Australian first five-eighth Quade Cooper was cited after the Tri-Nations decider for kneeing All Black captain Richie McCaw in the face. We've just read that he has been cleared of the charge, and is free to play in Rugby World Cup 2011.
Here's the incident:
Whaddya reckon; did the SANZAR citing commissioner get it right, or is Quade Cooper a very lucky man tonight? We're leaning toward the latter, not that it makes any difference! Still, sport is all about controversies and rivalries, and Quade Cooper might regret his action the next time that a rampant All Black forward pack runs straight at him...
8 comments:
I'll believe in the tooth fairy before I believe that the contact was accidental.
Not a real biggie as there was no great force behind it but he is very lucky to have escaped without sanction.
This will not exactly make him a crowd favourite here in New Zealand during RWC - mind you arrogant arse that he is will probably love that.
Watching the game I thought here we go, Brad Thorn, possibly one of the hardest yet fairest players in the game today, would suffer the harsh punishment so beloved by officials who treat retaliation as a crime while ignoring the often outrageous incident that is the trigger, and give 10 minutes in the bin or worse a red card.
It was a cynical bit of thuggery and unwanted by most players and fans, taking a cheap shot at someone trapped in a ruck.
I just view it as a measure of the real Quade Cooper.
Sort of sums up the tough sticker wearing idiot.
Quite clearly his departure to australia raised the IQ in Tokoroa.
Good on him. Rugby how it's meant to be played. McCaw will waste him next time. What are you pussies worried about? The players both got it right. Quade essentially said it's not tiddliwinks and McCaw didn't have a moan. Unlike you soft Creepy-Uncle-State right wingers. Christ these past two years has been worse than being nannied to within an inch of my orthodox methodist life.
What do you think of the Arie Smith Vorkkamp case INV2? Still a sceptic? Or are you going to base an opinion on evidence for once?
i think you polished too many knobs
The commissioner got it right, part of rugby and definitely not deliberate foul play.
He's a hard man alright...sly knee to an opponent on the ground and a "stand still and try to be invisible" rather than tackle Nonu.
Seems to me that Richie ain't so innocent regards the roots of this rivalry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TkDTkXuxr7Q
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