Mank
Ted Thorn (20)
Play the ball, Mank.
There is no ball to play, your posts are ludicrous to the point that I think you're trolling.
Play the ball, Mank.
Mutton honestly there was nothing dangerous in that one. The crowd got to the ref. Pretty sure if Battleship had tackled Cooper the same crowd would have cheered him. He would have been a national hero in NZ.Further, it's reasonable to expect the players to not engage in dangerous play when on a yellow card.
SANZAR Judicial Officer Terry Willis from Australia has removed a red card from the disciplinary record of Bismarck du Plessis. Du Plessis was issued with a red card after receiving two yellow cards during the match at the weekend between New Zealand and South Africa in The Rugby Championship.
The yellow cards were issued in the 17th and 42nd minutes of the match between New Zealand and South Africa at Eden Park in Auckland on 14 September 2013.
The SANZAR Judicial Hearing was held via teleconference on 16 September. Terry Willis granted an application made by Gerrie Swart who appeared on behalf of the player, for an expedited hearing. The hearing was originally fixed for the 17th of September. At the hearing, Terry Willis was assisted by former professional player David Croft from Australia.
Submissions were made on behalf of the player and the video footage was reviewed. The Judicial Officer found that the decision made by Referee Romain Poite to issue a yellow card as a result of the tackle by du Plessis on Dan Carter was wrong, as it was within the Laws of the Game.
No further sanction was imposed on the player, however the second yellow card remains on his record for the remainder of The Rugby Championship.
We are still deadly in the counter attack, BdP aside, that's why we won. Although I think we would have won anyway.
People are not saying NZ won because of xxxxxxx IE the referee. What they are trying to point out is why officials have a higher tolerant level for NZ than most teams. It really spoils games and I am sure NZ supporters would have felt the same if they were on the other end.
That's sport..get over it.
Note to HM. If Bismarck gets a yellow in future, yank him. We have the world's second best hooker on the bench.
Yeah, well said Blue. Pretty much the first Springbok fan I've seen in the aftermath of this match to acknowledge du Plessis has a discipline problem from time to time.Bismarck will lose his head at least a couple of times a season. Part of the package unfortunately. I don't know if anything can be done. He is the one to blame though, not Poite.
The thing that strikes me, is that I saw a few apologists for Nonu (not here) for his shoulder charge on Slipper a few weeks ago, claiming he had a "stinger" and couldn't raise his arms properly. It went unsanctioned.I was going to post almost same Frank, and I agree on Nonu, although he can play bloody good rugby, I wonder if it maybe time to let him move offshore. It amazes me that some bloody good players ruin their whole reputation through brain dead acts like his, we have seen them for years, most people tend to remember the likes of Bakkies Botha etc not because of the great player he was, but for the odd stupid act on field, Nonu will probably be same and will end up joining that club.
I hear what you're saying about the crowd PB. It must be intimidating out there and only the very best refs can shut the home fans out.Mutton honestly there was nothing dangerous in that one. The crowd got to the ref. Pretty sure if Battleship had tackled Cooper the same crowd would have cheered him. He would have been a national hero in NZ.
People are not saying NZ won because of xxxxxxx IE the referee. What they are trying to point out is why officials have a higher tolerant level for NZ than most teams. It really spoils games and I am sure NZ supporters would have felt the same if they were on the other end.
I hear what you're saying about the crowd PB. It must be intimidating out there and only the very best refs can shut the home fans out.
Fact is though, the tackle was dangerous as evidenced by the injury to Carter. I accept that is rugby and some hard, legal tackles are dangerous and this one was just that, blindside, shoulder first, T-Rex arms (ie, not really used), and driving to ground. Not illegal, but certainly dangerous.
BdP was out for the glory hit rather than the clean turnover and that's dumb rugby. Now two players have suffered.
The point I was making earlier was that he knew he was on a yellow rightly or wrongly but still went ahead and produced a piece of dangerous play by raising his elbow.