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[2017 Super Rugby] The FINAL: Lions vs. Crusaders (05/08/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="Zapphod" data-source="post: 868388" data-attributes="member: 57286"><p>While I don't disagree with him receiving a red card as that pretty much is what the law dictates, I really don't agree with the rule as I find it a rather harsh to punish someone based on his position rather than his actions.</p><p></p><p>Should,'t there be some onus on the both players to ensure their safety and I would suggest that jumping over top of a guy is putting yourself in danger, I really saw nothing in that to suggest he was trying to tackle Havili in the air, it looked to me like you had two players in the same space going for the ball, one bailed out and the other went over top of him.</p><p></p><p>I find rugby rather a sad these days, we credit Webb Ellis with picking the ball up and running with it who will get the credit for realising that by jumping up and down field once you recieve the ball makes you almost untacklable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zapphod, post: 868388, member: 57286"] While I don't disagree with him receiving a red card as that pretty much is what the law dictates, I really don't agree with the rule as I find it a rather harsh to punish someone based on his position rather than his actions. Should,'t there be some onus on the both players to ensure their safety and I would suggest that jumping over top of a guy is putting yourself in danger, I really saw nothing in that to suggest he was trying to tackle Havili in the air, it looked to me like you had two players in the same space going for the ball, one bailed out and the other went over top of him. I find rugby rather a sad these days, we credit Webb Ellis with picking the ball up and running with it who will get the credit for realising that by jumping up and down field once you recieve the ball makes you almost untacklable. [/QUOTE]
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