ChrisB

Just seen the snippets from the International at Twickenham last weekend Sky have picked out. [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Talk about unsportsman like conduct! Punching a man who is defenseless in the bottom of a ruck?

The SA captain should never play International rugby again IMO.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugb...al/2525929.stm

planky

Bloody disgraceful..They should be banned from rugby.

TheScooby

Moan Moan Moan, Of course none of you happened to see the All Blacks v France game? The french prop stepped on Regan King, kicked Tana Umanga then looked up and punched Kees Meews in the head!! And this was not by any stretch of the imagination the only incident. And to show for it we got not one not two, but THREE players sent to the sin-bin. I must admit that the hit on Wilkenson was very over the top, but u got the result didnt you?

TheScooby

Scumbag

You obviously didnt see the footage....the IRB have now asked for a copy of the tape. I have been watching rugby for many years, and have seem a number of hard and brutal encounters. Watching the game live, it was obviously dirty, but seeing the replays is mind blowing - I know that there are far more camera angles now, so dirty play is more likely to be spotted, but there was no excuse for that level of premeditated violence.

ChrisB

Nope, I didn't see NZ vs France. If there's unsportsman like conduct then the IRB needs to take action against it.

Yes, Rugby is a contact sport. People will get their bell rung, fairly and squarely. It's part of the game. Wilko is damn good tackler and if you watch some of his tackles, you see the player deflate as he goes through them.

Throwing at least two punches at Wilko when he's pinned, defenseless on the bottom of a ruck is cowardly and dispicable. It has no place in the game.

Foot_Tapper

How Matt Dawson was walking, when he was eventually taken off , i have no idea. By rights he should have been in hospital.
I think he was only taken off , to prevent him suffering
further punishment.
I have never before seen, a display from an national rugby side,so intent on inflicting injury on the opposition. It wasnt just one player doing it.

Little Miss WRX

I saw the match live and noticed some "ungentlemanly" behaviour (I know!!! ME!!! Watching rugby whatever next???? No, not cricket, I do draw the line at that crap game )

I didn't see the replays though.