In this case the suggestion was burgess got off why didn't Hooper. That's the wrong question.
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RWC: AUS v ENG (Twickenham): POOL A; 6am (AEDT) Sunday 4 October
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In fact the question asked by the OP was exactly the opposite. Hooper got suspended, why didn't Farrell (not Burgess)? The OP actually conceded Hooper deserved to get sanctioned.
Sorry to be a pedant, Sully!
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Ted Fahey (11)
Burgess got off because they felt sorry for him as they knew he was going to get the blame. Check this out only in England
http://www.news.com.au/sport/rugby/...-to-rugby-league/story-fndpt9s1-1227562310732
It's not like Farrell is the head coach.
I guess Lancaster should have decided to sack Andy Farrell if he wanted to pick Owen Farrell.
Gatland raved about how good Andy Farrell was on the Lions tour. Maybe Wales should hire him?
I personally don't see it as being that bad a situation. I think it is quite different from Farrell being head coach. At the end of the day Lancaster is responsible for both their positions within the team setup.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
No thanks. Sean Edwards is a god
BDA
Jim Lenehan (48)
Just saw this game for the first time with the English commentary. Even at the very end, they were trying to insist that the Wallabies scrum was just 'out-smarting' the English. In the two final dominant scrums, they implied that essentially Slipper should have been penalised but just used some tricks to get one over his opposite.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
the plastic paddy
John Solomon (38)
It just goes to show that, if someone tells you something often enough, even if all available evidence would draw you to a conclusion opposite to that which you are being told, you are still very likely to believe what you are told. The England scrum has been a weakness for a couple of years now.
Dave Beat
Paul McLean (56)
I have no issue with each getting time - my issue is with the system.
A bit like the selection of a World 15 that is selected by the Northern Hemisphere and the amount of players that - really should not make the team.
Point in case with Burgess taking off someones head who wasn't even carrying the ball.
Possibly another case;
But Giteau was hit "without the ball"
Hooper's cleared someone out who was playing at the ball on the side of a ruck (infringing)
Thanks Seb can always relay on you for another example BTW how good is it having both Hooper and Poey on the park at once - we both get to see our world class player cause havoc
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Ken Catchpole (46)
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Greg Davis (50)
I'm biased but I reckon his physical stats would be the best of any Aus forward, and better than most backs.
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David Codey (61)
The very fact that Players have been reported as saying that Farrell senior has too much say in selections,and that Farrell is making sarcastic replies in the press,confirms that the head coach should have made a decision on which Farrell was most important to him.
You need your whole squad pulling in one direction,not some sniping behind your back about nepotism.
It's just debilitating, regardless of the accuracy of those claims.
boyo
Mark Ella (57)
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Trevor Allan (34)
Hope the slap with the wet bus ticket doesn't give them a paper cut. Banned from the dressing room. They must be terribly upset.
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Sanction not really important. 1) it didn't help 2) they're out. But hopefully it will wake up the irb to prevent it happening in future
pjm
Billy Sheehan (19)
The definition of being hit by a wet lettuce: banned from the sidelines when England play Uruguay in a dead rubber. iRB, fucking ridiculous; how about leaving them to do what they want this week and banning then from the next meaningful match. Any match, you pick one.
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