The Aussies

There are some that don't look with blinkers.

An Article in The Australian, a daily newspaper in Sydney this morning



LIMITING THE POWER OF THE WHISTLE



There are no doubt a lot of Australian rugby supporters celebrating

our victory over the Springboks yesterday. There are also a number of

us that are wondering how on earth we managed to pull it off against a

side that dominated possession and territory and lineouts. Now, I

don't want to take anything away from the Australian victory - our

boys did perform superbly but on the day the Springboks were, we have

to admit, the better side. The boks, as always were magnanimous in

defeat with a somewhat pragmatic approach to the result. I wonder what

our boys would have said faced with the same situation of blatant

incompetence by Mr Bryce Lawrence.



I support Australia and always will but for those of us that believe

in fair play this was a hollow victory. This was very much like

fighting a worthy opponent with one arm strapped behind his back - it

leaves a bad taste. There were rumours about Mr Lawrence's

impartiality before kick-off from a lot of ex pat South Africans now

living in Australia but we tend to dismiss these conspiracy theories

with a grin. Certainly, Mr Lawrence's performance on the field did

nothing to dispel those theories. His performance was nothing short of

abysmal. He did not award the bok try because of a dubious forward

pass. I have looked and looked and to me, anyway, it did not look

forward. Minutes later when the boks once again breached our defences

and were well on the way to scoring another try, he called them back

for a forward pass. If the first call was contentious, there certainly

was nothing wrong with the second one. Here, I must ask - why not use

the "eye in the sky"? An impressive expensive piece of equipment that

should be used for such decisions.



He failed to penalise Pocock for slowing the ball down. If we had

played like that against the All Blacks, they would not have been so

quiet about it. - and rightly so. In the dying minutes of the game he

was in full view of at least 2 high tackles by our boys that went

unpunished. Any of these transgressions, if properly acted on, would

have surely given the game to the Boks with their advantage over

territory. To rub salt in the South African wounds, he awarded a high

tackle to the Wallabies for a chest high tackle.



We won, but did we really? Our sport has always been regarded as a

"hooligans game played by gentlemen" - If we do not want rugby union

to degenerate into a farce that soccer can become we need to make sure

that our refs are of suitable calibre. They need to be trustworthy

gentlemen.



Mr Lawrence, I would advise against any planned holidays to South

Africa for a couple of years.



Chris Davis



The Australian

couldnt have said it better......(tu)

T20 tonite WB... you going?

Hear Hear!

I can't help but wonder if Mr Lawrence gives a hoot. Somehow I think not. Has any action been taken against this blatant dereliction of duty on the part of the refferee? Has the IRB made any official comment on the matter. The least they should say is that they do not support poor officiating. Has Lawrence been fired? or at least reduced to reffing the under 15c sides...

By my count...and it was painful to watch again...he made at least 12 blatantly wrong decisions against us. (SA)

Joel Stransky said after the game that this turkey - Lawrence's - refereeing did not cost SA the game which in my opinion is absolute tripe...of course it did. When 'Mr Cliche' - Ashwin Willemse - said that we lost to the better side on the day I threw my coffee mug at the TV and missed. Unfortunately my missus's favorite vase was smashed to bits so all round a poor start to her birthday.

Rumour has it that Bryce Lawrence was awarded twelve virgin sheep as a gesture of thanks from the Australians. Although there was much dissent amongst the Aussie ranks as to this award they eventually accepted that the gift should be awarded but not before the number was reduced from 24 to 12. Afterall they did't want to over deplete their shagging stock.

Got to hate the sheep shagging, cheating Aussies. :D:D<

As far as I know he is retiring after the world cup? Is this correct?

In the FIFA world cup, referee's got sent home for poor performance, im sure of it!!

gregbucks Wrote:

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> T20 tonite WB... you going?


nah gregs.... trying on my suit n all for that do on sat nite emperors palace lol....

Fark ja, you leave Friday.... Remember your passport...

Try this link for a good larf


www.pod947.co.za/podcast/whackhead/Whackheadswindow20111011.mp3

Thirsty Wrote:

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> Try this link for a good larf
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> www.pod947.co.za/podcast/whackhead/Whackhea
> dswindow20111011.mp3


Excellent!!

October 13, 2011 08:48AM Registered: 1 year ago
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There are some that don't look with blinkers.

An Article in The Australian, a daily newspaper in Sydney this morning


LIMITING THE POWER OF THE WHISTLE .....................................


..Poor English language for a newspaper