Willie le Roux attempting that very ambitious cross kick while the clock was in the red was just taking the piss. That from your most experienced campaigner? Absolutely criminal!😅💀
Let’s be clear, Eben is one of the best players of all time
But this has rendered away a lot of respect many have for him. What a horrendous act, he’s let a lot of people down. Scumbag
And the play was already on his way down, clearly tackled by Hooker at the legs. There is absolutely no reason for Mostert to make that hit. He could’ve stayed on his feet and went for the ball to get a better outcome.
in the Lood and Franco red card cases , I think it is quite simple to “untangle” and to hold it up to the light
we got more than enough video footage to go over , and we got World Rugby own protocol’s to see how they arrive at that decisions and if the decisions was correct.
and there is maybe another conclusion we can draw at the end of it all…
first , Lood went in with no arm. Ramos level change so he took the shoulder to the head. 1) clear head contact 2) Lood always reckless so no mitigation 3) red card. fine ✅
then Franco , also went in with no arm. 1) but no head contact 2) so the protocols doesn’t come into play 3) should have been a yellow. adjudication error ❌
the issues i take away is obviously that World Rugby is failing at making the right calls within own framework. and also that they “over cooking” the constant use of TMO in the flow of play. it is like my mother in law in my ear all the time over December holiday and it mean we just can not have a lekker time and enjoy ourself.
but i also take away that in both cases the Springboks did not wrap… we can’t escape this guys
it wil be easy for the Boks to look outward and purely be victims. but it is also worth to look inward and ask if they doing things in the right way.
weather we got treated unfairly or not , the fact remain if you go in with a shoulder you opening yourself up to messy situations 🤷🏻♂️
The passage before Pollard went for the drop goal sums it all up. Pollard directed forwards to crash it up same side until they got to the lefthand touchline then he told them to go again coming back in field. Manie or Sacha call for the ball after a strong carry.
Literally! My jaw was dropping until I realised that Bulls could actually tackle them behind the gain line every time if they were consistent with their line-speed and sent one or 2 more players into their defensive rucks.
@jaredwright17 One bad game is all it takes to make this conclusion? Bulls were cooking earlier in the competition with him at 10. Pollard came back and he was dropped for no reason. Pollard left again and he has a bad game now he is not good enough? Argh please.