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Howdy crew, back from the land of the long white cloud, Air New Zealand Cup and the Rugby Channel...each worth a thread of their own. But since we have just seen Australia maintain their Eden Park losing streak I thought I would throw another controversial one to the masses...
Notwithstanding his (dubious) try allowed by a South African TMO getting it blatantly wrong (again - what's with that) Rocky Elsom was penalised 6 times in the first half.
Now, here is the question - is his aggression in play worth giving away up to 18 points a match from his lack of discipline? I would say not, and no matter how good he is around the park, if he draws the number of penalties that he does, he is only helping the other team.
Of course, he wasn't the only flanker who had a brain freeze getting himself pinged, but it was disappointing to see Elsom nailed so many times. It will be interesting to see what the press say about it this week.