Rugby World Cup general discussion
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I’m going to be at the WC and it will be great to enjoy it with friends, but I’ve cancelled my rugby subscription and I don’t think I’ll be restarting it. (For next year). I’ll likely only see the Ab games and those that I have tickets for.
Nowadays the really wow moments are getting lost in the WTF flood. I wouldn’t be a referee and they are being let down by the powers that be. Whoever wins the WC is just as likely (maybe more) to owe it to law application than talent. Neat if that is NZ, so maybe the bright side is to watch with no expectations.
Doesn’t feel like a great consumer product though.
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@canefan said in Rugby World Cup news:
I'm speechless
The incident makes clear that World Rugby care more about their revenues than player welfare and natural justice.
If the game is going to survive, it will need a different governing body.
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Mike wins the internet today.
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Freudian slip here by George Ford…..
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George Moala got given a ten week ban.
https://x.com/rugbyinsideline/status/1691447849089908738?s=46
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What a joke, but to be honest are we really surprised?
He has always flitted with the shoulder tackle, has supposedly improved following the tackling school...
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@canefan said in Rugby World Cup news:
All the players and fans should want is consistency. This should lower the bar for every player who hits someone high from now on. But I'm sure it won't
To be honest, I am almightily surprised, but was this hit as bad as the one that broke Brodie Rettalick's jaw last year that wasn't found to be red card threshold because it was somehow an absorbing tackle??
I don't really like Farrell and thought he would get 6 weeks, but haven't really looked hard enough to see change of height etc anyway. I not sure if we not pissed that it's Farrell who has got off with his record or all really just concerned about safety? -
@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
@canefan said in Rugby World Cup news:
I'm speechless
The incident makes clear that World Rugby care more about their revenues than player welfare and natural justice.
If the game is going to survive, it will need a different governing body.
See I think we have to get things correct, World Rugby haven't let him off, it's the judiciary, which is an independant legal board, like a court. And would add to me it would of been 6 weeks without question.
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Augustin Pichot wading in. This is going to get ugly quickly for the warm beer and sandwiches brigade.
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@sparky said in Rugby World Cup news:
George Moala got given a ten week ban.
So Moala can say goodbye to the RWC because he got a lengthy ban (which seems harsh), and Farrell doesn't miss a minute of game time for something that looked way worse.
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Shows the benefit of pleading not guilty...if he plead guilty said sorry, promised to go on another course he would have to copped a shorter ban...instead, he plead not guilty and got an even shorter ban
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