Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
And he only got pinged once, that's why he's still in the side.
If the Wallabies had scrummed like that we'd have seen a procession of penalties followed by a yellow card.
And he only got pinged once, that's why he's still in the side.
Will be interesting to see how he goes this weekend, and what the future is like once more and more stadiums start using the spidercam.And he only got pinged once, that's why he's still in the side.
I wasn't arguing his critic of the ABs it was his overall message I don't like, the whole tone of the article is that scrums must be used for penalties rather than restarting play.
I think you're right to some degree, when scrums have some semblance of stability refs shouldn't be looking to award penalties. Lord knows we've been on the wrong end of it over the yearsI wasn't arguing his critic of the ABs it was his overall message I don't like, the whole tone of the article is that scrums must be used for penalties rather than restarting play.
So basically you agree that the ABs LHP was boring in illegally and dangerously and should have been penalised.I wasn't arguing his critic of the ABs it was his overall message I don't like, the whole tone of the article is that scrums must be used for penalties rather than restarting play.
The overhead spider cam view has the potential to change the way people think about who is in breach of the laws of the game at scrum time.
It is blatantly obvious who is cheating when spider cam view is shown.
Reference to TMO would be useful but it would only hold up the game for questionable benefit.
Educate the referees. Most of them were Backs (onlookers) in their playing day and have no idea at all when it comes to scrum time, and are easily bluffed.
Good analysis @Pfitzy.
Was Woodcock actually penalised though? Or was it the AB back five walking around the corner?
I did this breakdown for TSF but here it is again: