The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
The problem with Bakkies is that he's done stupid shit like that so often that people start to think he's really a bit nasty. I gather he's a top bloke off the field, but a total nutcase on it.
Mealamu headbutt
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Hugh Jarse
Rocky Elsom (76)
As Rodney Rude said put the dart in my mouth~ feathers first .... Now throw the farkin board at me.
Both acts of thuggery during The Darkness vs Soap Dodgers deserve the Rodney Rude treatment... Throw the farkin book at them.
A rugby player who does not know where his head is or elbow is and what it is about to impact into should not be playing top level.
Accidents my Jarse!!!
Both acts of thuggery during The Darkness vs Soap Dodgers deserve the Rodney Rude treatment... Throw the farkin book at them.
A rugby player who does not know where his head is or elbow is and what it is about to impact into should not be playing top level.
Accidents my Jarse!!!
disco
Chilla Wilson (44)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0o8XQ3In30
Listen to the horror from the Kiwi commentators when Mealamu headbutts Lewsey.
Listen to the horror from the Kiwi commentators when Mealamu headbutts Lewsey.
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Ah another Rude fan I see. Nice one...
JJJ
Vay Wilson (31)
So horror-stricken they completely forgot to comment on it.
qwerty51
Stirling Mortlock (74)
Wow that's pretty unbelievable, not even 1 word about it.
And people say the Foxsports team are the worst
Thomond78
Colin Windon (37)
I don't. I've heard that kind of spin before, from Lord Bald, and the Ospreys. And it's bullshit.
And even if he did, a flying head-butt to the back of the head? No. He deserves everything he gets.
Lee Grant
John Eales (66)
Have to agree. I'm a big fan of Kev as a player and an individual, but like all of us in some time in our lives, and likely more than once, and in my case heaps more than that, he had a shocker. It was deliberate, and it doesn't bear excusing.
One could not excuse it as one could when Kev was involved in an incident a few minutes into the 2005 test series between NZ and the Lions. Then, when Drico almost famously could have died, another estimable person and player, Tana The Great, was involved and therefore consideration of the different forces generated served to excuse the defenders.
Not so at HQ - not so.
Meantime reserve England hooker Hartley has not been cited for an incident in the same game. Fearless prediction: the All Blacks will squeal like stuck pigs, though crafting their language po-faced, if Kev gets suspended. Halos glistening, they will point the finger at the escape of Hartley and suggest there was an affront to natural justice, that St. Kev was cited and another Kiwi (though playing for England) Hartley, got off scot-free.
Am I being unfair, or will they agree with true rugby statesmanship that whatever the treatment of Hartley, Kev got everything he deserved?
Hartley was culpable also. True, McCaw was on his back and fiddling with the ball pursuant to it being flicked accidentally to the Black side of the ruck, and Hartley intervened to stop it, but you don't do that kind of thing, even to McCaw. Shame, I say, shame.
One could not excuse it as one could when Kev was involved in an incident a few minutes into the 2005 test series between NZ and the Lions. Then, when Drico almost famously could have died, another estimable person and player, Tana The Great, was involved and therefore consideration of the different forces generated served to excuse the defenders.
Not so at HQ - not so.
Meantime reserve England hooker Hartley has not been cited for an incident in the same game. Fearless prediction: the All Blacks will squeal like stuck pigs, though crafting their language po-faced, if Kev gets suspended. Halos glistening, they will point the finger at the escape of Hartley and suggest there was an affront to natural justice, that St. Kev was cited and another Kiwi (though playing for England) Hartley, got off scot-free.
Am I being unfair, or will they agree with true rugby statesmanship that whatever the treatment of Hartley, Kev got everything he deserved?
Hartley was culpable also. True, McCaw was on his back and fiddling with the ball pursuant to it being flicked accidentally to the Black side of the ruck, and Hartley intervened to stop it, but you don't do that kind of thing, even to McCaw. Shame, I say, shame.
Bullrush
Geoff Shaw (53)
Kevin has been banned for 4 weeks - EOYT gone.
From the NZ Herald:
Personally, I have no problem with Kevy's ban because deliberate or not, it was definitely a head-butt. Still not happy that Hartley didn't get cited. Everyone watching the game saw what he did - it's not that hard is it?
The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Kev's ban is fair enough. Hartley's offence being ignored is a travesty. The AB management are right to be annoyed.
Proud Pig
Tom Lawton (22)
Four weeks is a reasonable and suitable penalty. Hartley should have also gone though as his act appears equally deliberate.
The argument that Kev was provoked is irrelevant in my opinion. If you retaliate in that thuggish manner you deserve to suspended regardless of what you are responding to.
These sort of actions, whether retaliatory or unprovoked, must not go unpunished as they are a blight on the game.
The argument that Kev was provoked is irrelevant in my opinion. If you retaliate in that thuggish manner you deserve to suspended regardless of what you are responding to.
These sort of actions, whether retaliatory or unprovoked, must not go unpunished as they are a blight on the game.
MrMouse
Bob Loudon (25)
Completely agree with Kev's ban, personally. He's a smashing player (no pun intended) but that was out of line and the cameras caught it very clearly from several angles. Four weeks is appropriate. How the sheep in Pom's clothing got off I'll never know - oh wait, RFU runs the IRB, I forgot.
Hugh Jarse
Rocky Elsom (76)
Happy for the #1 Darkness Hooker to have a holiday, but disappointed that the Citing Commissioner has not been consistent to place the Soap Dodger offender in front of the Judiciary.
Shithouse referees are OK as long as they are consistent and show no bias in their shithouseness. Same with the Judiciary and Citing Staff, it is imperative that they are consistent. People know where they are with consistent rulings, and adapt their behaviour accordingly.
Shithouse referees are OK as long as they are consistent and show no bias in their shithouseness. Same with the Judiciary and Citing Staff, it is imperative that they are consistent. People know where they are with consistent rulings, and adapt their behaviour accordingly.
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