Dickie E
Referees in Australia
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFeg1wpeVes
this is the Wallabies v Fiji game from last Saturday.
Have a look at the high tackle by Israel Folau (Gold #15) at youtube time 20:45. I'm not so interested in whether it was a YC or not but more interested in the thought process of the referee & TMO. They clearly apportion more culpability on the tackler because his feet were off the ground and was therefore not fully in control.
When the ref explains to the skipper it seemed he was saying "if his feet had been on the ground that tackle was only worth a PK, but because his feet were off the ground he gets a YC".
Thoughts?
this is the Wallabies v Fiji game from last Saturday.
Have a look at the high tackle by Israel Folau (Gold #15) at youtube time 20:45. I'm not so interested in whether it was a YC or not but more interested in the thought process of the referee & TMO. They clearly apportion more culpability on the tackler because his feet were off the ground and was therefore not fully in control.
When the ref explains to the skipper it seemed he was saying "if his feet had been on the ground that tackle was only worth a PK, but because his feet were off the ground he gets a YC".
Thoughts?