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Thoughts about refs in this years record?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jakedood" data-source="post: 759557" data-attributes="member: 72409"><p>A stamp out at a player holding you and a punch at a player holding you? In all honesty the stamp was more damaging wasn't it? Sometimes I feel the letter of the law needs to be a little loose.</p><p></p><p>I'm very glad it wasn't a red, but in this world cup I think had Owens seen it, he might've given red or yellow. I do see a retrospective ban being given here, probably for 2 matches and hopefully only 1, basically saying that yes it should've been red, although who knows with the way citing commissioners have gone about their work</p><p></p><p>Very true re the chance the French won't have, and yes it would make a difference. O'Brien was retarded, I wont deny that. And I hope he learns from it, but this Pape guy is getting a bit of a bad reputation too... and he doesn't seem to be stopping does he? Thats a completely side note by the way, not justifying anything.</p><p></p><p>Again a valid point we'll never know, but the French game of keeping it tight in the most part, they wouldn't have capitalised on the extra man out wide like an Australian or All Blacks team would have. Every player participates in rucks these days, mauls could've been an advantage but Toner & Henderson were phenomenal at disrupting them, and it's likely Tommy Bowe would've been added to Flanker on the scrums to compensate the French pack, and make them use wider channels if they wanted to be effective, something they dont like to do under PSA</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jakedood, post: 759557, member: 72409"] A stamp out at a player holding you and a punch at a player holding you? In all honesty the stamp was more damaging wasn't it? Sometimes I feel the letter of the law needs to be a little loose. I'm very glad it wasn't a red, but in this world cup I think had Owens seen it, he might've given red or yellow. I do see a retrospective ban being given here, probably for 2 matches and hopefully only 1, basically saying that yes it should've been red, although who knows with the way citing commissioners have gone about their work Very true re the chance the French won't have, and yes it would make a difference. O'Brien was retarded, I wont deny that. And I hope he learns from it, but this Pape guy is getting a bit of a bad reputation too... and he doesn't seem to be stopping does he? Thats a completely side note by the way, not justifying anything. Again a valid point we'll never know, but the French game of keeping it tight in the most part, they wouldn't have capitalised on the extra man out wide like an Australian or All Blacks team would have. Every player participates in rucks these days, mauls could've been an advantage but Toner & Henderson were phenomenal at disrupting them, and it's likely Tommy Bowe would've been added to Flanker on the scrums to compensate the French pack, and make them use wider channels if they wanted to be effective, something they dont like to do under PSA [/QUOTE]
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