DECISIONS,
DECISIONS – which wouldn’t it be of us? At 1pm at present, did I watch His
Gallusness tackle Leinster, within the unusual setting of Le Harve,
whereas recording occasions at The Rec, the place Bathtub entertain Glasgow
Warriors – or vice versa? It is a toughie, a last-minute name was
made.
This
means, it is Europe once more,
however, not as we all know it. Oor
ain Dom McKay might run
issues from his plush workplace in Lausanne, however
this opening week sees fixtures as far-off as Durban –
the place Harlequins face
the Sharks, to
Galway, the place
Connacht entertain
Newcastle Falcons. That is
stretching the idea of Europe a wee bit.
It is going to be
attention-grabbing to see how the introduction of the South African groups
modifications the dynamic. OK, their introduction would possibly assist the richer
French and English membership homeowners in terms of staff
constructing, however, make no mistake if one or each trophies find yourself south
of the equator – and that would occur, the place now northern
hemisphere rugby?
I seen an
attention-grabbing wee truth after I appeared on the refereeing roster for this
weekend’s video games. The video games are being managed by solely nationwide
officiating items. Just one Scottish officiating staff is rostered:
Sam Grove-White could have the whistle, with Hollie Davidson
and Ru Campbell on the flags and Andy McMenemy in
the tv truck in Pau, for the Part Paloise v
Toyota Cheetahs Problem Cup sport. Wee Hollie is the one girl
official rostered this weekend.
REGARDING
the South African sides. It was
attention-grabbing, within the build-up to the Glasgow sport, to observe The Lions
enjoying the Dragons. The Lions, for all of the lengthy and proud custom
of Transvaal Rugby
are actually, apparently, getting used as a improvement staff in South
Africa, which was apparent from the attendance – acres and acres of
empty seats round what, to most of us is, no matter business
naming rights, nonetheless Ellis Park, one
of the good cathedrals of the sport. The Saffers are solely
in winners so there weren’t even two males and a canine on the sport.
The rugby was
shite too – nevertheless, I did want a wee nap.
ANY
WAY, I finally opted to
watch Glasgow v Bathtub reside,
and file the Racing sport. This is able to give me one thing half-decent
to observe, ought to France
implode towards The Frequent Enemy
at 7pm tonight. I then obtained to take pleasure in a very-entertaining sport, and,
for the second straight week – an away win for the Warriors.
They
deservedly received too. Profitable the arm wrestle towards a sometimes huge
and belligerent Bathtub pack, whereas out-shining the highly-rated Bathtub
backs when the play turned looser.
Huw
Jones was electrical, whereas Matt
Banahan, after a ridiculously
pro-Bathtub co-commentating shift – hardly shocking given how lengthy
he performed there – gave the Man of the Match award
to Warriors’ Ollie Smith. I’ve
at all times had time for large Matt.
Glasgow
actually produced extra of the champagne rugby – this was a
very-good win. Thoughts you, I reckon former Warrior D’Arcy Rae
was the very best prop on the park. I nonetheless can not work out why Glasgow
let an area boy go.
One
factor which did depart me questioning on this sport was the third Bathtub
strive. Within the build-up, Bathtub had a bonus due to offside by
Glasgow. Matt Gallagher,
the Bathtub left winger did recover from the road, however, put a foot in contact,
so the referee introduced the sport again for a Bathtub penalty.
This precipitated
one other spell of Bathtub strain and this time – Gallagher obtained over
for the strive. Now, this appeared to me to be “double jeopardy.” In
the primary spot of play, Bathtub had the advantage of the benefit, to get
over the road – they obtained over, however the Bathtub participant put a foot in
contact. Due to this fact, he ruined the benefit – I do not see why they
ought to profit from his error.
I truthfully really feel,
the sport has to get a grip of the benefit Legislation – the way in which it’s
being refereed doesn’t strike me as being both constant or truthful.
Nonetheless, as common readers will know – I’m all for a complete
rewrite of the Legal guidelines of the Sport, at current they don’t seem to be match for
function.
