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<blockquote data-quote="nickdnz" data-source="post: 463568" data-attributes="member: 38640">I love the people having a cry about Joubert. It&#039;s pathetic. There was one point where Harinordoquy was on the ground at the opposition side of the ruck, wasn&#039;t the tackler and he just played the ball on the ground from a mile offside to pass it (from the ground) to his team. There is no way it was general play because a ruck had totally formed. Regardless, you take the odd mistake in your stride. No way he influenced the game, the All Blacks didn&#039;t give away many penalties the same was France didn&#039;t give away penalties in the semi, through defense and little pressure at the rucks. If you look, Cruden had the ball when he was injured and the advantage goes to the attacking team. Parra got injured while trying to tackle Nonu and a stray knee from McCaw while he was clearing out the ruck, the attacking team still had the advantage. I&#039;m sure if Joubert saw him he&#039;d have stopped it, but he was busy looking at the next few breakdowns to focus on one player down in action.Some people are just so petty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nickdnz, post: 463568, member: 38640"] I love the people having a cry about Joubert. It's pathetic. There was one point where Harinordoquy was on the ground at the opposition side of the ruck, wasn't the tackler and he just played the ball on the ground from a mile offside to pass it (from the ground) to his team. There is no way it was general play because a ruck had totally formed. Regardless, you take the odd mistake in your stride. No way he influenced the game, the All Blacks didn't give away many penalties the same was France didn't give away penalties in the semi, through defense and little pressure at the rucks. If you look, Cruden had the ball when he was injured and the advantage goes to the attacking team. Parra got injured while trying to tackle Nonu and a stray knee from McCaw while he was clearing out the ruck, the attacking team still had the advantage. I'm sure if Joubert saw him he'd have stopped it, but he was busy looking at the next few breakdowns to focus on one player down in action. Some people are just so petty. [/QUOTE]

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