Horwill gone for 9 months...
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Yeah, bad news for Horwill, and the Reds, but will force Deans and co to dig a little deeper in developing the Wallabies locking combos. Horwill has been, well.. a pass at best over the last twelve months. Has done a couple of good things, but more often than not seems to be off the pace.
Have to say I agree on Mumm, all looked pretty innocuous stuff really. Mystifying.
As previously stated, deserved a card but not a suspension. Unfortunately for TipTop his action is one if those things the iRB occasionally get a bee in their bonnet about. The tribunal had to be seen to be following the iRB's edict and so he copped a suspension.
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Scotty said:
The hit was late but only fractionally after the whistle and not convinced it was aimed at the kidneys. If this were the case Faiangaa wouldn't have got up. Maybe innocuous was the wrong word in an absolute sense, but innocuous nonetheless in the sense that you see it all the time. Take for instance the very same ruck where (I think it was) Shaw came in from the side with a shoulder shot to the head of (I think) Mowen.
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If Bakkies Botha shoulder charged someone in the back after the whistle was blown (and there was time enough after the whistle for him to either stop, change direction or slow down....none of which he did) and didn't cop a suspension everyone on here with the exception of the odd south african would be up in arms about it. Anyone who denies that is kidding themselves.
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Musta been the same citing commissioner Bakkies had.
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There is a bit of a Locking problem at the moment.
As I mentioned somewhere else I think Will Caldwell will play for the Wallabies this year.
A big part of the problem is that we lost both Al Kanaar and MMM, probably the two best young locks in the country (Horwill included) to career ending injuries. While I understand MMM is still playing and wants to come back - he will probably never reach the dizzing heights he would have if his body had allowed.
Al Kanaar was an immense talent, such a shame.
As I mentioned somewhere else I think Will Caldwell will play for the Wallabies this year.
A big part of the problem is that we lost both Al Kanaar and MMM, probably the two best young locks in the country (Horwill included) to career ending injuries. While I understand MMM is still playing and wants to come back - he will probably never reach the dizzing heights he would have if his body had allowed.
Al Kanaar was an immense talent, such a shame.
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tranquility said:
The injuries to Peter Kimlin and Tom Hockings have depleted our young lock stocks for quite a while. The latter is back but the former will miss all this season. The return of these two would solve most of the locking problem.
I bolded a bit of your post - aunties and balls and all that jazz.
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Peter Kimlin and Tom Hocking (who I went to school with) are both excellent prospects, but are not up to really dominating at Super level just yet let alone international level.
I hate talking hypothetically but Kanaar and MMM should be running riot at International level, barring the fact they both walked under so many damn ladders.
I hate talking hypothetically but Kanaar and MMM should be running riot at International level, barring the fact they both walked under so many damn ladders.
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