https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=37&v=Os0sj-PCW8E
http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/17/shocki...punch-5249834/
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Ouch.... Don't think that this guy will ever play soccer again.... what an idiot...
you know what, any sport. that is just shit.
It is Soccer, a sport that allows their refs to be mobbed, jostled, pushed and abused by players. It will probably be seen as fair comment.
Appreciate that's tounge in cheek, but the poll on the link I posted above would suggest otherwise. The guy should not only be banned for life, he should be charged by the Policia Federal Argentina
An Auckland referee was "blindsided" by a player during a junior rugby match today, as horrified parents rushed to the official's aid from the sideline.
The incident, during an under-12 open grade game between Papatoetoe Rugby Football Club and Marist Eastern, horrified parents and spectators at the Papatoetoe Sports Grounds.
One parent, who was on the sideline during the match, said there had been four or five consecutive penalties against the Papatoetoe team before a head-high tackle sparked the incident ten minutes into the second half.
"There was a head-high tackle and the referee decided to yellow card the boy," the parent who did not want to be named, told ONE News.
"[The player] was walking towards the goal posts when he turned around and gave the ref the finger."
He said what occurred next was something he never expected to see on a rugby field.
"He ran at the ref and gave him a head-high tackle. The ref had his back turned and was blindsided by the boy who dropped him to the ground.
"There was a bit of a scuffle on the ground and then the player punched the referee."
Parents and spectators rushed onto the field to stop the fight and help the referee who was "lying flat" on the turf.
He said the "shocked" referee managed to regain his feet, before the game was abandoned and the player's parents ushered the "pretty hostile" boy from the sports ground.
"It was pretty disgusting. We all thought it was completely horrible. That poor referee."
Papatoetoe's club captain James Sciascia said he was aware of the incident but declined to comment further.
"I was at the game but I didn't see it," he said.
Auckland Rugby Referees Association referee manager Smudge McNeilage said he was also notified of an incident involving a referee and would receive an incident report tomorrow morning.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/juni...b-game-6337332
Saw that...it will be interesting to see what happens with that, especially with it being an 11 year old. But anything less than a life ban will be seen as a concession to his youth and maybe raging hormones, as the law and all precedent is clear that the ref is sacrosanct. By comparison the Soccer example was probably inevitable when even the referees at the top level are treated like fair game. Everyone can be outraged and up in arms after the event, but the reality is that it was the smallest of steps over the line of what is accepted. They certainly can't pretend that it was unforeseeable when incidents like this...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQes3ELb6vI only get one player 6 weeks and another couple two or three.
that looks like another year ban should have been handed down... Riot police...Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyS