as a u15 coach i refused to let my players play the second half of a match for safety reasons.
I didnt want to play the match but we had a squad who travelled 40 miles and wanted a game.
there were no post protectors, no medical cover, no first aid bag, the ref was wearing jeans, the opposition had more than a few non-u15s (as in u16s/u17s etc).
Just before half time the score was 35 nil to the oppo, when we got a fairly serious injury, the ref refused to stop the match until the ball went dead.
At that point my capt came over to me and asked me to stop the match.
This was 11 years ago and these days with CP, safety is the first thing coaches and refs look at.
Rugby has moved on ... but in similar circumstances i could foresee me doing the same.
As regards, Hair and Inzaman etc ... i am quite upset about how the ICC have treated the whole affair and Hair and their own laws/ rules.
And as for Simon Hughes comments in the DT ... the ball was only a little striated so it doesnt matter. It's a bit like speeding at 72mph, who cares?
Excuse me?
We have laws or we dont. We obide by them or we dont.
Simon obviously doesnt have teanage kids bec you have to stick to rules/ laws, o/wise people push and push the boundaries and take the p1ss e.g. the perception is that 72mph is ok now, so let's go 75mph .. you have to draw the line and stick to it.
Sign of today's society? a lack of respect of law and order and authority?