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Yellow / Red Card Theory

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Ok, so here's what I'm thinking. I keep wondering about Drew Mitchell's yellow card last week. It seemed such an innocuous piece of play. I wondered how the AR even really saw it and so I started to think about other cards we have seen recently and saw a common denominator - Richie bloody McCaw. Who did Heaslip kick in the head? Richie. Who did Roussow 'hurt'? Richie.

Now I'm not calling Richie a cheat here. What I am wondering about is whether teams briefings with the referees are coming back to bite them. Do you think it's possible that opposition teams to the All Blacks are asking Refs to watch Richie closely and that is then biting them on the arse? Are Refs always keeping one eye on Richie and therefore seeing all sorts of off the ball stuff that they just wouldn't see on other players?

I'm not talking here about the rights or wrongs of cardings, it just seems to make sense to me that sometimes Refs view of the game must become skewed. They are asked by the IRB or by opposition teams to keep an eye on 'x' player or 'y' areas of the game and therefore see the game through that lense. Not sure what the answer is here. Perhaps teams need to ask the Refs to look at someone else's play, then kick Richie in the head?
 
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George Smith (75)
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Interesting. Maybe it's just that he is such a key player to try and close down, that more shit comes his way? His high work rate would also be a factor.
 
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Trevor Allan (34)
I'm with cyclopath on this one. The only one that would have been hard to pick up of the three was the Mitchell one. Heaslip's was blatantly obvious, and a spear tackle is normally picked up by the ref, not a touch judge.
 
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Syd Malcolm (24)
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New from Kooga.
 
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Phil Kearns (64)
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The hat or the shirt? Frankly the hat looks poorly made, the one I made for myself is much sturdier thank you very much.
 
cyclopath

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George Smith (75)
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Either he bought a very small roll of tinfoil, or he has a more massive head than even that picture suggests.
Ironic really with your avatar with such an ostentatious bit of tin on his head too...
 
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Jim Lenehan (48)
Interesting theory, and if there is any (remote) truth to it, I don't think the refs back in 2006 got the pre-game talk when Lote "tackled" McCaw....
 
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