Just found the following article in the New Zealand Herald. Written by Peter Bills.
It’s official.
The All Blacks are treated differently by referees from either of their Tri-Nations opponents. The statistics from the first five games of this year’s competition show a staggering difference in the ratio of penalties per yellow card. Suspicions are rife in South African rugby that the All Blacks get a special deal, are favoured whether subconsciously or consciously by referees.
Now, the figures seem to prove the point. South Africa are the most regularly penalised, conceding six penalties per yellow card. The Australians’ figure is remarkably similar – just seven a card. But by the same calculations, the New Zealand tally is incredible.
Official figures show they incur 43 penalties a yellow card, more than seven times the figure of the Springboks. This appears to reveal at best an extraordinary imbalance in the way the three countries are refereed and at worst, a complete lack of consistency by match officials in their dealings with each Southern Hemisphere nation.
It also seems to bear out the view of certain Springbok officials that there is one law for the All Blacks and another for their rivals. Australia’s former World Cup winning coach Bob Dwyer says it is difficult to argue with the facts.
He also calls the All Blacks’ form this season scintillating, yet his detailed analysis offers a highly revealing insight of much value to Peter de Villiers’ men as they prepare to try to halt the All Blacks’ juggernaut in Johannesburg this weekend. “Just as the All Blacks value the necessity of quick ball for their own attack, they clearly recognise the threat that opposition quick ball poses to their defence. “In fact, I thought the All Black defence was unusually vulnerable to attack from quick ball, as evidenced by two quite simple Springbok tries in their second test in Wellington and a few similar efforts by the Wallabies.
They strive, therefore, to limit such recycles from their opponents. “There is nothing wrong with that so long as they do so within the laws of the game. It is here that I, and many others, question their tactics. Black- jerseyed tacklers finish on the ground, on the wrong side of the ball, so often, that I can’t believe that it’s by accident.
“This prevents their opponents from arriving quickly to support their teammate and allowing other All Black support players to attack opposition ball on the ground. Further, opposition scrum-halves are having difficulty getting in close to clear the ball and are forced to ‘lift’ the ball for their pass to clear All Black bodies. “This slows down the clearing pass and gives valuable time to the defence. And it’s illegal.”
The Australian also highlighted what he called New Zealand’s “outrageously offside” positions when they enter the breakdown on their own ball. “All players play their part, and while McCaw, Franks and Smith have been serial offenders, Kieran Read has recently perfected his technique also. It is dramatically effective and frequently brings tries – and it’s illegal.”
Read more of Bob Dwyer’s views at: www.bobdwyerrugby.com
89@ Blouste:
Could be, was only listening with one ear….
91@gbs
hahaha…. must have been your deaf ear then!
@ ps in CT:
The voice of reason is in the house
gry i zabawy, mogę skopiować i wkleić teraz również
90@ Treehugger:
We had a Polish woman stay with us (at my dad’s place, when I was younger), Madga Prezjetski, she worked for National Intelligence doing some translation work from Russian and Polish into English… well she later turned out to be a spy… but that’s another story…
Anyway, we taught her to say cheers in Afrikaans.. and for nearly a year she believed it to be the proper way to say cheers… it was Boknaaaaaaaaaaaaaai!!
See, I inherited my dad’s sense of a twited humor… hehehe
@ grootblousmile:
sorry GBS, i did not see his name, my mistake.
Ok, Lambie is up & coming but Zane has a number of years of winning trophies more than he has, so I would go for Zane, who also had a good game Saturday. And at no 10 i would go for…. wait for it…… old man Willem De Waal.
@ J.M.E.:
Hello JME. long time no speak? 🙂
methinks we also need to squeal when we speak to the ref, then he’ll probably / hopefully think we’re not THAT butch (even with a Butch on the bench). Then he might blow the 50/50 calls in our favour….
@ rugbybal:
hehe yes yes rugbybal, taking that with a pinch of salt & looking past the sarcasm…..
@ grootblousmile:
lol that sounds like typical you 😆
@ Treehugger:
Would love to hear the story about her being a spy sometime.
@ Treehugger:
To jest mglisty dzień szary w Angoli, wygląda Polska
99@ Treehugger:
She later met a Polish man… can’t remember the farker’s name, and they had the ugliest baby I’d ever seen…. was huge…. fugggggglyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!
@ ps in CT:
😆 😆 😆
@ grootblousmile:
😆
Lech Walesa’s wife?
@ Treehugger:
ale przynajmniej mam piękny widok na morze, w odróżnieniu od większości Polska
My rekkie is pap!!!! Ek soek quotes vir fly fishing en die ou se ja, ja ,ja vir drie dae….nou skielik het hy n krisis!!! en my klient sit in Engeland en wag vir n prys. Ek sukkel om n ordentlike WORD document the kry van n Excel een, en ek kannie dan var mense “het jy 2003 of 2007” dan wil ek sommer vir Bill Gates moer….ek dink ek sal sommer sit en draad trek tot ek uitpass!
@ 4man:
Oom Norm
ek reken lg is die maklike uitweg…..
106@ 4man:
Highlight al die Excel Text / kolomme wat jy wil intrek, rightclick en kies copy, maak Word oop en rightclick en Paste….
Nooooooooooo problem….
@ grootblousmile: Dit is natuurlik wat ek gedoen het, maar dan is die ding te groot, en ek kon darem dit in pas met n bietjie manipulation, nou wil ek die grid wegvat. Die word document is n kwotasie, so dit moet mooi lyk!! Wat moet ek nou doen?
Nou het ek darem n mooi surprise gekry R94,000 in my rekening, van die ou “Retail pensioen fonds” as daar mense wat ooit vir Checkers of Shoprite of Tradegro gewerk het….jy moet jou claims insit. Nou net, die laaste 5 minute, ek het rekening toe gegaan om geld te transfer vir my vliegkaartjies wat ek op my kaart gevat het (dan kry jy vry insurance)…lekker verassing!!
10@ 4man:
As jy MS Office 2003 het (Word & Excel 2003) dan’s dit maklik, click bo op die File Menu op Table, Click dan op Hide Guidelines….
Uitgesort.
As jy MS Office 2010 of Office 2007 het…. dan moet ek eers gaan kyk, ek like mos daai nuwe Word fokkollllllllllllll, so vir myself gebruik ek Office 2003 met SP 3 en die Office 2007 & 2010 Compatibility packs…..
Maar ek verkies einlik om gladnie Office te gebruik nie, ek gebruik Corel Word Perfect X5 Suite… hou baaaie meer van Word Perfect se funksionaliteit… al wat ek dan doen is ek save die Document as ‘n Word 2010 document.
@ grootblousmile: Dankie maat ek het 2003
I jest zimno i mokro w Cape Town
@ J.M.E.:
mądry!!
@ J.M.E.:
Я міг би слухати твій прекрасний голос всю ніч, ніч
GBS how do I number pages?
@ 4man:
header or footer Norm, you have options where you can add a number of different types of page numbering
116 Nee fokkit…. koop “Word for Dummies”
Daa’s genuine so ‘n reeks boeke…..
116@ 4man:
Click Insert (On the Word 2003 File menu at the top), click Page Numbers
@ grootblousmile:
THANKS, i WONT BOTHER YOU ANYMORE. oops sorry caps
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