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Yeah but I made it obvious ;-)
Yes they do a video review of the match and Vickery is likely to recieve a ciatation or fine for his tackle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
By far the worst action during the game was the spear tackle on Olly Barkley, and I'm not just saying that because it was against an England player but because I saw a former team member of mine suffer a broken neck from something very similar. I was stunned that the USA player wasn't red carded for it.
England as a team played poorly, too many line-outs lost to such a sub-standard oponent. The try that USA scored just about summed it all up, if my local club side had let in one that soft they'd have extra training for a week.
I'm not looking forward to Friday :\
watched a rugby match, while waiting for the IndyCar race, for the first time in my life, Ireland vs Namibia.
quite a good sport :D hell better than American Handball :up:
You should have watched the South Africa v Samoa match. One of the best games I've seen for ages. Brian Habana was simply electric :DQuote:
Originally Posted by jso1985
I am! :cheese:Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlMetro
Couldn't agree more. That was an ugly tackle if ever there was one I just thought Vickery's tackle was worse because due to the fact that the US players are semi-Pro whereas Vickery is a pro and should have known that. Rugby is always going to have injuries but there's no need to do either of those things. Samoa v SA was physical and the Samoans had a few tackles that were below board as well and the Boks had a few that weren't the best either. I still think Union is a very clean game though. Strange that you get football hooligans when the game is so non-violent whereas Union is inherently violent with all the bodies colliding and such and but I've never heard of Union violence :mark: Who's your pick for the World Cup? I'm biased towards South Africa but I think it's 50:50 between them and NZ at the moment. I'm hoping for a historic re-enactment of the '95 final though :D
Vickery's tackle was stupid and he deserved a yellow card. No arguement about it.
The spear tackle should have been a straight Red as this sort of tackle is out of order.
Overall, it was a game that offered little for England. If they beat them by 70 points, people would say they should have done. If they beat them by 20 points, it's a moral "loss" in the eyes of the media.
USA played out of their socks off and tackled their hearts out. England just didn't spark but perhaps they will learn from this and be able to step up to the mark on Friday.
I would like to see a bit more consistency in the Reffing though. Something as fundemental as advantage after a knock on should be consistant. The ball should not go through half a dozen pairs of hands, from one side of the field to the other, and then be brought back for the Knock on.
Anyway, onto Friday and lets hope the Boks play a clean game for once.
I think the yellow card was appropriate for the spear tackle. It was an isolated (although serious) incident and not a general indicator of how Emmery (the one who was tripped) played the game. A yellow card would have been appropriate for Vickery but if the ref or touch judge doesn't see it then you can't complain. If he doesn't get rubbed out for a game I think he should be warned and the next offence is a game ban.
I'd like to ask why you're worrying about the Boks being dirty when an English player has just been cited by the video ref? :mark: The boks played cleanly this weekend and they came up against harder opposition than the English gave the US ;)
Must say I was impressed by the US and how they played other than the spear tackle of course. As you said they played with heart and you can't help but like that. I'm certain there were a lot of English people who cheered their try :D That's what I love with Rugby. Everyone's happy as long as it's a good fair game and we even boo our own team if they play dirty :)
A really good opening few days for the rugby world cup, great to see some of the small sides, giving it a real go in this tournament :up: I honestly thought Canada were gonna beat Wales :p :
Vickery wiped out for 2 matches! Even I don't think that's fair.
Possibly, but you can't go round tripping players up with your feet, it's not cricket. If it had been a non English player I would've been shouting at the TV, for a few games ban.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Anyway, anybody but the Small Blacks to win the Cup, they have far too much influence in the running of the game, with the allowance of forward passes, blocking tacklers. And the next RWC in New Zealand, a perfect opportunity to spread the game, by taking it to Japan, so what happens, oh what a surprise, NZ get it. Please...!!!