Chiefs vs Hurricanes
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@Rancid-Schnitzel I assume you mean Bird, but I'm also looking at Retallick in this footage.
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Re: Consistency of punishment, does anyone know if the Foul Play Review Committee publishes its full decisions? I'd love to see how they analyse the severity of offence, and, in particular, the prescribed criteria applied. Would then be able to assess consistency base on the 'official secrets' guidelines!
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@Stargazer said in Chiefs vs Hurricanes:
@Rancid-Schnitzel I assume you mean Bird, but I'm also looking at Retallick in this footage.
Damn, didn't see that! Both should have been yellowed.
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@pakman SANZAAR have a judiciary news section on their website but they haven't published the Luatua decision there at all. Planet Rugby published at least the relevant bits of the decision on their website, but I'm not sure it's the full decision.
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@Stargazer Thanks. IMO such decisions ought to be published in full on SANZAAR website. Will take a look at Planet Rugby.
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Low end for a shoulder to the head. What a joke.
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A fairly simple way of comparing would be to ask which of the two tackles would one least want to be in the receiving end of. That's the one which merits four weeks. If the refs had issued the reverse cards that's what the committee would have done, notwithstanding the 'facts'!
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@antipodean said in Chiefs vs Hurricanes:
Low end for a shoulder to the head. What a joke.
Thing is that once they set a precedent with Luatua the subsequent decisions need to be relative to it. Because mid entry point is four weeks (Luatua) and Leitchs one was not off the ball, swinging arm (it was a misjudged tackle that made contact with head), all they could do to reflect the lower severity was to make it a low entry (2 weeks). They are then also obliged through consistency to apply mitigation such as record.
The process is quite clear. It isn't a matter of just looking at the event and pulling a number out (which may work better sometimes)
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@Crucial Luatua's was a misjudged tackle that made contact with the head. I don't see how buying a dummy and tackling out of suspicion gets double the punishment.
I also don't get this fascination with swinging arm; foul play in tackling is using a ‘stiff-arm tackle’. How do you not swing your arms to tackle?
Anyway, either they're concerned about head impacts or they're not, but the judiciary is consistent only in their inconsistency.
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@antipodean said in Chiefs vs Hurricanes:
@Crucial Luatua's was a misjudged tackle that made contact with the head. I don't see how buying a dummy and tackling out of suspicion gets double the punishment.
I also don't get this fascination with swinging arm; foul play in tackling is using a ‘stiff-arm tackle’. How do you not swing your arms to tackle?
Anyway, either they're concerned about head impacts or they're not, but the judiciary is consistent only in their inconsistency.
I don't have any major issue with your view, just pointing out how the apparent disparity in punishment will occur given the way the judiciary is set up. In this case they are actually being consistent in the use of their methods, it is then the outcome which appears inconsistent.
The thing about 'swinging arm' is valid. In effect it is just like high tackles. Yes, you will often have to swing your arm to make a legal tackle but the onus is on you to ensure that you get your timing correct and don't connect only with your arm in a manner that is equivalent to a 'stiff arm' or 'striking a player with arm 10.4(a)'
That's what Luatua did. He effectively committed three crimes. Connected with a swinging arm, connected high and connected off the ball. Even if all of this is non-deliberate he has failed to take care in three different ways each of which could have been penalised on their own.The issue with the judicial methodology is that you can have two instances like this with similar outcomes but different ways of reaching it. The process goes like this.....
- judge the action(s) on a set of ordered criteria to reach a start point (low, medium, high). This includes things like intent, injury caused, amount of force, retaliation, provocation etc etc
- see if there are any Aggravating Factors. These are things like poor disciplinary record, need to stamp out act, and any 'off-field' factors (I can only guess this may mean something like evidence of bad blood between players)
- look for Mitigating Factors. These are good record, acknowledgement of wrongdoing, remorse, conduct, inexperience etc
You will see that the only factor that focuses on the act and outcome is point 1.
Once they established Luatua's one as a Mid level when there were three 'fouls' it would be pretty difficult to do anything with Leitch's except make it Low. Instantly he gets a sentence 4 weeks less before factor 2 and 3 come in.
I don't think there is a fair way under this construct they could have ended up with only one or two weeks difference between the two which is what would appear fairer. In fact they appear to have tried to bring the sentences closer by only giving Leitch one week mitigation for the same reasons Luatua got two weeks.
What would be good would be to add a step 4 now they use only one consistent judiciary across Super Rugby.
Step 4 would be to adjust the outcome of steps 1-3 for the purpose of a punishment consistent with similar offences during the competition.
