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robdinsdale wrote:https://popsport.com/article/42629-me-patrulireba-mevaleba-da-sachmelsats-varigeb-dimitri-basilaia-kievs-itsavs
Dimitri Basilaia, who I remember as an abrasive backrower for us back in the day, is now the owner of a restaurant in Kiev and contributing to the defense of the city.
Tichtheid wrote:TheSmidge wrote:zt1903 wrote:
3 week ban. If that’s really a red the game is lost.
Sorry, don't see the controversy. Hand-off to the face, particularly at speed, has always been a red when penalised. When it has been penalised, of course.
Entry point for head contact is 6 weeks, so getting it down to 3 weeks for good disciplinary record and willingness to undergo the specialist coaching is good going.
If it had been a straight arm hand-off to the face which broke Lowe's nose and sent him head first to the ground it would have been perfectly legal.
I think that is the reason for the disagreement with that being worth a red and a ban, it was a clumsy attempt at a hand off during which minimum contact between face and the fleshy underside of the forearm occurred.
The tackler was going too high in the first place, there should be mitigation for that.
It also TonySpreadbury me off that this is penalised similarly to the punch in the face that Ritchie got v France, and a shoulder charge straight to Darge's head by a French lock flying into the ruck got completely ignored.
Yes yes, the letter of the law and all that, but it's not being applied consistently
The Feral Goat wrote:Looks like another bad injury for darge after only 13mins. Can't catch a break at present
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