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Thoughts about refs in this years record?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jakedood" data-source="post: 759507" data-attributes="member: 72409"><p>I didn't hear the TMO mentioning it to him? Fact is O'Brien actually made sure Nigel wasn't looking at the time before he threw the punch. Also O'Brien is a tank, but to see 120kg's of Muscle fold like Pape did, well that must've been some hit or else he's really hoping to milk it, which is something referee's do not like in this sport. Yes he should have been sin binned and potentially red carded, more likely yellow because he was being held and Pape was not innocent by holding him back. </p><p></p><p>We do quite like a little bit of aggression in this sport, that did cross the line a bit, yeah, however I do think something needs to be done about players held off the ball, it's seriously annoying</p><p></p><p>Also given the way Iain Henderson demolished the French pack when he came on, he destroyed a maul on his own for goodness sake, then I'd still say the French didn't look quite like winning the match, it was quite comfortable towards the end. And going down to 14 men can galvanise a team, Ulster held on with 14 men for 77 minutes vs Saracens a few years ago, and we weren't far off taking the W either, so by no means does it guarantee a change in result!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Spot on... what are the rumours of what happened before the punch?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jakedood, post: 759507, member: 72409"] I didn't hear the TMO mentioning it to him? Fact is O'Brien actually made sure Nigel wasn't looking at the time before he threw the punch. Also O'Brien is a tank, but to see 120kg's of Muscle fold like Pape did, well that must've been some hit or else he's really hoping to milk it, which is something referee's do not like in this sport. Yes he should have been sin binned and potentially red carded, more likely yellow because he was being held and Pape was not innocent by holding him back. We do quite like a little bit of aggression in this sport, that did cross the line a bit, yeah, however I do think something needs to be done about players held off the ball, it's seriously annoying Also given the way Iain Henderson demolished the French pack when he came on, he destroyed a maul on his own for goodness sake, then I'd still say the French didn't look quite like winning the match, it was quite comfortable towards the end. And going down to 14 men can galvanise a team, Ulster held on with 14 men for 77 minutes vs Saracens a few years ago, and we weren't far off taking the W either, so by no means does it guarantee a change in result! Spot on... what are the rumours of what happened before the punch? [/QUOTE]
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