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@Crucial said in Chiefs vs Hurricanes:
The thing about 'swinging arm' is valid. In effect it is just like high tackles. Yes, you will often have to swing your arm to make a legal tackle but the onus is on you to ensure that you get your timing correct and don't connect only with your arm in a manner that is equivalent to a 'stiff arm' or 'striking a player with arm 10.4(a)'
That's what Luatua did. He effectively committed three crimes. Connected with a swinging arm, connected high and connected off the ball.Ok, I believe I've explained why swinging arm is not a 'crime'. I accept that he struck someone who was not carrying the ball, but that's not a cardable offence in of itself - it's a penalty. World Rugby has released an edict that the threshold is reduced when it comes to foul play for tackles above the shoulder.
I accept that one could view Luatua's tackle as malicious, although that's not a position I agree with. Regardless, that should be the only reason in my opinion for Luatua's attracting a midpoint entry. It's not like TNW went beyond horizontal or was speared into the ground.
I don't think I'm the Lone Ranger when it comes to my distaste of people getting reductions for remorse either.
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@antipodean said in Chiefs vs Hurricanes:
@Crucial said in Chiefs vs Hurricanes:
The thing about 'swinging arm' is valid. In effect it is just like high tackles. Yes, you will often have to swing your arm to make a legal tackle but the onus is on you to ensure that you get your timing correct and don't connect only with your arm in a manner that is equivalent to a 'stiff arm' or 'striking a player with arm 10.4(a)'
That's what Luatua did. He effectively committed three crimes. Connected with a swinging arm, connected high and connected off the ball.Ok, I believe I've explained why swinging arm is not a 'crime'. I accept that he struck someone who was not carrying the ball, but that's not a cardable offence in of itself - it's a penalty. World Rugby has released an edict that the threshold is reduced when it comes to foul play for tackles above the shoulder.
I accept that one could view Luatua's tackle as malicious, although that's not a position I agree with. Regardless, that should be the only reason in my opinion for Luatua's attracting a midpoint entry. It's not like TNW went beyond horizontal or was speared into the ground.
I don't think I'm the Lone Ranger when it comes to my distaste of people getting reductions for remorse either.
Doesn't need to be a cardable offence to add to the view that Luatua did was 'more wrong'. The point I'm trying to make is that he did three things all penalisable by themselves, one of which was deemed enough to warrant further punishment. Leitch did one thing wrong.
I also hold the view that Luatua didn't act maliciously, but once he crossed the line into the judiciary the totality of his act will be viewed to establish starting point. If TNW had been taken from the field with concussion or a broken nose that would have come into the assessment of starting point.
I think we both agree that the system doesn't always end up with equatable sentences. I'm just saying that given the process they have to follow they look to have applied that process consistently.
I picked way back in the thread that Leitch could end up with one week based solely on the way the system works.
I also agree that the outcome of both acts was similar and therefore the punishments should be closer in length (1 or 2 weeks difference at the most). I can't see how that could have been achieved under the process unless a fourth 'balancing' step' was included.
Previously I wouldn't have like a balancing step as the JO was often a different person, but SANZAAR have brought in a fairer system of a consistent panel. -
I try my best to be pragmatic about this stuff, but it's difficult as most people's view seem to perfectly align alongside the team they support. That said, I really don't get how a tackle that was around the shoulder but did result in shoulder contact with the head is the same (or worse!?) as a clothes line to the neck of a player without the ball.
Now, the Dominic Bird incident is another story. He was very lucky there.
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In all seriousness though (and for the good of the ABs) I hope TJP learned a lesson the other night.
He was a big reason the Canes lost and even though he scored a good (but possibly illegal) try to make up some of the ground, he was completely sidetracked by being too 'emotional' and getting involved with off the ball talk and actions.
I still can't see why he tried to face up with BBBR when steamrolled. You just got beat son, suck it up, don't mouth off.
A bit poor from Coles as a leader to not notice how affected TJs play was as well. He should have told him to calm down and play rugby. I suspect he was getting drawn in a bit himself. -
TJP made a lot of progress last year with controlling his emotions, but it will be an ongoing challenge for a guy like him.
Since the match I've read a few quotes indicating that the Hurricanes are a little resentful about the way the Chiefs went about the game. Chiefs have certainly dialed the niggle and abrasiveness up this year, even by their standards.
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@Milk said in Chiefs vs Hurricanes:
TJP made a lot of progress last year with controlling his emotions, but it will be an ongoing challenge for a guy like him.
Since the match I've read a few quotes indicating that the Hurricanes are a little resentful about the way the Chiefs went about the game. Chiefs have certainly dialed the niggle and abrasiveness up this year, even by their standards.
I didn't notice it in their other two games. That was just hard rugby.
Against the Canes though they certainly appeared to go into the game with that as a worked out tactic.
They knew the Canes were underdone and I suspect they even targeted TJP to put him off his game.
That tactic really only works though when you are also good enough to play rugby at the same time (take note Wallabies).
Maybe it's the reason Messam had a rest as well. They couldn't trust him to carry out the plan without getting carded. -
If the Chiefs are going into games with the tactic of niggly off the ball bullshit then they'll very quickly become my hatiest team.
