McCaw slams filthy French
6 Dec 2011
All Blacks captain Richie McCaw has confirmed that France were guilty of eye-gouging during the World Cup final on 23 October.
Following the All Blacks’ win in the decider, very little was made of the alleged incident by McCaw himself. But six weeks on, McCaw spoke out at a charity breakfast in Christchurch, confirming that there was plenty of foul play.
‘The French are worse when they are scared,’ he said. ‘They were as bad as they have been and were going for the eyes.
‘My eye was a bit sore for a while and I was struggling to see for a bit. I was surprised they didn’t cite him [France centre Aurelien Rougerie].’
It was consistent with what was written by the New Zealand media on the eve of the final, and some of the French coaches went on record saying that they would resort to illegal tactics in order to unsettle the All Blacks.
It was said that the French players would target McCaw’s injured foot, but in the end they went for his eyes.
Video evidence confirmed that Rougerie was indeed guilty of eye-gouging, but only came to light after the 36-hour timeframe for citing had expired. The IRB has since said that it will look into extending the citing window.
57 Comments
6 Dec 2011, 09:41 am
Watch all the sour posters come to the rescue of the french……..fkn dragon
6 Dec 2011, 10:20 am
pot-kettle….knee-froggie-face.
6 Dec 2011, 10:21 am
Whatever….we’re over it. Lots of people have greater reason to play the “if only” card….u won the damn thing, now leave things be
6 Dec 2011, 10:33 am
“Slams” or “confirmed”, which one is it JC?
6 Dec 2011, 10:38 am
Bag-snatchers!
6 Dec 2011, 10:39 am
that leperous untouchable low caste bin cleaner living in a sewage pipe on the streets of calcutta has the audacity to call someone filthy?…wow!…
6 Dec 2011, 11:32 am
@au revoir mon tout noirs, au revoir…(i_love_u_bakkiesbotha)-6: Hahahahaha well said!
6 Dec 2011, 11:42 am
The headline was to generate hits, McCaw is not quoted as actually saying the French are “filthy”. Of course the irony in him complaining when he is the most deliberate cheat in world rugby is ironic. He can only be thankful it is not the 80s anymore – he wouldve been rucked to ribbons.
He also forgets that the ABs were also famous for going over someone lying on the ball or on the wrong side. McCaw gets to do this all day long with little fear of physical consequence.
Some of his quotes do reveal interesting insight – ” when they are scared” – the arrogance of this quote clearly shows the arrogance and attitude of the ABs – most personified by their captain. Who was scared in that final??? I dont think it was the French – they were very brave and had nothing to lose. The ABs were scared and thats why McCaw lay on the French side of the rucks all day.
Having said all that – eye-gouging is disgusting and has no place in the game. It is well-known that it is prevalent in the French game. A French mate of mine even told us that they used to be coached on how to do it. But maybe that was just to scare us
Joubert shouldve done HIS job and given McCaw a yellow long before that incident took place. If players lose faith in the refs then they might try and take the law into their own hands….
6 Dec 2011, 11:44 am
Only Bakkies and Schalk are “dirty” siteable players. I thought every one knew that?!
6 Dec 2011, 11:55 am
Ritchie plays the entire WC with a broken foot,
Gets stumped by Dusitoir (spelling) in the Final.
Gets gouged by Rougerie.
And still smiles like a school on a chance.
McCheat……………………………..
the mantra of the McLosers.
6 Dec 2011, 12:09 pm
@cane(cane)-10: clearly you’re of the school of thought that everything you’ve just netioned in your post entitles him to a whine?
go figure.
6 Dec 2011, 12:15 pm
@Transformation(Transformation)-11:
No……………………………………………………………………I’m saying McCheat………………………….the Mantra of the McLosers.
I cannot be any clearer than that Transie.
8)
6 Dec 2011, 12:15 pm
Ritchie did speak it,
and so it came to pass on the IRB agenda.
and on the 3 month he sqealed again.
oink oink.
6 Dec 2011, 12:27 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-13: Richie simply has to claim that a fan in the stands called him a cheat, and the IRB will ban all fans and have them play in empty stadiums until the “threat has passed”.
6 Dec 2011, 12:30 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-14:
Indeed.
To be quite frank I’m suprised that this website has survived so long.
Surely one of the quislings here would have grassed us up by now.
6 Dec 2011, 12:34 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-15:
Bah, we have better things to do than tell on you girls.
6 Dec 2011, 13:06 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-16:
It doesn’t look like it from where I’m standing.
6 Dec 2011, 13:15 pm
Maybe Mccaw feels a bit guilty. The french press were pretty unhappy with the refereeing in the final justifiably. the french played well enough to win and could have done so if Mcaw had been penalised or yellow carded for some blatant infrigements.
