The recent furore over the Sam Cane v Robbie Henshaw collision in the second test between Ireland and New Zealand got me to thinking about the merits of using slow motion video to make judgements about potential foul play incidents in rugby. I think we have all heard the meme that sometimes, looking
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With just a handful of tier one Internationals to his name, Pascal Gaüzère is one of the most inexperienced test referees in the RWC team. One of three French referees
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Right I've got a quick question.
Law 18.1
I'm at the touchline, I've got one foot in play and one foot in touch. I catch the ball when the ball is over the plane of touch. So am I right in saying line out the the kick receiving team. If I've caught it before the ball reaches he plane of touch...
Taken from a Society Facebook discussion:
In the early part of the game Red see better in the scrums and start to dominate. Red interchange both props and then Blue come back into the scrum and push Red back a few yards and win a turnover. A couple of mins later Blue are awarded a PK on the...
I often make the observation that -- on message boards -- people are much too enthusiastic pull the 'unsportsmanlike conduct' rabbit out of the hat.
I always say that this is a tool to be used very sparingly - rather like a RC. You only want to use it in circumstances where everyone is...
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BUt I suggest you go away and read up on the SA v NZ series circa 1998 or so (? not sure of the year).
basically both sides had an alarming number of injuries as the second halves of each test went on, and the team doctors (IRB doctor?) Okd them all as injuroies ... ...
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Munster V Southern Kings Interesting stat
Thread Starter: Marc WakehamMunster Southern Kings 0 15 Penalties 0 1 Free Kicks Really?
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