The Third Test Thread.

chupacabra

Here we go...

awec

Referee and TMO contrived to not give a red there.

Neil3030

Ehhhh... Are O'Halloran's shoulders at the back of his head?

Stheno

Yellow given

LuckyGent88

****ing joke

ThisRegard

Has to be red but looking like they'll only go yellow.

Kobe248

Would have been a harsh red tbh

matthew8

Ah here he landed on his head.

Kiwi_knock

Dreadful decision

Clegg

He did in his hole land on his back.

That's his neck he fell on.

BrokenMan

Absolutely disgraceful decision

Adbrowne

thats a disgrace. thats absolute bullsh1t. he was never getting there and he turned a player upside down.

Felix Jones is God

That was a nailed on red

Risteard

No consistency here. TMO bottled it

ThisRegard

Kobe248 wrote: »

Would have been a harsh red tbh

Less harsh than what happened Stander.

tractorporn

How was that not a red if Stander got red for the same in the first test?????

fitz

Complete rubbish. If Stander's was red, that was too. My hole he fell on his back.

Larbre34

awec wrote: »

Referee and TMO contrived to not give a red there.

They did indeed and that is either fraud or cheating of some description.

Against the Stander incident, thats red. All day. We have been a victim of injustice there. Best shouldve taken his chances and remonstrated.

captbarnacles

New way not to say head or neck is obviously 'top of shoulders' ffs

blackdog2

Red all day long. Out of interest that same ref from the first test gave maxime machenoud a red for a fairly innocuous tip tackle yesterday

Shefwedfan

Thats a disgrace

Kobe248

ThisRegard wrote: »

Less harsh than what happened Stander.

Stander was looking at the player

Le Roux wasnt

TeoReid

The biggest problem in rugby, inconsistent refereeing

Fair enough he wasn't looking but he jumped with one hand so wasn't going to catch it.

BrokenMan

TOH must be deformed if that's where his back is

El Chapo

Disgraceful decision. That's a potential neck-breaker.

Sanjuro

Glen Jackson. Hasn't a clue.

A-Train

A joke once again no consistency in ref calls? How was that not red?

DDC1990

Fuming!

What a bottled decision!

Clearly a Red.

thomond2006

That's complete bollocks.

twinytwo

hometown reffing if i ever seen it

stephen_n

So now unless you land directly on the top of your head it doesn't count as your head

Sanjuro

Sanjuro wrote: »

Glen Jackson. Hasn't a clue.

In fairness, it was the TMO that called on the landing.

Rigor Mortis

Kobe248 wrote: »

Stander was looking at the player

Le Roux wasnt

Given that he hadn't a mission of getting to the ball that doesnt make it better.

Felix Jones is God

Rory Best should have been in there like a rat up a drain pipe and get in the refs ear

awec

I genuinely do not understand how the TMO or Jackson thought he landed on his back. I just do not see how you could possibly come to that conclusion.

It was clear as day he landed on his neck, beyond any doubt.

wp_rathead

Hopefully TOH able to return he was playing well

nehe milner skudder

awec wrote: »

Referee and TMO contrived to not give a red there.

as i said in allblacks thread. pregnant pauses, vague statements and whats not big said more telling than whats being said.

"what are you seeing" eh ...............

pickarooney

Not even a penalty for me. Best could have get yellow for dragging back PSDT there.

Rigor Mortis

Luuuuukkkeeeeeey

chupacabra

South Africa offside all over the place. This ref is blind

The problem is that Stander's should have been a yellow. Because one wrong red card call was made, doesn't mean that reds have to be consistently given now.

DDC1990

Great stuff!

SA offside 3 times there and got away with it!

Diabhal Beag

Delighted for Marshall

Kiwi_knock

Well done Marshall, showing some strength so far

irishbucsfan

LLLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE

Adbrowne

thats one of the best tries ireland have scored this year

Dave_The_Sheep

I'm still actually shaking in anger at that decision. Jokeshop.

Rigor Mortis

awec wrote: »

I genuinely do not understand how the TMO or Jackson thought he landed on his back. I just do not see how you could possibly come to that conclusion.

It was clear as day he landed on his neck, beyond any doubt.

WHat is most annoying is that they have the ability to review it in slo mo, its not hard to stop and clearly see the neck and head hit the ground first

chupacabra

chupacabra wrote: »

South Africa offside all over the place. This ref is blind

In fairness, touchies should be keeping an eye on that for him.