tha_mai says...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb2eUvpBJEs I'm not so sure re a ban, watch the video, while BT has him lined up, Kankowski is tackled/dragged down by Chiefs 5. Leave it to the experts.

Posted 01:48 06th August 2012

makemehappy says...

Did it really come close to red card threshold??? What utter bollocks!! Foul yes, yellow card wouldn't have been out of place, but anyone who thought that could have resulted in a red card needs to take up a different sport - like table tennis!

Posted 11:58 05th August 2012

colvin says...

You see, there is a problem with the laws of rugby as they apply to red cards.

Under the current laws Ben should have been sent off at the 47th minute as, per the Citing Commissioner, the tackle "met the threshold of red card". If Ben had been sent off the Chiefs would have been down to 14 men against the Sharks 15. The Sharks would have been back in the game. Therefore the fact that he wasn't sent off was very unfair to the Sharks under the present laws. Ben wasn't even penalised.

But who would have wanted Ben sent off. That would have been a punishment far greater than the crime deserved.

So the laws need to be changed. The following could be put in place which is much fairer, using Ben's tackle as an example;

The TMO can contact the referee and tell him about the tackle.

Ben gets penalised.

Ben gets a red card.

After 10 minutes another prop comes on in replacement of Ben

Ben gets the appropriate suspension later.

That is, a red card gets the player sent off but he gets replaced by another after 10 minutes. That way the match is not destroyed which too often happens after a red card. Who remembers the Welsh captain at the RWC?.

Posted 04:07 05th August 2012

ruckingkiwi says...

Its not tiddly winks

Posted 23:33 04th August 2012

Carpelone says...

It was not the only one, including a couple of shoulder charges.

Posted 16:17 04th August 2012