Kiwibloggers "concerned" about "excitable" French referees (Aug. 11, 2019)
Brian McDonald
Don’t mention the rugby. The AB’s pack didn’t front up against the boks, at least in the first half and continued to struggle with the rushing defence in the 2nd. The Aussies played out of their skins last night and were close to bullying the AB pack. Next week will be a beauty. No excuses but thinking about the send off, if you put a right shoulder into an opponent your left arm does not move. Need to slow down the video but I think Barrett may have slipped as the player came forward against him and to Barrett’s left, but clearly in the video last night Barrett’s left arm was coming up in commitment to a tackle, not a shoulder charge where only the shoulder connecting with the player is driven forward. Come on Tony tell me I am wrong. Our attack looked a notch or 2 better with the 1st five fullback changes settling, bit of a worry over the midfield injuries but the stand in centre proved once again why he is an All Black. Dane Coles looks back to his best, but that pack has to lift and leave the stupid penalties out. Although we didn’t seen Ensor last night, he, Bridges and the new Fijian winger are top wild cards on attack and shag will no doubt develop that.
You’re wrong Brian. Barrett’s shoulder made contact with Hooper’s head and neck, and the referee’s decision to issue a red card was 100% correct in law, as World Rugby has written it.
I am always nervous with French referees. I don’t think the excitable Latin temperament is always conducive to sound decision-making, and it worries me a little that the All Blacks’ first three matches at RWC 2019 will have Frenchmen on the whistle.
Coles was my All Black player of the match, with Read, ALB and Savea also having massive games, although Savea blotted his copybook with the stupid push on Hooper late in the first half. We really missed Retallick last night, and I don’t quite know how the All Blacks will cover his absence this week. The other big concern is the lack of form of Reiko Ioane, and I would be tempted to play Ennor and Reese next weekend on the wings, Smith back to #15, and Barrett starting at #10.
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I am always nervous with French referees. I don’t think the excitable Latin temperament is always conducive to sound decision-making,
The “excitable Latin temperament”? What, then, did you make of the excitable South African Andre Watson, who destroyed the 1999 RWC final by refusing to play advantage? And it wasn’t an “excitable Latin” referee who ruined that farcical 2011 final—it was another South African, the infamous “absentee” ref Craig Joubert.
… it worries me a little that the All Blacks’ first three matches at RWC 2019 will have Frenchmen on the whistle.
You should contact the All Blacks’ management and tell them that organized cheating probably won’t work this time.
If only those who have been silenced in nz would talk. We have the Labour Party youth camp. A sexual abuser and possible rapist in the pm office. Darren Hughes. The rumours on why a former pm husband was deported from New York. And these are just the ones we know off.
Brian McDonald
Our attack looked a notch or 2 better with the 1st five fullback changes settling, bit of a worry over the midfield injuries but the stand in centre proved once again why he is an All Black. Dane Coles looks back to his best, but that pack has to lift and leave the stupid penalties out. Although we didn’t seen Ensor last night, he, Bridges and the new Fijian winger are top wild cards on attack and shag will no doubt develop that.
Tony Stuart
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