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Watch: Former Scotland international red carded after horror tackle on Liam Gill in Japan

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Former London Irish and Scotland international Blair Cowan was red carded for Ricoh Black Rams Tokyo in their clash against Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu.

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Cowan got his tackle attempt wrong and ended up flying into his opposite No 8 Liam Gill leading with the head into the collison. The match was stopped as both players were left reeling from the hit.

After a review by the TMO, the referee had no choice but to issue a red card for the dangerous hit by the 35-year-old Cowan which left the former Queensland Red visibly dazed.

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The Australian loose forward lasted another 15 minutes of play before being substituted out of the game.

The tackle came just 12 minutes into the game leaving the Black Rams down to 14-men for the rest of the match, which was too much of an ask. They were down 18-0 on the stroke of halftime when flyhalf Isaac Lucas scored to give the Rams a glimmer of hope.

But the Shining Arcs ran in a further three second half tries on the way to a 42-13 win as Otere Black kicked 15 points.

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Rieko took literally years to turn from a defensive liability at 13 into a guy, who’s defensively sound as it befits the position. And it all came at the cost of him being much less of an offensive threat, than what he used to be. Proctor is a natural 13, he handles, passes, and kicks way better than Rieko ever will, he just isn’t as fast.


It’s unfair to judge Tupaea on the handful of games he’s had in 2022 before he got nearly crippled by a Wallaby lock. What could Tupaea/Proctor pairing be, if they got the same amount of chances as Jordie/Rieko?


Because no matter how you spin it, playing a player outside of his natural position is a poor asset management. No matter how talented he is, he still competes against players who had years and years of practice at the position. And if said guy is so talented that he actually CAN compete against specialists, imagine how much better still he could have been, if he had all those years to iron the toothing issues at the position. It just drives me mad.


Two things I hate in rugby union beyond description: aping after league, and playing players outside of their natural position. Especially considering, that they all admit they hate it, when they’re allowed to speak freely. Owen Farrell spent 80% of his international career at 12, saying every time when asked, that he is a 10 and prefers to play at 10. Those players are literally held at a gunpoint: play out of position, or no national jersey for you.

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