Judiciary Happenings
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@Bovidae said in Judiciary Happenings:
Based on that expect Samoa to be losing 2 players for the remainder of their games.
You would think so - both of those incidents looked a lot worse than Reece-Hodge.
But, this is the rugby judiciary... when have we ever witnessed consistency?
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What a fucking joke.
I couldn’t believe this was sighted in the first place and I’m absolutely stunned he got a holiday.
It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.
Rugby is heading down a very slippery slope, one that they won’t be able to climb back out of and it worries me.
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@Billy-Webb said in Judiciary Happenings:
@Bovidae said in Judiciary Happenings:
Based on that expect Samoa to be losing 2 players for the remainder of their games.
You would think so - both of those incidents looked a lot worse than Reece-Hodge.
But, this is the rugby judiciary... when have we ever witnessed consistency?
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@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.
Been done. Sam Warburton, 2011 v France semifinal.
Wales fall to France after red card strips game of colour | Rugby World Cup semi-final match report
Wales' World Cup dream ended against France after Sam Warburton's red card stripped the semi-final of colour
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@NTA said in Judiciary Happenings:
@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.
Been done. Sam Warburton, 2011 v France semifinal.
Wales fall to France after red card strips game of colour | Rugby World Cup semi-final match report
Wales' World Cup dream ended against France after Sam Warburton's red card stripped the semi-final of colour
There was a piece on this last week.
New - at least to me - slow-mo angles showing the tackle which I can't remember seeing during the match or soon after.
Definite red.
But we lost because we didn't take our points.
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@MiketheSnow Also that - but the refs had a hardon for tip tackles at that point. You'd have to say it cured players of the urge to lift, generally speaking.
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@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
What a fucking joke.
I couldn’t believe this was sighted in the first place and I’m absolutely stunned he got a holiday.
I'm stunned that anyone is surprised it went for review and that he'd be given an enforced rest. World Rugby is trying to get a change in the incidence of head contact. This was a clear case of the very thing they're trying to remove.
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@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
What a fucking joke.
I couldn’t believe this was sighted in the first place and I’m absolutely stunned he got a holiday.
It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.
Rugby is heading down a very slippery slope, one that they won’t be able to climb back out of and it worries me.
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@booboo said in Judiciary Happenings:
@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
What a fucking joke.
I couldn’t believe this was sighted in the first place and I’m absolutely stunned he got a holiday.
It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.
Rugby is heading down a very slippery slope, one that they won’t be able to climb back out of and it worries me.
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Thank u four coreckting me. Eye woodn’t have been abel 2 sleep tonite other y’s.
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@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
What a fucking joke.
I couldn’t believe this was sighted in the first place and I’m absolutely stunned he got a holiday.
It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.
Rugby is heading down a very slippery slope, one that they won’t be able to climb back out of and it worries me.
I didn't watch the game live. But subsequently saw a bunch of press about the incident, so I watched.
In real time, it didn't look too bad to me, so my instinct was / is to agree with you.
But following the 2 Samoan tackles, what did occur to me was that current tackle technique is the issue - it is placing unnecessary risk on the tackled player. The trend of going for the upper body, and leading with the shoulder for maximum stopping impact is fraught with risk. I get why tacklers want to do this but risk of serious injury is high with this approach. Like the now banned tip-tackle, I am in favour of strict rules on this. These are people with families and placing them at unnecessary physical risk, both immediate and in the long term for the sake of a rugby game and our entertainment just doesn't sit well with me.And yes. I know this is not tiddlywinks. Nor is it the Roman games.
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@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
@booboo said in Judiciary Happenings:
@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
What a fucking joke.
I couldn’t believe this was sighted in the first place and I’m absolutely stunned he got a holiday.
It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.
Rugby is heading down a very slippery slope, one that they won’t be able to climb back out of and it worries me.
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Thank u four coreckting me. Eye woodn’t have been abel 2 sleep tonite other y’s.
Sawn after david.
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@NTA said in Judiciary Happenings:
@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.
Been done. Sam Warburton, 2011 v France semifinal.
Wales fall to France after red card strips game of colour | Rugby World Cup semi-final match report
Wales' World Cup dream ended against France after Sam Warburton's red card stripped the semi-final of colour
2015 final almost ruined also.
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I’m not surprised Hodge got suspended, but thought it may have been a lesser sentence (4 down to 2 because of record).
Just on replacements and squads, I thought it was mandated that every team bring 3 rakes?
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@ACT-Crusader nope there are no rules around who is in your 31, just rules around who is in your 23. Up to the team too ensure they reach that
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Usually, at moments like this, people moan that judiciary deal in weeks rather than games.
