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John Thornett (49)
Anyone remember an incident on Higgers (I assume) in the 2nd minute?
Yeah he gets absolutely nailed off the ball at 1:34 on the game clock - ref is 5 feet away and looking directly at him when it happens..
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Anyone remember an incident on Higgers (I assume) in the 2nd minute?
but it looks like an argument could be made he was expecting Higgers to get an offload.
Like when Duncan Paia'aua got yellow carded?
Is there footage of the incident when Cooper got in the way of the Kings player chasing the kick? At the game, from where i was sitting it looked bad and I expected trouble.
He really shouldn't be ahead of TK yet. The reds are all sack and no balls at the moment. Plenty of players performing well below what people were expecting at the start of the season. Quade is as much of a liability as ever, probably now behind Lance in the running for 10.I think people are starting to realise what is missing from his game, this is what is wrong with the Wallabies, we have many players that possess one good skill but lack others.
I think he has a lot of work to do on defence and off loading using two hands to the chest of whoever he is passing to instead of one handed around the corner passes. Sometimes holding the ball and retaining possession rather than forcing a pass that gets dropped is the best thing to do.
Yeah he gets absolutely nailed off the ball at 1:34 on the game clock - ref is 5 feet away and looking directly at him when it happens..
The key question with the Higger's hit was what was he doing? He was not near the ball, the ball could not have been passed to him, he was not going to the breakdown so what was his intent other than to interfere with the defenders by going through the line (the tight running clear out beyond MO) who do not have to give way. So most likely in the referees eyes he ran in to the defender.
If that's your interpretation of how giving way works I pray I never come across you in a car at an intersection.
This is baffling.
It's clear he was running a support line, that is, to be in support of the player In case he makes a half break and can offload, its standard play amongst all rugby teams.
Defenders may not have to give way, but that's not what happened, it's clear the Kings player lined him up and made a tackle, a tackle which lead with the shoulder. Illegal and lucky not to be yellow carded
Or playing devils advocate, braced for the impending collision. If you look at the space between Higger's and the inside defender it looks like it was unlikely that Higger's could have missed colliding with both of them.
Clearly arms as you can see by the picture. Not called, not reviewed, not cited.