Search results

No idea. I hope it doesn't catch on though because you aren't supposed to wear any sort of bracelets/jewelry AFAIK.

I can't believe O'Connor is wearing one of those power bands (I think that's what it was). It seems like just about every company that sponsors him has been charged with false advertising.

O'Connor is brilliant.

If refereeing standards are currently as bad as people claim, then every time we lose a top ref we should be mourning. So here we have B.Lawrence, who is capable of reffing test rugby and has many years left in him, and people are hoping his career ends tomorrow? Is there a better ref from...

I didn't notice it (wasn't paying that much attention), but yes that would be unnecessary communication.

Dave Harvey, welcome to super rugby. (or back to/whatever his story is)

Nice work force, tipped that.

Will this be another Force game where 1 person scores virtually all our points (like JOC (James O'Connor) did last season a few times)

Looking forward to see Tupou in action. Hopefully he is a good find.

Yeah, all the super rugby teams have access to referee's pre season. Pretty sure each club gets assigned one.

Good so far, come on Brumbies.

It's not far off, but I just struggle to see it coming under the spear tackle guidelines. Dangerous tackle for lifting still I reckon. Maybe we could check at the refs forum or something? Someone there might have experience with the sytems in place. Alternatively you could email someone at...

Clerc was picked up, turned past horizontal and driven to the ground practically neck first. AAC (Adam Ashley-Cooper) was picked up, turned about horizontal and was dropped from a low height onto his side. - Penalty at least, just not sure it fits the red card guidelines, any appeal would have a decent case. Not...

Bryce was playing advantage, as soon as the tackle occurred he blew the game up and took it back for a penalty in front of the posts. He should have given a warning, but if he saw the tackle clearly didn't warrant a red card he doesn't need to give a white card. & Sam Warburton's tackle...

I reckon it could be a penalty for dangerous tackling. Not sure if it's counts as a spear tackle though (which is an automatic red card). A spear tackle occurs when a player is lifted past the horizontal and then speared to the ground, or dropped from a height with no regard for player safety...

Keith Brown made a huge call at the end, and it appears to be the right one. Good game from him (I was watching on and off but from what I saw he did well especially in the heat).

Is there any coach in the super15 who wouldn't consider taking the England job if the opportunity came up? Good on Jake White for staying with the Brumbies, this is great for them.

Impossible to answer. I'd say it is slightly less likely that it would have been reported without the white card system in place. Is this a good thing? I think the opinion would be split 50/50. It's still early days so maybe we will have a clearer view of things 4 or 5 rounds down the track.

It just depends whether a turnover scrum feed is considered a scrum reset, or a new scrum. The terminology in law 20 says the ref must order a "new scrum" (I doubt it was written with law 5 in mind), but anyway, they seem to go with that.

This is always a funny one. The controversy is most likely about a scrum turnover after 80mins, and if it results in the end of a game. The laws can be interpreted to say both. It definitely leans towards ending the game, but there is a good argument to say ending the game goes against common...