6 Dec 2011, 13:38 pm
@Gunther(gunther)-13: HAHAHAHAHA very good post.
Thus spake the Lord Rich One, Son of the Caw….
6 Dec 2011, 13:42 pm
@eleph(eleph)-18: Thats probably part of it! I Was very surprised to read Marc Hinton suggesting the ABs did not deserve to win the final in the latest SA Rugby (well thats how I interpreted his comments).
A similar example is the outrage when Quade clips McCaw’s chin with his knee (he was public enemy #1 in NZ) but then McCaw does a lot worse with his knee to Parra, and not a word is said by any Kiwis
6 Dec 2011, 13:44 pm
Dirty play is dirty play, and which ever way you look, it needs to be eradicated from the game. Eye gouging, nut grabbing, punching and tip tackling must all go.
That said, so too much professional fouls, deliberate penalties etc etc.
If the ref’s are excused for missing professional fouls & deliberate penalties, surely they can be excused for missing TV eye gouging.
Furthermore, I would like to see a citation system for deliberate penalties & professional fouls. For example, if a team can prove that another team has deliberately cheated in a game (video evidence), then that player can receive a post-match yellow or red card.
This means that the team who has this transgression either starts the next text with 14 men for the first 10 minutes, or in the case of a red, they play the test with 14 men.
Then watch the Kiwi’s come into line.
But, the system would becoe as poorly managed as the current foul play system
6 Dec 2011, 16:08 pm
McCheat is a fine one to talk, where was Barnesey when one needs him…
6 Dec 2011, 17:50 pm
Poor Ritchie, this article was written by another All Black *** creeper, the All Blacks are angels of course in the fixed world cup they won. Ritchie McCaw operates offside all the time and i my opinion it is fair game to do ruck him a little.
Why are the French fined for not following haka protocol, is there a protocol for any of the other island team, this world cup was a joke, IRB, always acting in the interests of NZ, what a joke their referees and officials are.
Kevin Mealamu punches a player and gets two weeks, any other player 6 weeks.
NZ are bunch of hypocrites if there ever was.
6 Dec 2011, 20:19 pm
@maximus1(maximus1)-23: sour grapes.
“whats if’s” the last bastion of the vanquished and lost.
get over it. its over NZ hold the cup. 4 more years.
i think its rich that you bemoan howmuch of a cheat mccaw is. what BS. bakkies, Rougerie are low down petty thug foul play cheats.
sure richie cheats, but with accuracy and within the boundaries set by the ref. any smart openside interprets the refs (joubert = saffa) calls and then tries and implements his game within those boundaries. richie may stretch the boundaries but has never been accused of foul play. the knee to parra’s head was rgrettable but no way can u say it was as intentional as Rougerie’s eye gouging, or bakkies headbutt on cowan, schalks eye gouge, leRoux’s biting.
bemoan all you want what a cr4p wc it was, 4 more years, get over it and move on.
6 Dec 2011, 20:24 pm
Hey Saffers et al…suck it up boys…and get a grip…all your moaning and whingeing is getting boring, like a broken record….AB’s won the Cup…end of story….you lot lost a game you should have won (vs Aussies) and now you cry babies are just pathetic….I come on this blog to hopefully read intelligent and thoughtful posts….well how disappointed I am…just a blog for losers….bye boys…4 more years…
6 Dec 2011, 21:06 pm
byeeeeeeeee…….why do people come here if they dont enjoy
6 Dec 2011, 22:27 pm
@JohnPaul(JohnPaul)-25:
So you’re leaving us then? Oh no, what ever will we do without you…
Perhaps you could pop along to your kiwi rugby blogging site. Oh right, there isn’t one – the great rugby-loving public! Sing when you’re winning boys, it’s the only time you ever do…
7 Dec 2011, 00:31 am
@marcb(marcb)-27: which would be 80% of the time
7 Dec 2011, 03:04 am
Like taxes and death, whinging Saffers crying about Richie is just another of lifes unfortunate ceratainties.
7 Dec 2011, 06:25 am
If Bakkies Botha had of eye gouged Richie the citing ould have begun before he raised the trophy at the end of the match in my opinion
7 Dec 2011, 09:28 am
Oh shame poor All Blacks with their crappy club grounds for stadiums, the last time any fixed world cup will be held there, man1a you carry on about Bakkies Botha, lets not forget Tana Umaga’s spear tackle almost ending the career of Brian O’Driscoll, whtat punishment did he get, oh thats right he wasn’t? Oh lets not forget how kiwi’s like death and taxes,have crappy refs, how Bryce Lawrence gets an award for refereeing says it all about NZ, and Paddy O Brien another plonker if there ever was.
