Nope, with the red card.
The law is the law.
You claimed there was no law in place at the time for it, there was, you’re wrong about it.
I’d have been a fan of a dump tackle back in the day but that was excessive even twenty years ago.
No I didn’t.
That was the rule. Now tell us how it managed to circumvent that?
Law 10.4 (j) states that “lifting a player from the ground and dropping or driving that player into the ground whilst the player’s feet are still off the ground, such that the player’s head and/or upper body come into contact with the ground, is dangerous play. Sanction: penalty kick.”
Ooooooooffftttt
There was at least two other suspensions arising from tip tackles in the competition in the pool stages. One was for a tackle on Pat Lambie and the other was on Clerc as well. Can’t recall exactly if both got a red card on the pitch but citing commissioners deemed both to be a red card offence and suspended accordingly after the game.
The words of the man himself who was big enough to swallow his mistake. Quite a detailed and well thought out response and certainly no indication that he doesn’t mean a word of it
So what went wrong? Well, I always take a lot of pride when someone comes down my channel because it says to me the opposition have done their analysis and have sent a player at me to expose me.
So I always I want to be solid as a rock. I want to knock Clerc back and immediately jump up and steal the ball off him.
Because I threw myself into it so much, because it wasn’t met with much resistance within half a second I remember him being up in the air. I knew immediately it was a problem because the tackle on Brian O’Driscoll on the Lions tour immediately flashed into my head.
I knew I couldn’t hold onto him because if he tipped then it would look absolutely awful so I thought the best thing to do was let go and that was clear to see.
I hadn’t realised how high I had lifted him so straight away I went in to get the ball, pulling it against my chest and thinking ‘that’s an awesome turnover’.
The next thing three or four French players were at me and knew I was in trouble when I was Clerc still lying on the floor.
I thought I might get a warning or a yellow card, but when I saw it was a red card, I thought the best thing to do was just walk off because I didn’t think it was right to complain. It all happened so quickly that it was like a big blur.
Having watched it again on the video clips, I don’t have a leg to stand on. I pleaded guilty. It was a red card, no question. My only argument is that the laws might be a bit harsh because I think the referee should be able to interpret the law depending on the situation.
So you admit it was foul play then?
An embarrassing evening for some of the forum’s Galway hurling supporters on a day when they should have been celebrating a fine victory.
One has been furiously and unsuccessfully trying to prove that a correctly awarded red card in a Rugby World Cup match six years ago was a carriage of misjustice, another spent the last 15 minutes of the Leinster final itself furiously trying to deny that he’s a paedophile after a joke insult was aimed at his anonymous INTERNET persona, while another has spent the evening trying to prove that the date of January 1st, 2017 was actually the date of December 31st, 2016.
If these Galway supporters actually attended matches, they might avoid this sort of farcical, self-inflicted embarrassment.
Unfortunately they don’t attend matches.
The only lad on the board who didn’t know Rassie Rasmussen was leaving Munster was @gilgamboa
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No mate. You guys stated it incorrectly about 9 times and missed calling it when it was actually true. If he was leaving when ye first said it he would be gone by now instead of stuck working out his notice and hoping Munster might do him a deal and let him away early
When you’re explaining you’re losing. Throwing in a heap of smilies won’t change that.
A what?
Crawl away from keyboard. You’ve been shameful today. Not big, not clever, not funny.
I suspect you’ve found a half bottle of Bushmills blend down the back of the couch.
Some of what you’ve spouted today has been shameful. All of it has been lame.
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Sigh.
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Saying that other posters are drunk because their posts make you feel uncomfortable is the definition of lame, pal.
I’m winding you all up tremendously and well you know’t.