Dam0
Dave Cowper (27)
Dam0 to make good the proposition that there is a tale told by the number of penalties you'd have to see what they were for.
Without having done so I'd be prepared to put money on Australia's penalties lacking any sort of pattern consistent with a preconceived plan to push the laws.
We give away mindless penalties and scrum penalties and other types of penalties the ABs dont - and FFS we had Joubert who actually polices the breakdown unlike Roland whose approach is "a little more liberal" in that area.
But this thread is actually about the penalties that aren't given and should be - I thought.
Yeah you are right. My post was less some great irrefutable argument about the truth of the matter and more about how silly it is to base an argument on the basis of one game. I guess I should have added a smiley or something to make that clear.
I do wish we would get back to talking about the alleged "taking the space" or "stonewall" penalties we were discussing. I have a bunch of clips to upload, but I rather want to give someone else a chance to get in first.
Ps - How things have changed re: perceptions of referees. even 2 months ago you wouldn't find anyone arguing that Joubert was more technical at the breakdown than Rolland.