In the light of the alleged choking of Ronan O'Gara in the Scotland Vs Ireland match yesterday, should whole teams be punished if individual players can not be identified for illegal/dangerous conduct?
2007-03-10 23:43:26 · 13 answers · asked by stacey f 2 in Sports ➔ Rugby
fishhooking, eye gouging, choking and any other dangerous play should result in serious punishment if not for individuals then for whole teams
2007-03-11 23:05:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there were "no incidents of foul play" found, I think it would be very difficult to punish anybody. At the end of the day, it is a challenge to see what happens in a ruck, regardless of whether you are watching it on TV, watching at the stadium, or in the ruck as a player.
It is also possible that freakish things can happen, and (although I may be seriously rebutted for this) it is possible that the choking incident was an accident, and it is also possible that it could have been caused by another Irish player.
And how about those incidents when it is possible to identify a player for reckless conduct? O'Driscoll, I mean you, ya skallywag.
2007-03-12 13:46:24 · answer #2 · answered by RossoftheBroons 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rubbish! "nearly killed our best player" i dont think so its like BOD on the lions tour all over again "tana umanga nearly killed me" I ask yie!
I was at the game and had a pretty good veiw of the incident. it looked like a high tackle and nothing more. Its a sport where sometimes dangerous play happens. In a Glasgow V Muster game 2 years ago our tighthead got caught in a tackle which resulted in the player fitting on the field for 5 minutes and he was in a bad way. Pleased to say hes fine now but the glasgow support did not over react citing that the munster team should be punished, and neither did the player in question.
If the referee at the time did not punish the player / team more seriously than a penelty then thats it. fair enough high tackles are dangerous but it was dealt with at the time.
2007-03-11 23:09:59 · answer #3 · answered by glasgow_rugby_fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 12:36:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I agree, they nearly killed our best player. During the game the Scots played very dirty and rough, and once went for O'Gara inwhich O'Driscoll had to stop them.
The player who choked O'Gara was Nathan Hines, who according to players and managers on the pitch, choked O'Gara until blue. Now we have a good chance of winning, (because of the shocking outcome of England/France).
I feel Hines should be banned from rugby for aleast a month, because the match was over and he wouldn't leave O'Gara alone.
2007-03-11 06:24:35 · answer #5 · answered by Miss LaStrange 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whats past is past.
Ronan o gara was being roughhoused the whole match,thats what had brian o Driscoll freaked out in the first half,they only showed the replay once but there were full force digs being thrown at o gara and o Driscoll got punished for it,go figure.
Still i suppose o gara got his own back by scoring a try,
There should be punishment for managers who tell their team to single out players for treatment,look at what happened brian o Driscoll when he was touring with the lions.
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2007-03-11 00:51:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have thought that the performances put in over the last two weeks were bad enough but a cowardly act such as this must be punished and if neccessary all must take the blame.
2007-03-10 23:59:52 · answer #7 · answered by speyhawkzamek 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Shame there is apparently no video evidence, but yes the team must all take the blame.
It was a frustrating game to watch, but I thought sportsmen were supposed to have sporting behaviour, even after such a tense game.
Glad they lost too.
2007-03-11 00:15:58 · answer #8 · answered by bee bee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Makes a change that it was not the Irish doing this!
They like to choke and gauge eyes themselves!
2007-03-11 00:42:21 · answer #9 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes - they should be - let the culprit know he has let down his whole team. Might think twice next time.
2007-03-10 23:45:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