- Sun Nov 28, 2021 4:38 pm
#40411
Game is still ongoing i know, but in light of the Byron incident I'm interested to know everyone's thoughts on the niggle, face rubbing, celebrating, pulling people into rucks, throwing balls away etc that is creeping more and more into the game?
For me - Byron over reacted, I thought yellow but I can see what it was a red. BUT Foley had penalised Maitland for the his gamesmanship against Akker literally 2 minutes before, so surely Tompkins (due to rubbing his head and laughing in his face) should have been carded for his behaviour as it was a deliberate act to get a rise?
I don't know, I'm just getting fed up with the amount of it going on. Refs need to start clamping down on it or it makes a mockery of the core values of rugby in my opinion
For me - Byron over reacted, I thought yellow but I can see what it was a red. BUT Foley had penalised Maitland for the his gamesmanship against Akker literally 2 minutes before, so surely Tompkins (due to rubbing his head and laughing in his face) should have been carded for his behaviour as it was a deliberate act to get a rise?
I don't know, I'm just getting fed up with the amount of it going on. Refs need to start clamping down on it or it makes a mockery of the core values of rugby in my opinion
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