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Date October 4, 2012 - 9:08AM
Paul Cully
The International Rugby Board has made the startling admission that officials erred in denying the Wallabies a replacement last weekend in a Test they finished with 14 men.
Despite an earlier ruling against him, the board has declared Wallabies coach Robbie Deans was, in fact, correct in trying to replace Tatafu Polota-Nau with Saia Fainga'a in the match, which saw the Springboks score a try in the dying minutes of their 31-8 win in South Africa.
An IRB spokesman said yesterday that referee, Alain Rolland, had been right to prevent the substitution.
But the governing body then issued the findings to a review, which concluded that Rolland and his officials had made an embarrassing mistake.
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“The area of substitution management is a team effort,” said IRB match official selection committee chairman John Jeffrey in a released statement. “This was an unfortunate case of human error by the match official team, who fully recognise and accept that they made a mistake in the application of the substitution law.”
The Wallabies management will have every right to feel furious at the ruling, as the Springboks scored their last try, to Bryan Habana, with the Wallabies playing, unfairly, short a man. The try blew out the scoreline to 31-8.
The Wallabies' policy of replacing loose-head prop Benn Robinson at the half-hour mark and returning him to the field later in the match has raised some eyebrows, but the IRB has accepted that Ben Alexander was injured during the match, thereby freeing up one substitution that the Wallabies tried to use when Polota-Nau was forced from the field.
http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/un...#ixzz28IXzCoOl
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wouldn't have changed the result though
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IF Benn Robinson can only last 30 minutes on the field he needs to do some work on his cardio.
IF its planned that Robinson is replaced after 30 minutes - Its not done in the spirit of the Laws - and a disgrace.
The Wallabies Management can jump up and down all the like about this - fact is - the Boks spanked us like red headed step children.
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
unfortunately, the Force have been doing the prop replacement every game.
Just another thought.
If Benn Robinson is only running around for 30 minutes and he knows that he is only running around for 30 minutes why the hell isn't he the busiest Forward on the field for that 30 minutes with hit ups and tackle count?
Perhaps the tactic is right, but we are using the wrong player?
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
complete and utter bullshit, they have even contradicted themselves twice in the past day. We have been hoisted on our own petard. It was always going to happen at some point, people have been talking about it all this season.
And if Force WERE doing that tactic, its because we ALSO have been lumbered with a no good fat useless tub of lard.
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“Everyone knows whether it’s rugby, politics or whatever, front-rowers should rule the world, so to have a hooker at the helm makes sense,” Nathan Charles Western Force & Wallabies Hooker.
I'm glad they have investigated the matter to help avoid this in the future. In the end the decision only affected the total amount we lost by.![]()
Go The Force!
Open your eyes folks, the Boks and South African SR teams have been doing it regularly for over a decade.
Australian teams have been increasingly doing it for at least five years.
Should be mandatory that any replaced Front Row player has a pie and a Coke.
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When the force have done this in 2012, 2 of the 3 props did the hard yards for their "burst" on the ground - problem we have had over the past few years is the work ethic of some higher proflie wallaby capped props not pulling their weight around the park.
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can anyone please explain to me how this tub of lard gets a game ? The man belongs in the 80`s. look at any other front row from NZ or SA - see any lard ? nope, just hard arsed men you would not want to run into. Robinson ? surely you would be smiling when you see him lining you up