Warratahs got beaten by the Force last night. 

Leicester Fainga'anuku was solid at Centre last night I thought. @dingbatt you won't hear any arguments from me regarding ill discipline, it's incredibly frustrating. 

networkn:

Leicester Fainga'anuku was solid at Centre last night I thought. @dingbatt you won't hear any arguments from me regarding ill discipline, it's incredibly frustrating. 

tukapa1: 

I'm not saying I disagree with your sentiments on Ioane, but there's a lack of consistency in your view of what makes a solid centre.

Fair enough. I didn't see those stats (where are you getting those from)?

He looked pretty busy to me. I saw him fall off 1 tackle, but obviously I missed the others. If those stats are accurate then I'd be inclined to say it wasn't that great.

networkn:

tukapa1: 

I'm not saying I disagree with your sentiments on Ioane, but there's a lack of consistency in your view of what makes a solid centre.

Fair enough. I didn't see those stats (where are you getting those from)?

He looked pretty busy to me. I saw him fall off 1 tackle, but obviously I missed the others. If those stats are accurate then I'd be inclined to say it wasn't that great.

I hope attention is being paid to the travesty playing out in European football at the moment. It's the logical outcome of private investment in sport but I don't think that it's good for the game in any way.

It's going to happen in rugby sooner or later.

Handle9:

 

I hope attention is being paid to the travesty playing out in European football at the moment. It's the logical outcome of private investment in sport but I don't think that it's good for the game in any way.

 

It's going to happen in rugby sooner or later.

 

What's happening? I don't watch Soccer?

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56795811 

Handle9:

I hope attention is being paid to the travesty playing out in European football at the moment. It's the logical outcome of private investment in sport but I don't think that it's good for the game in any way.

It's going to happen in rugby sooner or later.

Handle9:

Handle9:

 

I hope attention is being paid to the travesty playing out in European football at the moment. It's the logical outcome of private investment in sport but I don't think that it's good for the game in any way.

 

 

 

It's going to happen in rugby sooner or later.

 

It's all falling apart now. I wonder if the role of Silver Lake in this mess will cause some second thoughts with NZR.

Hard to know what Silver Lake's plan for NZ Rugby actually is. They have a 25% stake so pretty much everything not down on paper could effectively be blocked by the remaining 75% of stakeholders.

I am anxious about the SL Deal for NZR, but I am really not that convinced that the alternative recommendation will greatly improve viewerships, sponsorships or player welfare/retention.

Proponents of the deal seem to be making a case that without significant cash injections, Rugby is dead in the water in the not too distant future.

networkn:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndyGoode10/status/1385147580775124995

I wonder if he actually will have to kill someone before something gets done or he learns. He should be spending a long time on the sidelines.

Lol. Killing someone with a high tackle? Hyperbole much?

Handle9:

 

networkn:

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndyGoode10/status/1385147580775124995

I wonder if he actually will have to kill someone before something gets done or he learns. He should be spending a long time on the sidelines.

 

Lol. Killing someone with a high tackle? Hyperbole much?

 

What I actually said, was whether he *will* have to kill someone before he and his teams take his terrible tackle technique and decision making seriously.

Amazingly this tackle was after a video was released in March of him doing tackle technique practice..

Do you think that tackle was even remotely acceptable? Should it not have been a Red?

I'd guarantee you would see tackles like that in many many club games and they frequently don't get penalised.

He's playing second division rugby with no TMO and the referees aren't the best. All sorts of stuff gets let go when the game can't be dissected frame by frame, which incidentally is one of my problems with the high tackle framework as it's currently applied.