17min: WC Semi-final now ruined. Why, why, why don't they allow a replacement after 10 mins for a RC?
It's a RC. He should have thought about it before his reckless tackle. If you lift someones legs above their waist line, you have duty of care to bring him down safely, whether you drive him to the floor or just let him go.17min: WC Semi-final now ruined. Why, why, why don't they allow a replacement after 10 mins for a RC?
8 min: Red on ground legs in touch. Reaches out, rolls ball into chest. PK, intentionally 'throwing' ball into touch? . . . if my scenario is correct.
Red all day, start at red and nowhere else to go. Blue head and neck hit the ground first.you guys do a GREAT job of educating me... as soon as I saw it I thought "Red Card".
Coukld somebody email the law to ITV marked FAO: Nigel Owen, who is of the opinion it was a PK AT MOST!
The pro commentator has a job to whip up controversey so _might_ be excused (or at least understood but Owen is obviously speaking from the heart-it is what he truly "understands".
didds
I'm afraid we don't make the laws. We just interpret them and apply them.I'm sorry but this highlights a fundamental problem with the Red Card system. There is no doubt that is a dangerous tackle, and should be suspended. But it doesn't warrant a bloke spending the rest of the game off. It's killed the game.
I think most of you guys need to spend a bit of time playing our great game. The game is not about the ref. I repeat. Not about the ref!
Spear tackles in this tournament have not been red carded ever in this tournament or in previous ones. A precedent shouldn't be set this late in the tournament.