@Dodge said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@Joans-Town-Jones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@canefan said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@Joans-Town-Jones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@canefan said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

@Joans-Town-Jones said in RWC Final: All Blacks v Springboks:

Looking at the Frizzel "incident" again, Steven Kitsoff smashes him in the side of the head with his arm. Of course, the TMO completely missed this and YCed Frizzel for falling over. What a farken joke.

I felt that it could have easily been ruled a rugby contact incident. No penalties, play on

It should have been. I've not seen an penalty and a YC for something so innocuous before. Ever. I wonder if Ardie went down and squealed like a little bitch and cries foul at every ruck African Jesus may have been shown red and 6 weeks.

I don't know what Foley's qualifications are, but I don't believe he's a test ref. Crazy to be in that position of power

I'd be interested to know how an amateur who doesn't even follow the game, if given a perimeters to work with, how they would apply the laws. Whether SC would have been upgraded, or African Jesus would have been upgraded, or whether SF would have even seen a penalty, or maybe Kitsoff would be sent off.

I hate to say it but we reap what we sow. In the NH, for the last 18 months, both would have been red, I think up until the Curry decision in the WC both would have been red. The wailing and gnashing of teeth about some of the early reds was the reason mitigation became more generous during the tournament. On that basis, the yellow / upgrade to red decisions were consistent with what we’d seen in the previous weeks.

It is not the refs fault. IMO it’s barely even WR’s fault. It’s a reflection of rugby laws being subjective, and the fact we want and need them to be so.

Which is what we're talking about African Jesus should have seen red. Or both yellow.

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