I agree!!!!!

@robdylan (Comment 23) :

Geez, but you are syriping him up, ne?? Lifesaver?? Bwahahahahaha

i HATE doing match threads

also if someone else calls a ref a doos I take offence. When I do it it’s acceptable.

the only change I’d suggest is that the infringing player does get sent off, but he can be subbed with someone off the bench

So then the infringing team benefits from the YC because they now have a fresh player on the field.

There is nothing wrong with the system the way it is. Why must the system that has been the same for how many years be modified.????????????

THE PLAYERS NEED TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACT!!!!!!!!!!

I didn’t fall for anything, he just knows that i am more sarcastic than him

A team can win and lose a player for 10min…happens all the time. In fact after that 10min, the game opens up a little, because no player wants to be sent of, and the ref has then sent a clear message.

I actually sometimes feel like ref takes way to long to use the yellow. (Accept in the case of dangerous or foul play, which in my opinion should not be punishable by card, since it has no influence on the game.)

When a player or a team starts offending repeatedly. They take the contest out of they game, they slow the ball down, they put their hands on the ball, go of their feet, go offside, or any other offense that puts the other team at a disadvantage. The team should be warned and the next player to offend sent of, and then the team should stand on a yellow card, meaning if the ref gives the team another card for the same offense they will lose a player for the rest of the game.

I think teams who like to use cunning tactics to put their opposition at a disadvantage, would be much less inclined to do so, if they know the risk they are taking…and even if you get players sent of unfairly sometimes, you might just see much fewer penalties dealt in a match.

As far as dangerous tackles and foul play goes, it does not have an effect on the game as a whole. If you want that player of the field, which he probably should be after his dangerous tackle or after punching a player, then replace this player with a reserve and don’t allow him back on the field.

I cannot believe KSA fell for that one!

That way the actual player in question is at least punished immediately, and as Morne suggests he can be cited after the game and punished further if the offense dictates that.

I feel a sending off tends to do more damage that what the infringement was preventing… at best if the player hadn’t infringed the opposing team would have scored a 7 point try… so that should be the maximum benefit, with as Morne suggests, a penalty try if the infringement was in the red zone.

Even if a team can hold on to minimise the damage during the 10 minutes that someone is off, usually the effort to do that causes the players to be so buggered that it’ll definitely affect them for the rest of the game.

Can do.

No absolutely not mate, not taken as a snotty remark at all no worries.

I read another nice suggestion where it said still send a player off but sub him so you have equal numbers.

Point is there must be better ways to deal with it and mine is but one suggestion and there are bound to be more and much better ones!

Didn’t mean for that to sound snotty I think we all love this sport so much that we want the absolute best for it without taking away what makes it great, and making it a fair contest for all.