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Eddie Jones blasts 'out of control' rugby laws
By AAP
Test rugby, with the laws of the game again the major talking point after his side’s win over the Wallabies.
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Australian winger Izaia Perese and Jones’ No.10 Marcus Smith were both given 10-minute sin-bins for what were deemed deliberate knock downs when they spilt attempted intercepts.
Their exits drew exasperation from the crowd and bewilderment on social media from those watching at home, their collective groans backed up by former Wallabies coach Jones post-game.
He said neither men deserved to be binned because they were attempting to make a clean catch and that the law to determine a deliberate knock down “doesn’t make any sense”.
But the colourful coach took it further, pointing to the New Zealand-Ireland Test earlier on Saturday, as the All Blacks copped two yellow cards and a contentious red in their loss.
“The game’s out of control,” he said.
“You saw the New Zealand Ireland Test; at one stage, commentators couldn’t count how many players were on the field, you had three backs packing a scrum.
“We’ve gone the full hog where everything’s a red card, yellow card and there needs to be some common sense.
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“I picked up the referee’s pocket (before the game), he had plenty of cards in it.”
Wallabies coach Dave Rennie was more circumspect, but suggested that even the officials didn’t like the deliberate knock-down law and he felt Perese had made a genuine attempt to take the catch.
The 25-17 victory – Australia drew within five points after trailing 19-0 – relieved some pressure on Jones and forced a series decider in Sydney next Saturday.
The veteran coach played with journalists who had amplified the pressure after their series-opening loss in Perth last week.
“I love it,” he said of the outside noise.
“I think it’s fantastic. I love my mother ringing me up in the morning, saying, ‘are you getting sacked, w hen are you getting sacked?’
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“I love that, my poor mother. But I don’t mind, I made the choice to take the job and there’s an infatuation with sacking coaches now
It’s neither here nor there for me, but I love coaching at Suncorp (where he’s now won all seven Tests he’s coached).
“Forty-eight thousand people, all full of drink t hat want to see their team when … when you turn them away it’s a great feeling.”
The deliberate knockdown law is rubbish and the refereeing of it is a disgrace. An English forward deliberately knocked down the ball in the first half and gets no card. Later Perese clearly goes for an intercept and gets a yellow. A knockdown should be treated as a simple knock-on. There would then be no "interpretation" required from the referees.
Also, the English forward who used a forearm to the throat of Nick White should have been sent off. This was a much more serious infringement than the half-hearted headbutt in the first test. Both the Irish ref and the TMO in this game should be dropped from and international panel of referees. (and I say that as an Irishman.)
Deliberate Knockdowns, Ball Stripping, And Players Getting Penalised At Mauls, And Rucks For Not Rolling Away Are All Stupid Rules Which Are Killing Rugby Union.
The players who are penalised for not rolling away is absurd, and unfair on the player, " How Can They Roll Away With Two Or Three Players Lying On Top Of Them.
Stripping The Ball Takes Away The Advantage That Attacking Team Has. " How Can You Call Stripping The Ball By The Defending Team, A Knock On By The Attacking Team? "
Rugby In It's Present State Is Un-intertaining, Boring, Stupid Laws, And Rules Which Is Ruining Rugby As A Sport, And As An Entertainment To Take The To Watch!
F*ck Eddie Jones!!!!