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Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:16 pm
by Russ
Ruan is a naughty boy apparently for kicking the winning conversion for Montpellier versus Clermont
http://www.rugbydump.com/2018/01/6148/r ... of-the-law
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Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:23 pm
by Rooster
Smart move by intelligent player, Clermont-Ferrand would have done the same, Ulster would have dropped a goal got restarted and give away a penalty at the restart
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:31 pm
by big mervyn
Should he have got another 90 seconds after the Clermont player encroached?
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:33 pm
by Rooster
The man still pishes ice cubes
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:35 pm
by Russ
big mervyn wrote:Should he have got another 90 seconds after the Clermont player encroached?
If he missed he would have been entitled to a retake
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Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:35 pm
by Cornerfleg
It looks worse in slow motion....
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:44 pm
by Cornerfleg
#classicinthespiritofthegame.
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:18 pm
by Dave
Bloody smart play. If that was us we would take the kick without waiting, miss it, knock on the resulting 22 drop out, they would go up and score a try denying us a losing BP.
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 1:38 pm
by Neill_M
Very smart play. People are precious about very little these days. If it happens against you - outrage, if your side does it - great play
Ulster would not have the brains to do that right now. He has got a large set of cojones on him to do it still.
World Rugby probably drawing up new rules right now that kickers can't stall/delay etc - similar to the time Italy managed to fool England last year with their non-rucking tactic, only to have it banned by WR.
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:24 pm
by big mervyn
If they stopped the clock for pens and conversions it wouldn't be an issue. It's invariably stopped for a prolonged TMO consultation in any case. 90 secs is, quite frankly, ridiculous. I thought it was a minute.
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:41 pm
by BaggyTrousers
Thoughts are:
- Glad Ruan knew what he was doing, great pro.
- 90 seconds?????? FFFS is that a law or some French deviation
- Clermont fans will have been apoplectic, mainly because their 9 & kicker didn't know the laws and failed to take a simple 3 points that would have got them an SDC QF last year.
- Ruan Pienaar's Montpellier is top of the league, would love the great man to win a gong before he finishes.
- I may well have my bricks sold, when driving to Spain I may go via Montpellier if it's possible to catch a game, anyone got Ruan's number, I'm sure he'd want to meet up.
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:48 pm
by Wee Woman
Was just going to say that Montpellier are top of their league Baggy, I hope Ruan wins something with them and fair play to him for playing the game within the rules
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:48 pm
by big mervyn
BaggyTrousers wrote:Thoughts are:
- Glad Ruan knew what he was doing, great pro.
- 90 seconds?????? FFFS is that a law or some French deviation
- Clermont fans will have been apoplectic, mainly because their 9 & kicker didn't know the laws and failed to take a simple 3 points that would have got them an SDC QF last year.
- Ruan Pienaar's Montpellier is top of the league, would love the great man to win a gong before he finishes.
- I may well have my bricks sold, when driving to Spain I may go via Montpellier if it's possible to catch a game, anyone got Ruan's number, I'm sure he'd want to meet up.
Done that route a few times. You bypass half of the Top14 on the way. If you go the alternate route via the Atlantic Coast you get Bordeaux, Biarritz and Bayonne.
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 2:53 pm
by big mervyn
Btw Baggy, in case you didn't know, there's a new ferry route direct from Cork to Santander (Brittany ferries).
Re: Ruan Pienaar breaks the spirit of the game
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:00 pm
by Russ
Conversions are 90 seconds from moment try is awarded
Penalties are 60 seconds from moment penalty is awarded
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