Cheika rule violation is buried in silence

[Shaggy]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/new...rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

It seems Michael Cheika could be in trouble again for entering the referees room at half time, during the Waratahs V Blues match.

Why are SANZAR trying to cover this up (if it happened)? ... Why aren't the ARU all over this? Surely it's against their code of conduct too

 

[smartcooky]

Of course suspicion levels were raised because the penalty count was running 8 - 1 against his side before he visited the referee, and then ran 9 - 1 in favour of his side after the visit.

Whether or not this even means anything, the optics here are terrible!

 

[nzlizard]

Read somewhere he got a suspended punishment for abusing a cameraman, if he breaks the rules of that suspended ruling he gets a big kick in the butt, almost seems quite political.

 

[Shaggy]

Both Cheika and Peyper got a warning - it was apparently a discussion about Scrum interpretations

http://www.supersport.com/rugby/article.aspx?Id=2947364&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[austingtir]

I thought things were odd when both teams were going hammer and tongs in one particular scrum and neither really got the advantage and neither could hook the ball just before the scrum collapsed the tahs got the slightest forward momentum and won he penalty... It was just odd. Usually imo the team that puts in if they cant hook the ball for whatever reason they should be **** out of luck. I just thought it was a weird call.

Cheika's making a habit of sticking his nose in it isnt he?

 

[Shaggy]

Got to love Journos from both sides of the Tasman

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/conspiracy-theories-run-wild-about-the-referee-and-michael-cheika-20150409-1mh7bd.html

If the whole process had been more transparent, there wouldn't have been any cover up suspicions in the first place. I was following this issue for most of the day (twitter), and SANZAR were pretty slow to react.

Michael Cheika is one of the "wrong doers" here, so, even if it is considered minor or a violation of the laws, rather than the SANZAR code of conduct infraction, trying to paint him as the injured party/Martyr is a little rich.

 

[MotherRucker1]

If I was a Blues fan I'd be highly annoyed. Warratahs were the better team, but we already know a yellow card late in the second half was not necessary. Add this to the occasion and it just raises a few eyebrows that the Blues were very unlucky in terms of the officiating.