokke side. Consider one different player in the Bokke side would have made a massive difference to the game in their terms, Malcom Marx. As I've said above, without an effective 7...

That $4M RA spent on the vastly over rated Hooper is perhaps the biggest waste on contracting in Australian Rugby history. He has been practicing being a captain for years now and like his play has got no better at it. I don't know what position he is supposed to play but when he is on the...

It was after the whistle, away from the ball on the side of the ruck with a player kneeling with hands away responding the whistle having gone. IF TT did not hear the whistle its tough on him but still the correct decision. He is lucky his targeting was spot on because any contact to the head...

You missed Liam Gill in the 23. Perhaps the best loose forward Australia has not capped in modern times.

I agree 100% with Cyclo. The win % metric is way overused and is not the only indicator of coaching performance. A good example of the issue going the other way is the Eddie Jones era post 2003 RWC. Jones coaching and game plan which filtered down in the pro ranks of a more homogenous player...

Really? With only some half baked ephemeral excuse of culture and going a different way one of the highest paid players is left out for the season, in fact not using him in any capacity even as a tackle bag or for opposed training. That is a very sound use of scarce funds. Then a year later...

Currently watching the Maori V Fiji. 20 minutes in and first try. Major take away for me is the continuation of the failure by Refs and ARs to police the offside at the ruck. On nearly every ruck during the Fiji endless phases in the first 15 the MABs were offside. Looking at he referee...

I'd also say that the relative strengths and weaknesses of the kickers clearing from the 22 are hard to really mark because of the pretty poor tactics the Wallabies use (and SUper sides). As with a lot of other phases the kickers are under huge pressure from slow telegraphed passes, with...

Static never works. The problem isn't just that the pods are static, but the pods themselves. They are so scripted and so easy to defend that the ball is under pressure even with the pods supposed to seal the ball in the ruck immediately that the pod does nothing to advance the ball or set up...

The problem with stats is they do not tell the whole story. Just like the one with the number of tries scored and the likely correct attribution of that to the inside backs. I haven't been that impressed with Banks, nothing but a subjective view there, I don't know why but just doesn't give me...

For mine discarding the "spirit" of the rule makes the whole situation unsustainable as players on the margins, those who form the depth of squad and push the ultimate talents to perform will say F%$#% this, there is no chance at all for me to be seriously looked at no matter what I do in...