Rugby is a highly political game. Refs are deep in politics. The bunker is flooded with political considerations.
SC vs SA rugby: early on, head to head contact, tackler upright, willingdully ignored by the ref.
To be compared to other similar situations that happened in other games.
Way easier to be brutal when refs prefer to look the other way.
I noticed it too, Moola. They were on about 10 penalties on their goal line and he had even warned them.
Everyone I was watching the game with were asking if he'd forgotten Wales were on a warning.
And yeah that goal line hit was two shoulder smashes. That should have been a penalty try and a yellow.
Rugby politics is like the hierarchy of bias and corruption in leftist identity politics.
That poor Fiji winger.
The guy must feel so bad today.
The grass was likely full of dew and the ball skidded onto him faster than he thought it would.
Feel for the guy.
One thing is for sure, I won't be forgetting that game any time soon.
We have to put up with his poor officiating in the Premiership all the time.
I saw the second half and it was a disgraceful display.
I also want to know how Jessie Kriel escaped a red card for his head on head clash in the Scotland match. Very poor officiating in this RWC so far.
Haha they showed that Jessie's head incident once, very quickly, and never went back to it. So I only saw it once.
At the time I didn't think it looked too bad but they could have at least had a closer look.
To be honest, I think it was probably a yellow...but the one on Friday against Curry was ridiculous. Every comment I have read, including many on Reddit and YouTube, agrees that it was never in a million years a red card.
This is exactly the type of situation that those sorts of stupid decisions create. It sets a precedent.
It was almost identical to Curry’s.
If his was a Red, everyone else doing the same should get Red. As you say, a precedent was set and should be adhered to.
Finn Russell's premeditated shoulder charge on Kurt Lee Arendse was far more deserving of a red than Tom Curry's accidental head clash.
Russell got off Scot free (if you'll excuse the pun) while Curry missed 78 minutes of a crucial game and will pick up a suspension.
Some consistency please.
I agree, Rooinek.
It’s making a mockery of the whole thing.
I thought the ref was even handed on ruck penalties….and Wales wee penalized more being mostly on the defensive. But there were innumerable round the head tackles of Fiji players that were not called. And there was justifiable anger when after one Welsh player got his marching orders, the ref then lamely issued another card warning, instead of a second card.
On the bringing down the maul penalty, the Welsh maul shifts laterally to the right with the ball carrier pivoting round the side of the maul and the Fijians literally turning off the back….so there were two Fijians defending the maul. Was that ‘changing lanes’…it sure looked like it.
But it was a brilliant game by both sides and Wales helped make it so by not closing up shop and taking Fiji on at their own game. And they got lucky, Fiji dominated territory and possession 58% and 65%. And outgained Wales 655 metres to 396 metres.
And all of it will amount to players taking a dive as soon as the feel contact to their head.
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What a disgrace to his profession this wanker is! In the Welsh vs Fiji game today he exhibited blatant bias against the Fijians. Late in the game he simply refused to give the Welsh a 2nd yellow when he had no problem doing so last week when binning Cane shortly after Barrett! However, what was worse was the incident before half time where the Fijian lost the ball over the line. Just prior to that a Welsh defender flew in low with his shoulder and took the legs out from under the Fijian and he subsequently lost the ball when hit by another player. Carley said no infringement as he could see the Welsh player’s arm coming around. This is just complete bullshit! Correct result should have been a yellow card and a penalty try!! What say you Hasbeeno? Crooked NH refs or what??