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<blockquote data-quote="BigTen" data-source="post: 118530">&quot;...I never swore... Christ you are incapable of reading. So Umaga and Mealamu were justified in slammign a player on his head, even though this is illegal and infact warrants large bans? Your lack of understanding of the international game is amazing...&quot; &nbsp; Melhor.This is pretty close to one of the worse statements that I have seen.&nbsp; Firstly you say that you have never sworn.&nbsp; This is a lie and has alreday been pointed out but then with your very next word you use a word that can easily be construed as a swear word especially in a highly religious country ... like Brazil.And I can&#039;t ever remember Ripper ever saying that Umaga and Mealamu were justified in &quot;slamming a player on his head&quot;.&nbsp; Firstly did you know that Ripper was actually on the judiciary that oversaw that incident and it was solely his decision to clear the two players?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; That is probably because that he wasn&#039;t and therefore had absolutely no control over the judgment.The incident was a huge media beat-up.&nbsp; This is proven by the fact that the media went after Umaga and Mealamu was only ever mentioned as a footnote.&nbsp; It was a huge tactical mistake to go after Umaga as it shifted the focus from the Lion&#039;s weaknesses to something that had no bearing on the remaining two tests.The judiciary, which is pretty bad even at the best of times, decided that neither player had a case to answer and as such were not punished.&nbsp; Should they have been punished?&nbsp; Probably, yes - I do not profess to claim that I am an expert in this area of rugby - and therefore can offer my opinion.&nbsp; Should Lote Tuquiri&#039;s &quot;tackle&quot; on Richie McCaw been punished?&nbsp; Well it was - I think that he got a one-week suspension.&nbsp; My opinion isn&#039;t really needed in that matter.But anyway and then you accuse Ripper of a lack of understanding in regards to the international game - why?&nbsp; Because he merely disagrees with you!?You raised some interesting points but you promptly lost all respect when you pulled out a list of rugby players and repeatidly requested Ripper to immediately identify all of them.&nbsp; I do not know all of the players that you listed - does that mean that I am not qualified to comment on anything related to international rugby?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BigTen, post: 118530"] [i]"...I never swore... Christ you are incapable of reading. So Umaga and Mealamu were justified in slammign a player on his head, even though this is illegal and infact warrants large bans? Your lack of understanding of the international game is amazing..." [/i] Melhor. This is pretty close to one of the worse statements that I have seen. Firstly you say that you have never sworn. This is a lie and has alreday been pointed out but then with your very next word you use a word that can easily be construed as a swear word especially in a highly religious country ... like Brazil. And I can't ever remember Ripper ever saying that Umaga and Mealamu were justified in "slamming a player on his head". Firstly did you know that Ripper was actually on the judiciary that oversaw that incident and it was solely his decision to clear the two players? No? That is probably because that he wasn't and therefore had absolutely no control over the judgment. The incident was a huge media beat-up. This is proven by the fact that the media went after Umaga and Mealamu was only ever mentioned as a footnote. It was a huge tactical mistake to go after Umaga as it shifted the focus from the Lion's weaknesses to something that had no bearing on the remaining two tests. The judiciary, which is pretty bad even at the best of times, decided that neither player had a case to answer and as such were not punished. Should they have been punished? Probably, yes - I do not profess to claim that I am an expert in this area of rugby - and therefore can offer my opinion. Should Lote Tuquiri's "tackle" on Richie McCaw been punished? Well it was - I think that he got a one-week suspension. My opinion isn't really needed in that matter. But anyway and then you accuse Ripper of a lack of understanding in regards to the international game - why? Because he merely disagrees with you!? You raised some interesting points but you promptly lost all respect when you pulled out a list of rugby players and repeatidly requested Ripper to immediately identify all of them. I do not know all of the players that you listed - does that mean that I am not qualified to comment on anything related to international rugby? [/QUOTE]

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