Flounce
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- Nov 15, 2006
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So no second yellow for pushing Pedro over and stamping on his back? You are far too defensive of SHITE referiing imoHaving watched rugby for many years, I can assure you that refs miss a lot. Much of which is unavoidable. The players, mostly, just accept it. There is also the help of VAR which is good at ruling on tries.
But right from a young age discipline is drilled in and the ref is off limits. But I can assure you that, although the language is politer, rugby forums are full of moans.
You cannot assume that Dunk was picking up on something that was missed. It's an example of the default position I'm talking about. Dunk clearly said something that crossed a bad line. Only has himself to blame.
I watch matches from a neutral point of view excepting that I have a team I support. In this case Albion. Sometimes I see poor refereeing decisions. But the majority that are claimed to be poor are partisan and decisions I had no beef with when I saw them live. There are grey areas, and as long as the referee is impartial it's fine.
I saw nothing, I say nothing, in Taylor's performance today that I did any more than 'maybe' waving hand to. The penalties with both Stockleys. And it kicked off after the second verdict. That is a player problem. And, as I said, the referee is not a nanny.