MATCH THREAD: Cardiff vs Leinster, Sat 10th Jan 2015 14:40, Cardiff Arms Park, SS1

Jello

matthew8 wrote: »

Am I missing something or did the Blues knock on at the base?

I thought the exact same.

Tox56

Teferi wrote: »

Wouldn't blame Conan for that turnover, the clear out was powder puff garbage.

The opposite, he made a lot more ground than he had any right to and got us going forward which should have made the clean out easier

matthew8

matthew8 wrote: »

Am I missing something or did the Blues knock on at the base?

Yup. And clear as day in the replay but not a word from the ref or tmo.

RuggieBear

matthew8 wrote: »

Am I missing something or did the Blues knock on at the base?

perhaps not a knock on but just before the try one of the players picked the ball up and drove into his own man...accidental offside

Quint2010

Absolute clear knock on there. Are referees blind? I cannot believe he gave that!!!

vienne86

That was good pressure from Leinster. Mike Mac redeeming himself there....made good ground.

matthew8

Would really like to get within one score by the break. Always like to have wind in the second half but you can't rely on it to dig you out of a 2 score hole.

Sangre

Leinster look really good going forward but knock-ons are killing them.

A-Train

Clear knock on the ref didn't even look at it.

LuckyGent88

Poor enough miss there

Irlandczyk

Very ugly kick there...

Edit: That was awful, card coming here. Clotheslined Kearns...

vienne86

Agh.....we're missing Mads off the tee.

Kanrith

Has to be a yellow.

matthew8

At least a yellow there. Could be called a red.

LuckyGent88

Jaysus that was an awful attemp at a tackle.

At least yellow

RuggieBear

thats at least a yellow

total former

Hoeata is an absolute liability. Yellow all day.

vienne86

Shocking high tackle there on Rob Kearney. He should be off.

Quint2010

That should be a yellow minimum

aimee1

thats red, it was deliberate

RuggieBear

ref thinking red

molloyjh

Debating a red. I'd think yellow.

molloyjh

He does swing the arm though. Red.

matthew8

Good call by the referee. That's about as bad as a high tackle can possibly be.

RuggieBear

red.

swinging arm.

Irlandczyk

Red is the right decision for me. Stupid, dangerous tackle.

Dave_The_Sheep

Would have given yellow myself, but he can have no complaints about that red.

Kanrith

Yep, red card.

eigrod

Correct decision. No excuses of Kearney ducking into it or the player being wrong footed.

irishbucsfan

No touching of the hair or face. Broke the Kearney golden rule, easilly a red card.

vienne86

Red.....justified. He didn't have to do that....not accidental. Very dangerous.

total former

Muppet

Well done ref.

No crowd reaction tells you everything.

shuffol

Yellow card, don't like seeing a red for that, Kearney running at pace made it look worse.

Quint2010

Deserved red. One Leinster come on!

LuckyGent88

No complaints really.

Leinster should nearly be thinking 4 try bonus point win already

Leinster should get the bonus point from here

Glass Prison 1214

Have to say I think that's harsh, I reckon a yellow would have been the right call. Hopefully it doesn't end the game as a contest.

A-Train

Terrible terrible tackle, red card is the correct card.

Piliger

total former wrote: »

Muppet

Well done ref.

No crowd reaction tells you everything.

Indeed ... and I am so sick of commentators who talk endlessly about 'intent'.

vienne86

Big chance for Leinster now with extra man for more than half the match.

Larbre34

shuffol wrote: »

Yellow card, don't like seeing a red for that, Kearney running at pace made it look worse.

No, he had clear vision, he had sound footing, Kearney was only jinking slightly and didnt bob his head.

It was reckless and dangerous and apparently intentional. Red

Glass Prison 1214

Larbre34 wrote: »

No, he had clear vision, he had sound footing, Kearney was only jinking slightly and didnt bob his head.

It was reckless and dangerous and apparently intentional. Red

Don't think it was intentional at all, just a bad tackle. The fact that kearney was running at full pace made the tackle look worse.

Irlandczyk

Well, Leinster have liked spreading the ball out from wing to wing practically all this season. There will be a lot of space to find holes now. Cut out knock ons and we have this game.

Need straighter lines, Conan running across the pitch there.

Larbre34

Someone needs to get Teo to stop going into contact swinging the ball outboard like a frisbee.

vienne86

Glass Prison 1214 wrote: »

Don't think it was intentional at all, just a bad tackle. The fact that kearney was running at full pace made the tackle look worse.

Not intentional, but dangerous.

irishbucsfan

That was a hell of a turnover from Navidi.

Sangre

Leinster going wide too quickly. Old habits creeping in.

matthew8

Wouldn't talk about a bonus point, everyone thinks a red card makes it a cakewalk but there are countless examples of teams with red cards coping really well.

aimee1

Glass Prison 1214 wrote: »

Don't think it was intentional at all, just a bad tackle. The fact that kearney was running at full pace made the tackle look worse.

its a swinging arm to the head. Its a red