The rugby

[Pross]

I beleive the Bath vs Gloucester Prem Cup game is on TNT today, ko at 3.00 pm.
Two pretty strong sides out, winner goes to the semis

Currently 33-19 to Bath. Glaws had pulled in back to a 7 point game and Bath’s prop got binned for being stupid (smashed the ball into the back of the head in a player who was on the ground having made a tackle and not released his foot after the whistle blew) but Bath just scored whilst a man short.

 

[Pross]

Now scored another try whilst still down a man

 

[Dorset Boy]

The yellow was typical Ludlum - he got what his action deserved - penalty yes, yellow, never.

Bath very clinical

 

[Rusty Nails]

The yellow was typical Ludlum - he got what his action deserved - penalty yes, yellow, never.

Bath very clinical

I'm confused.

He got what his action deserved...a yellow...but it was never a yellow?

 

[Dorset Boy]

I'm confused.

He got what his action deserved...a yellow...but it was never a yellow?

No, Ludlow was being a niggly tw@t holding the ankle after the whistle, so a relatively gentle smack on the head with the ball was deserved.
The TMO pushing for a yellow was an utter joke given both players could have been penalised.

Anyway, Ludlow once again lost.

 

[Pross]

The yellow was typical Ludlum - he got what his action deserved - penalty yes, yellow, never.

Bath very clinical

I don’t see how accidental contact with the head is a yellow but deliberately making contact with the head (albeit with the ball but hard enough to make the guys face hit the ground and bounce off it) shouldn’t have been. Yeah, he was being nightly but ultimately holding someone’s ankle for a few seconds when play is dead isn’t doing much harm.

 

[Dorset Boy]

I don’t see how accidental contact with the head is a yellow but deliberately making contact with the head (albeit with the ball but hard enough to make the guys face hit the ground and bounce off it) shouldn’t have been. Yeah, he was being nightly but ultimately holding someone’s ankle for a few seconds when play is dead isn’t doing much harm.

I strongly suspect it wasn't close to the first time Ludlow had done something similar today.
I don't dispute that under the lwas, van Wyk was daft to do what he did and it was a penalty against Bath, but the game does need to address the instigators of these incidents.
Anyway, it doesn't matter, and Bath won that period 12-7