Comments on: UPDATE: Manu Tuilagi citing dismissed

By: Solomon

Solomon — Wed, 30 May 2012 11:39:18 +0000

& that will be enough to worry the Saffas the way England are playing.

By: stroudos

stroudos — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:50:12 +0000

Citing dismissed. A victory for common sense!!

Should never have been cited in the first place, adequately dealt with at the time by Wayne Barnes.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:04:24 +0000

So when Henson tackled Tait and legs went above horizontal but not dangerous he should have been cited? No it was a great tackle, a powerful man stopping a less powerful one in his tracks, same with Tuilagi on Care in my opinion.

I wonder if Alesana’s move away is impacting his morale, can’t be easy as he came over to live with his brothers and they seem like such a tight family unit. Not relevant to the point I know but I hope we can see him doing what he does best this summer, busting tackles and smashing people, not stuck at home because of a harsh ban.

By: rico

rico — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:24:40 +0000

I agree Stuart (and with the general comments regarding this citing), especially after barnes comments “legs above horizontal, but not dangerous.” Given that the ref clearly saw it and commented on it, that shuold be the end of it. That in my mind should be taken into account today and no more done, except for the IRB to go back and look at what is actually a ‘dangerous’ tackle.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:45:28 +0000

In the Warburton case, he clearly had hold of the ball carrier below the hips and although he didn’t drive into the ground, he did let him go.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:18:33 +0000

Not remotely dangerous. He’s got him around the midriff, anyone with a basic knowledge of physics would realise a tip tackle from that position is basically impossible. His feet may have been above his head very briefly but he was brought safely down to earth horizontally.

It seems rare these days for someone to be cited retrospectively and not get a ban so wouldn’t be surprised if he gets one but would be a joke if he does.

By: Pontylad

Pontylad — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:14:06 +0000

I don’t think there was any driving to the ground in the Warburton World Cup red card tackle so I don’t think he will escape a ban on that score. However to be fair it looked more like the Stephen Ferris 6 Nations one against Wales in the Six Nations rather than say the Bradley Davies one in the same match and Ferris received no furthher punishment other than the yellow he got in the game.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:02:44 +0000

Tip tackle: Tackler comes to a stop, grasps the ball carrier below the hips, lifts him straight upwards, turns him upside-down, lets him go or drives him to the ground.

In this case Tuilagi came to a stop, grasped the ball carrier around the hips, lifted him straight upwards, turned him upside down, took him to ground, but didn’t drive him.

So not a tip-tackle?

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:50:52 +0000

Taking off my quartered coloured glasses I take it back re Barnes – that was well reffed.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:34:49 +0000

I dont think it was dangerous but if the rules are being applied he should get a 3/4 week ban minimum just like Afoa did in the Ulster V Munster Heineken Cup 1/4 final for the same thing. Afoa was cited afterwards but the ref did not give a penalty in that game.

By: Spike

Spike — Mon, 28 May 2012 23:10:34 +0000

Nope – i just don’t think this is worth a citing. He’s just hit him really hard and Care’s making an effort to turn his body around to present the ball to his team. We can’t take the big hits out of the game, it would become rubbish.

By: Liam

Liam — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:54:30 +0000

Dangerous tackle my arse, Rugby is getting so soft its ridiculous! Citing official would be put to better use spectating Italian football