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Originally Posted by denphone
Try telling that to many British supporters of Wales yesterday and even you seem unhappy at the decision looking at your previous post of 214.  |
I'm unhappy about the rule NOT the decision and sadly there's no perfect solution. As I said during that post, it appears the ref's hands were tied.
The fact that the Wales supporters are clearly aggrieved makes my point that in such situations the ref. can't win because, whatever he decides, one lot won't be happy. The final penalty in the match is more evidence of that. Had it gone over the Welsh would've won due to a bad decision and the French would've rightly been complaining loud and clear as it was such an obvious mistake.
Anyway, over the years, I've heard many a holier than thou 'lecture' aimed at the English for whining about refereeing decisions and blaming them for their failures so it's quite nice to be on the sidelines watching others engaged in the very same thing. Had Hook not been a let down on the day and Wales kicked their points it wouldn't have mattered. C'est la vie as they say in France.....
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Meanwhile back in the other semi-final - the All Blacks have stifled their opponents and, if they'd kicked their points, would've been out of sight a while ago. As it is with less than 10 mins to go 20-6 is a winning margin and the Wallabies are out.
What is it with the kicking this time around? It's been pretty poor/inconsistent for the most part so perhaps what's needed is a standard ball the specification of which doesn't change and which the teams get plenty of chance to get used to before the big event takes place.