Not something I usually care about.
But in a RWC tournament? With games on all sorts of days of the week? Come on fellas, give it a tiny bit of thought.
Play last pool game on Monday or Sunday, get a 2 week ban, you miss probably 2 knockout games. Play on a Saturday and get a ban, semi is scheduled for a Sunday , you miss 1. Etc.
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rock and a hard place really...want to protect the head at all costs, but by the same token, being realistic about completely accidental contacts with the head in a physical game where contacts happen all the time.
Seen worse than Hodges go unpunished, I think in the RWC, maybe that needs to be taken into context as well and reduce the ban by another week? If this happened in week 1 of TRC could they replace him with someone?
There was a REd Card in the Northland v BOP game for a contact with the head, I dont believe there was any malice or intent in that, I think it was purely accidental, but he sat out 20 or so minutes, I expect he has a judicial hearing coming up (or had it) and based on this result, he will sit out the remainder of the RR for BOP too...harsh IMO.
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@taniwharugby said in Judiciary Happenings:
rock and a hard place really...want to protect the head at all costs, but by the same token, being realistic about completely accidental contacts with the head in a physical game where contacts happen all the time.
Seen worse than Hodges go unpunished, I think in the RWC, maybe that needs to be taken into context as well and reduce the ban by another week? If this happened in week 1 of TRC could they replace him with someone?
There was a REd Card in the Northland v BOP game for a contact with the head, I dont believe there was any malice or intent in that, I think it was purely accidental, but he sat out 20 or so minutes, I expect he has a judicial hearing coming up (or had it) and based on this result, he will sit out the remainder of the RR for BOP too...harsh IMO.
So, on we've seen the lottery in action.
Hodge - no penalty on field, subsequent RC and 3
ScoBar - Red, and 3
Devin Toner - no penalty on field, no citingThe issue is the lack of conistency, it's just crazy
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@Billy-Webb said in Judiciary Happenings:
@Gunner said in Judiciary Happenings:
What a fucking joke.
I couldn’t believe this was sighted in the first place and I’m absolutely stunned he got a holiday.
It’s only a matter of time before a big game (ie pool decider or a finals game) is decided on a red card due to minimal accidental contact with the head.
Rugby is heading down a very slippery slope, one that they won’t be able to climb back out of and it worries me.
I didn't watch the game live. But subsequently saw a bunch of press about the incident, so I watched.
In real time, it didn't look too bad to me, so my instinct was / is to agree with you.
But following the 2 Samoan tackles, what did occur to me was that current tackle technique is the issue - it is placing unnecessary risk on the tackled player. The trend of going for the upper body, and leading with the shoulder for maximum stopping impact is fraught with risk. I get why tacklers want to do this but risk of serious injury is high with this approach. Like the now banned tip-tackle, I am in favour of strict rules on this. These are people with families and placing them at unnecessary physical risk, both immediate and in the long term for the sake of a rugby game and our entertainment just doesn't sit well with me.And yes. I know this is not tiddlywinks. Nor is it the Roman games.
Agree.
While it would be nice if RCs were the domain of deliberate acts only that would only encourage recklessness as it would have a built in excuse.
The RC/YC system is a pretty blunt tool and as many have said a system of report and future banning may arguably be a better one. (which is what has effectively happened here)
That system would also carry issues though. The team infringed against (eg Fiji) gets no recompense for their player being taken out other than a 10 minute advantage.
The solution is behaviour driven and most good coaching now includes an adjustment to technique and decision making.
You take a big risk flying in without control and aiming high. Sometimes the risk has no negative result sometimes it does.
Does anyone complain about people getting a drink drive charge when they haven't caused an accident/injury/worse? Nope, it is expected that you don't drink and drive in the first place. -
@Crucial not sure I agree with the drink driving analogy unless you think accidentally getting drunk and accidentally getting into your car and driving home happens too?
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@taniwharugby said in Judiciary Happenings:
@Crucial not sure I agree with the drink driving analogy unless you think accidentally getting drunk and accidentally getting into your car and driving home happens too?
It is an extreme analogy I admit but I was also about to post about your previous post regarding 'accidental'
To continue the poor analogy, no-one sets out to have an accident when drinking and driving do they? They make poor deliberate decisions instead. WR are trying to reduce head injuries caused by poor decisions ie not being in control of a high hit and leading with the shoulder.
The protocol (if used correctly), should take into account real 'accidents', which IMO are only when a tackler does everything right - aims low, in control, arm forward..., yet through the BC slipping or getting lower ends up with head contact. One of those has already happened at the RWC and was correctly dismissed on the field.
