RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool B)

[Bones]

Hilarious. Penalises the ABs for going straight to ground.

[Nepia]

Sheesh, another yellow.

[taniwharugby]

thought he said initially it was ok?

[kiwiinmelb]

So difficult to tackle someone that low

[sparky]

Contact from Ofa T on the players' neck, but he was on his knees. Yellow card. Tough call.

[Chris]

This is getting really stupid how do you tackle a falling player when they are falling with their head first

[taniwharugby]

was at thigh height...what a joke

[gt12]

So the strategy is fall over into a tackle and earn a yellow card.

[MrDenmore]

This is farcical. Players falling into the tackler. What are you supposed to do??

[Yeetyaah]

This fucking ref. Such a shithead. Useless frog is treating Namibia like a thalidomide child trying to play softball.

[Stargazer]

NObody, really NObody, can say that ABs get favourable treatment from refs. What a bs.

[No Quarter]

I'm uncomfortable with YC'ing players that make contact with the head on attackers that are falling to the ground head first into the tackle.

[westcoastie]

@sparky said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool B):

Contact from Ofa T on the players' neck, but he was on his knees. Yellow card. Tough call.

but when the player is falling and ends up leading with the arm, how the fuck are you supposed to not hit him in the head...

[Rembrandt]

honestly what do you do when an opposition is at knee level? Do you just stand down?

[Nevorian]

Ofa copped one there for good measure also

[chimoaus]

So, do these cards really keep players safe and stop high tackles? Almost seems the players are resigned to the fact they are likely to get carded. Maybe a tactic is to dive into the tackler.

[Nepia]

@Stargazer said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool B):

NObody, really NObody, can say that ABs get favourable treatment from refs. What a bs.

They'll say not being reds is the favourable treatment.

[kiwiinmelb]

You got to wonder if players will deliberately dive in low the way this is going

[Chris]

@kiwiinmelb said in RWC: All Blacks v Namibia (Pool B):

You got to wonder if players will deliberately dive in low the way this is going

Yeah exactly right

[taniwharugby]

@kiwiinmelb why wouldnt you??