","datePublished":"2015-10-24T23:22:33+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"sharkbok","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/sharkbok"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"..isee PDV the twit on twitter trying to say Richie should have stopped and said 'I'm sorry, and begged his forgiveness too I imagine -can I get you a gin and tonic?.. in the middle of the game?? ' .. too funny is PDV.. ..here's a couple of his other posts...","datePublished":"2015-10-24T23:30:56+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Brycy","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/brycy"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Nah. He won't be cited. That citing commissioner knows that you do not cite Richie McCaw and get away with it.","datePublished":"2015-10-24T23:44:10+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ceradyne","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/ceradyne"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I would say that was most likely an accident. It happens so quick. Mccaw probably would, have missed him, but cut inwards as the Boks moved forward past the ruck.","datePublished":"2015-10-24T23:45:20+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"sharkbok","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/sharkbok"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"It is not a Tabloid, he had no reason to run around that side and certainly should not have been running so close to the players on the ground; he struck him in the head either by accident or design and only he knows the answer to that. But the fact remains, why was he taking the long way round to get to the ball in the first place ?! And I doubt he will be cited, regardless of the intent or no.","datePublished":"2015-10-24T23:51:09+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"becs","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/becs"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Case closed http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/...-illusion-there-is-no-elbow-from-richie-mccaw","datePublished":"2015-10-25T04:23:12+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"ludwig","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/ludwig"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"McCaw has never been a dirty player and I can't see him starting now. Leave him be. He has one more match to play before he retires. It would be tragic to see him suspended for the final.","datePublished":"2015-10-25T06:46:56+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"CleanCut","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/cleancut"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Its just another sad old used-ta-be but not much of anything these days squeazer like brian moore trying to be relevent .What ,are we to sink to the low ,low standards of wussiness as espoused by the round ball gits ?","datePublished":"2015-10-25T06:57:35+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Wardad","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/wardad"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Clearly no elbow, just his hip hitting Louw's shoulder if anything.","datePublished":"2015-10-25T07:10:38+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Pakie","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/pakie"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"You've got to be kitting me, that's nothing, incidental contact at best. Talk about a vendetta to get McCaw this is ridiculous. Let's see what this idiots in the citing commission do, nothing would surprise me.","datePublished":"2015-10-25T08:00:31+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Just_win","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/just-win"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"You will notice that A. Smith gets a boot /knee to his back from a Bok player in the same clip. Incidental contact both \"incidents\". Let it drop.","datePublished":"2015-10-25T09:18:27+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Just_win","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/just-win"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Hah going on this nonsense plenty of ladies and laddettes at the boxing day sales will be getting cited too !","datePublished":"2015-10-25T09:40:51+00:00","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Wardad","url":"https://www.ruckersforum.com/profile/wardad"}}],"commentCount":17,"interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":17},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/ViewAction","userInteractionCount":763}]}
mate with all due respect he ran towards louw even though the ball was being runned towards the other side. so that line of running does not make sense other than he wanted to catch louw with the elbow....one can see the blood to start to trickle after the hit on his face. no need for that in the game and no need for it from a legend like mccaw
BR
Brycy
Pro4,671 posts
BR
BrycyPro4,671 posts
24 Oct 2015, 22:38
#3
24 Oct 2015, 22:38#3
..he ran directly towards Louw cos Louw had the ball didn't he?...looked pretty innocuous to me... but if people want to make out there was intent to injure then good luck trying to prove it was anything more than accidental..
CA
carpetmuncher
Pro1,667 posts
CA
carpetmuncherPro1,667 posts
24 Oct 2015, 22:51
#4
24 Oct 2015, 22:51#4
mate i am not wearing my boks blinkers at all but to be frank it looked pretty sneaky to me.....the ball was out and he did not change his course at all
BR
Brycy
Pro4,671 posts
BR
BrycyPro4,671 posts
24 Oct 2015, 23:07
#5
24 Oct 2015, 23:07#5
...yea well I haven't got my AB blinkers on either but the more I look at it , the more it looks like Louws trying to bite his elbow..
BR
Brycy
Pro4,671 posts
BR
BrycyPro4,671 posts
24 Oct 2015, 23:08
#6
24 Oct 2015, 23:08#6
...but jokes aside, all the forums I've read are just passing it off as typical British trashy tabloid reporting..was just unfortunate Louw was getting to his feet as Richie was going past - purely accidental...Richie has no worries whatsoever..
..isee PDV the twit on twitter trying to say Richie should have stopped and said 'I'm sorry, and begged his forgiveness too I imagine -can I get you a gin and tonic?.. in the middle of the game?? ' .. too funny is PDV..
..here's a couple of his other posts...
CE
Ceradyne
Pro9,374 posts
CE
CeradynePro9,374 posts
24 Oct 2015, 23:44
#9
24 Oct 2015, 23:44#9
Nah. He won't be cited. That citing commissioner knows that you do not cite Richie McCaw and get away with it.
sharkbok
Captain23,282 posts
sharkbokCaptain23,282 posts
24 Oct 2015, 23:45
#10
24 Oct 2015, 23:45#10
I would say that was most likely an accident. It happens so quick. Mccaw probably would, have missed him, but cut inwards as the Boks moved forward past the ruck.
BE
becs
Pro4,378 posts
BE
becsPro4,378 posts
24 Oct 2015, 23:51
#11
24 Oct 2015, 23:51#11
It is not a Tabloid, he had no reason to run around that side and certainly should not have been running so close to the players on the ground; he struck him in the head either by accident or design and only he knows the answer to that. But the fact remains, why was he taking the long way round to get to the ball in the first place ?! And I doubt he will be cited, regardless of the intent or no.
McCaw has never been a dirty player and I can't see him starting now.
Leave him be.
He has one more match to play before he retires.
It would be tragic to see him suspended for the final.
WA
Wardad
Pro6,663 posts
WA
WardadPro6,663 posts
25 Oct 2015, 06:57
#14
25 Oct 2015, 06:57#14
Its just another sad old used-ta-be but not much of anything these days squeazer like brian moore trying to be relevent .What ,are we to sink to the low ,low standards of wussiness as espoused by the round ball gits ?
PA
Pakie
Captain17,321 posts
PA
PakieCaptain17,321 posts
25 Oct 2015, 07:10
#15
25 Oct 2015, 07:10#15
Clearly no elbow, just his hip hitting Louw's shoulder if anything.
JW
Just_win
Captain18,570 posts
JW
Just_winCaptain18,570 posts
25 Oct 2015, 08:00
#16
25 Oct 2015, 08:00#16
You've got to be kitting me, that's nothing, incidental contact at best. Talk about a vendetta to get McCaw this is ridiculous. Let's see what this idiots in the citing commission do, nothing would surprise me.
JW
Just_win
Captain18,570 posts
JW
Just_winCaptain18,570 posts
25 Oct 2015, 09:18
#17
25 Oct 2015, 09:18#17
You will notice that A. Smith gets a boot /knee to his back from a Bok player in the same clip. Incidental contact both "incidents". Let it drop.
WA
Wardad
Pro6,663 posts
WA
WardadPro6,663 posts
25 Oct 2015, 09:40
#18
25 Oct 2015, 09:40#18
Hah going on this nonsense plenty of ladies and laddettes at the boxing day sales will be getting cited too !