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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
Unsure about one off match tickets but the Force have clearly gone for a cash grab from their members by spreading the Gold category over several extra blocks.
We used to sit in the top half of block E226 which used to be silver and is now Gold. E125 on the ground level used to be Silver but is now Gold too. I've found the old seating category chart so I know I'm not insane.
Old chart:
E228 + E229 had Platinum (Cat 1) for probably the first third of the block, Gold (Cat 2) for the next third with Silver (Cat 3) for the final 3rd of the blocks.
https://wa.rugby/news/2020/12/01/202...ips-go-on-sale
Siosifa Amone issued a Warning
Good News to start the week:
In his finding, Foul Play Review Committee Chair Michael Heron KC ruled the following:
"Having conducted a detailed review of all the available evidence, including all camera angles
and additional evidence, including from the player and submissions from his legal representative,
Michael Tudori, the Foul Play Review Committee found the foul play did not breach the Red Card
threshold."
"With respect to sanction the Foul Play Review Committee deemed the act of foul play merited a
Warning as it was close to, but did not breach the Red Card threshold. The Foul Play Review
Committee deemed that the tackle was low force and additional players being involved within the
tackle, mitigated the sanction to a Warning.
Simon Cron: “People talk about winning and losing all the time and they are critical, but there’s a process to get into and it’s the ability to stay present, do your job and execute skills under pressure.”
Like we spoke at the game, that was our group's reason for moving too. And despite coughing up every year since 2006, it started to feel like wanting to see an out-of-form horse go round a few times before investing more dosh. In the end we downgraded to behind the in-goal as we couldn't see much downside compared to what was on offer.
BTW they work out to about only $16 per game. Bargain compared to what Boof paid!
We've always sat in the corner behind the goal. Actually prefer it. And the Force Membership have been great with organising and keeping seats each year.
Damned if they do, and damned if they don't. Sort of like the police constantly picking up someone for breaking the law and then getting off when they head to court.
The Force needs to get smarter. Other teams have realised that if they are under defensive pressure, ducking the head and stepping/launching into the second tackler has a good chance of drawing at least a penalty, if not a card. Doesn't matter if it gets dismissed later on review, teams are clearly treating it as a legitimate tactic in the moment.
Unfortunately, I thin this will have World Cup implications for Aus and NZ. I think the leniency of the judiciary is the key reason the 20min Red Card trial was scrapped and contributed to a dismissive culture about this protocol in SRP. As a result, both Aus and NZ had pretty crappy Northern tours last year and (although I didn't watch NZ much) I'm sure a lot of it was as a result of penalties through tackling high.
Last year, refs modified their adjudication in SRP due to some high profile players being let off and I expect this will happen this year.
It all seems to revolve around the interpretation of "late and sudden change of movement" and I think NH is far less lenient in that regard.
I personally didn't think Ollie had made head contact, there was an angle shown which made me doubt it, yes he was high, probably a penalty, maybe a yellow.
Siosifa on the other hand made clear direct contact which AFAIK increases the level of danger regardless of the level of force and I thought he definitely had a case to answer, the only thing that was possible IMHO was the mitigation of the other tackler involved moving the ball carrier around.
It was a tough situation, but I reckon at the World Cup, that red would have been upheld.
It matters not a whit, because neither of those players will get within cooee of a spot on the plane to France, but it will likely come back to bite the national reps on the ass at some point.
C'mon the