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Hopefully the some of you guys like Walks or D-man can fill me in, or at the very least, confirm that Coach Frank has had a word. The fact that the referee only yellow carded the RUFC player doesn't tell me the challenge had an element of legitimacy, as I have heard who the match official was on the night...the Richmond Summer Leagues most bald, deaf, and blind referee ever!!!
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I'm only going on reports too but by all accounts the 'tackle' was disgusting. When a leg is broken just below the knee the 'tackle' might have been a little on the side of pre-meditated. I also heard from one of our directors who helped start the club that there were actually complaints from the other sideline to get the player off and if they knew it was going to be that long, they could have ended the game earlier and gone home. If this is true(again I can't say for sure as I wasn't there), this is fcuking disgusting and out of order. Wee Tommy Smith is out for at least 6 months now because of this 'went for the ball' challenge. I know who the culprit is and I wouldn't put is past him to do that. I've seen him try it before. It might not be a bad idea to sit him on Thursday night for everybody's sake. Letters have been written to the league about the incident and who knows where they will go but our managers who were there felt strongly enough that the 'tackle' had to be addressed, so I'm guessing it wasn't a 'was going for the ball" challenge.