The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Underhill is a menace at the breakdown. Very strong in contact.
Australia v England Test 1 Sat. July 2 @1955
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Nathan Sharpe (72)
Yeah i prefer Underhill to Curry from what I have seen.
LeCheese
Greg Davis (50)
Camera angles can be deceptive, but the physics of it isn't open to interpretation.
Gif 1: Hill's head jerks slightly to his right when contact is made - if it was whiplash due to the force of shoulder contact, you would assume Hill's head leans left towards Swain.
Gif 2: As above; I think you can also see Hill's ear 'unfold' after it was compressed by Swain's head in the contact.
Gif 3: The worst angle in my view - you can see Hill's skull (upper jaw in particular) move in the same direction force is applied by Swain with the contact. Pretty clear cut.
Regardless of perspectives on the deserved punishment and mitigating factors, Swain definitely connected.
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Tomikin
David Codey (61)
He headbutted him, was a head-on-head push... and he did it on purpose...
EDIT: but hopefully they can mitigate it, as it wasn't at force and he was provoked.. but suspect he miss the rest of this tour and maybe fall down the pecking order as others take their chances.
Joe Blow
John Hipwell (52)
I think he should have started. DRs thinking was probably to bring us home with some grunt as when TT comes off the bench
Debatable.
Brumbieman
Dick Tooth (41)
Oh ffs, I want Swain's babies after his last couple of years, my moniker is 'Brumbieman' and even i facepalmed the moment i saw the replay and threw what was left of my beer at the wall and went out for a joint (a ciggie wouldn't have been enough to calm me down).
It was a clear headbutt, all instigation aside, and he deserves a few weeks to self reflect and have the impact of what his brain fart could have done to the Wallabies future really sink in.
Having said that - if you're going to earn a Red, then really fucking earn it. He should have caved the dodgers knee in with a stiff kick, broken several ribs with his studs as he trampled his body and walked off to the change rooms with several handfulls of his hair/scalp to drive the point home.
'You want to be a twat, fair enough, but this is what you get and i'll happily take some time off to teach you that'.
Rebel man
John Thornett (49)
But this is what’s wrong with the game. Doleman is to weak to stand by his own decisions. He was decided there was nothing in any of it then let the TMO go back and red card Swain it really was pathetic.
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John Solomon (38)
Mate he’s a brumby and a hothead
I couldn’t give a shit if he’s out for 12 weeks
Just saying what I saw
Over and out
qwerty51
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Didn't notice this at the time but wow what a fucking move. That's the difference between a try and no try. He's got 2 blokes marking him and the support runner is well marked too. No right to score that.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Yeah that was special from Pete. Rennie has spoken about the footwork of the forwards in contact as far back as 2020 and I suspect some blokes have worked on it. That's your payoff right there.
Curry got a knock tackling Kerevi in the 14 minute. It was missed but he had symptoms at half time and his HIA then ruled him out.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Pete has become a really integral part of this team. His value off the bench is off the charts for my money.
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