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G1 wrote:Not following. Can you expand?
In those days of six(? less than 12 anyway) changes but unlimited blood bins, Wigan had an awful lot of blood bin substitutions in that game. I'm sure we were all suspicious at the time.
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Richie wrote:In those days of six(? less than 12 anyway) changes but unlimited blood bins, Wigan had an awful lot of blood bin substitutions in that game. I'm sure we were all suspicious at the time.
I can't remember what I did last week whether I was suspicious of Wigan cheating 11 years ago.
Mind you, it being Wigan like....................................
Quote:Every player in our squad could probably earn more money with another club. But they prefer to sacrifice a few extra quid in their back pocket to share special memories. And playing at a place like Old Trafford on a night like this makes it all worthwhile.
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Lord_Percy wrote:In that respect, it's closer to what Union do. You hear their ref's asking the TMO "Is there any reason why I can't award this try?", or stuff like that.
If that happened in RL you could probably rule out a large proportion of tires, from incorrect PTB. They'd soon learn though I guess
leicester_rhino wrote:The existance of a fake blood capsule does show a certain level of planning. Not part of a usual rugby kit bag
exactly, i am sure in the days before tactical substitutions, players went off with 'a muscle pull' or 'a back problem', - the forethought of the blood capsules is the damning bit
Joined: Feb 18 2002 Posts: 32302 Location: Swimming against a tide of fekkwittedry
Puig-Aubert wrote:Funnilly enough I came in your pants as I typed it too.
I just thought I'd spilled brine from the Tuna tin down them.
Quote:Every player in our squad could probably earn more money with another club. But they prefer to sacrifice a few extra quid in their back pocket to share special memories. And playing at a place like Old Trafford on a night like this makes it all worthwhile.
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Richie wrote:For some reason, I don't know what, this reminds me of the first Super League Grand Final, and our defeat by Wigan.
i thought that too.they had a massive number of blood bins that night.
i read an ex players book once where he admitted the physio nicked them with a razor but i can't remember who the hell it was!!!!!
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Serge A. Storms wrote:Maybe the way of stopping this is to change the rule that if a team cannot contest the scrum they lose the ball.
It sounds a reasonable idea, but it would potentialy lead to an attacking side (with a full front row) able to make as many mistakes, forward passes etc. as they liked and still retain the ball. I'd prefer to see the lineout used as a restart on those occaisions, at least you can contest it.
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Saw a clip of the incident on SSN last night, which they said was previously un-released footage. It showed the player in question down on his haunches in backplay, with no other player in sight. He then reaches into his sock, puts his hand up to his face and suddenly there's blood coming out!
Puts a totally different slant on it in my opinion - deliberate, pre-meditated cheating by both the player and the club. I think he can consider himself fortunate to have had his ban reduced.
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