Video of du Plessis neck lock submission hold on Pocock

[beige]

They seem to have relaxed the going off your feet law this season, I've seen so many flying superman head contacts into the ruck with no penalties given.

There was an article in The Australian saying that SANZAR will be chatting to the refs about that.

[Darren]

I'm sure someone already posted this somewhere (I actually thought it was this thread?) but from Pocock's twitter feed quoting du Plessis

"Next time, I'll break your f*cking neck." - Jannie du Plessis, #Sharks prop and all-round nice guy.

Haha, what a good bloke...

[Darren]

timing... This popped up on Poey's twitter 1 minute after my previous post:

Got a call from Jannie du Plessis last night - ended up having a good chat. No hard feelings. All sorted. Gd luck to #Sharks v the #rebels..

[Burgs]

Will make for an interesting fixture.

[TOCC]

its the friggen gator roll cleanout technique, i personally dispise it and refuse to use it or encourage it to be taught.

The issue with the technique is that it forces a players body to pivot, and as highlighted by Pococks leg, if a limb is caught then you risk serious ligament injury.
Not only at a professional level, but at amateur levels where players core muscle's aren't developed enough, you can risk causing serious back injury to a unsuspecting player.

I dont think the one done on Pocock was pre-meditated or intended to cause serious injury, but the reality is, for a player like Pocock pilfering the ball, the gator roll is the most effective way to clean the player out.

[Burgs]

"All sorted" ie, he will rip his f*cking head off

[palitu]

heh, seems like bam is getting that aggression going this season.

What i like about rugby is that this sort of stuff happens all the time. ie, the call up and apology. All the boys can have a beer together after the fact. It was on the field of play. it stays there.

The best way to stop a pilferer is to 'break the glass', ie, get between his arms, which breaks his contact with the ball. Then the clearing is the lift one leg, which causes them to over balance, and, "down i go".

[jazza93]

Thats a good method, but so are these wrestling moves. Possibly something officials should be looking into for the future of the game. Your certainly not bound to the ruck if you can flip other players over your head. But its also possible the rules need to evolve.

Time will tell.

[BeeJay]

well, as much as i don't disagree. There are always neck holds in clearing out the ruck. this one just looks really bad :|

you cannot watch a game and not see someone pulled off of a ruck using there head.

The point is that Poey could have easily avoided injury had his neck not been held in a lock. He could have allowed his body to fall to the left, thus avoiding lateral movement of his right knee.

[zimeric]

i think a couple of you have misunderstood Poeys tweet
what hes saying is that Bismark had said to him that next time he wouldnt get off so lightly.. but not in so many words..

[unipirate]

Ok so what I don't understand is how that doesn't get reviewed after the match? They do have match review right? That kind of tactic, premeditated or not, isn't legal in rugby law I am sure, right? Very strange indeed!!

[jono]

i read an article on the iphone super rugby app that it is going to be investigated. hang on a sec

[jono]

cant find it now. too knackered to look harder. sorry

[theforceguy]

Have a look at the Referee's position when the incident happened It was right in front of him

[travelling_gerry]

Just looking at the video again. What about the #4 coming in with an attempted shoulder charge to Pocock and missed???