Another absolute about NZ is the rugby union is broke, South Africa will continue to subsidize you in the tri-nations.
7 Dec 2011, 10:13 am
‘Four more years’ is a second hand gloat – belongs to George Gregan. Can be used once with sting and panache but thereafter loses something. To chant it to a losing team in a stadium is pathetic. We all enjoy winnng but u gotta have some class. And handle defeat yes.
7 Dec 2011, 23:10 pm
@maximus1(maximus1)-31: tackle on BOD was legit. comparing Bakkies transgressions to Tana is a bit lame and a long long stretch. I like Bakkies but I’m not blind to his cheating, in fact I enjoy his win at all costs attitude. AB’s are too nice and should learn to cheat more, but not misdemeanors eg hands in the ruck more like Bakkies does. dislocating peoples limbs while they’re stuck in the ruck, head butt from behind etc.
yes NZ has crappy refs. those that cant play ref. we spend our time creating great players. who the f@k wants to be a ref when u can play?!?!
yeah NZRFU made a huge loss and 4nations will definately help. thanx for that. however the players dont care. We’re about creating and growing great players not the admin. u can have a great admin and great refs. we’ll concentrate on playing rugby
@eleph(eleph)-32: handle defeat? we won.
4 more years
8 Dec 2011, 06:32 am
@man1a-33:
4 more years for us about right, another 24yrs for you guys ??
8 Dec 2011, 20:12 pm
@justrugby-34:
s’funny. four more years of being the worldChamps
stop political figures from choosing the coach, get rid of PDV, get a coach that doesnt succumb to senior player pressure, dump spies or at least get him clean out rucks and mauls so that he’s actually doing something, get a backline that can kick and pressure well and a back up plan for when kicking isnt working, change player mentality so that they all want to attack as a team, move lambie to the starting line up (15 initially but test him at 10) , teach the backs to move the ball to the wings … and then maybe just maybe you may earn the next WC.
8 Dec 2011, 20:38 pm
@maximus1(maximus1)-31: Hey Maxi-pus you are about as thick as they come, SA dont subsidise NZ or Aust, NZ and Aust fill your stadiums because you live in a dream world of hoping to beat the No.1 team on the planet – oh that’s the AB’s my man. But you keep on moaning and whingeing…kinda suits you…broken record and all. SA rugby is in the pits, just look at the farce that is happening over there….PDV for coach….you lot deserve him….the AB’s and Wallabies will rule in 2012…SA will come 3rd or 4th or who cares…bye bye
9 Dec 2011, 00:40 am
Poor JohnPaul touched nerve there, shows you how thick you are of course we subsidize the convicts and the sheep shatters, look at tv revenue and without south africa I n the now four nations!, your crappy mud island in the pacific union will be even more broke. Oh yeah last team to beat you was the springboks enjoy your number fixed ranking it won’t last
9 Dec 2011, 01:24 am
@maximus1-37:
yeah the irony. southAfrica switch on their TV’s to watch the AB’s play. thanx for that the money comes in real useful
who cares about the rankings? even if AB’s werent ranked number 1 they’d still be the team to beat. even in 2009 when boks were rated #1 it was the AB’s everyone still wanted to beat. thats what happens when your the best everyone else wants to beat you.
southAfricans know this more than any country. its why they all tune in when the AB’s play.
and did i say thanx for all the money for the southAfrican TV audiences?
9 Dec 2011, 01:29 am
@man1a-35: Funny you say that numbskull… Lets look at this. Who are World Champs? New Zealand, right?
So what the h.ell farken satisfaction do you get out of the “we” are world champs when you – a poodle lover van die vlakte – are as Saffa as Justfugly is?
Ag, why do I bother with a farken Mummies boi like you…
9 Dec 2011, 01:31 am
@JohnPaul-36: Lol, got to laugh at a sheepshagger calling a poster “thick”… A clever sheepshagger…? Fark thats a funny oxymoron…
9 Dec 2011, 01:36 am
Relating to this article:
- without Bill, Sheepshaggers whine…
- at long last, they finally get Bill and they still whine…
- even with a WC handed to them on a platter by Saffa Craigie, they still whine…
- even with Bill in the bag, they still find a conspiracy… now, about eye gouging…?
Fark, I love this truly precious nation like a bullet in the head…
9 Dec 2011, 01:42 am
@Heavens Game-39: who are u?
not sure where u think i’m a saffa but hey enjoy your delusion, ignorance must be bliss
9 Dec 2011, 01:44 am
@Heavens Game-41: yes big bad NZ being mean to lil ol southAfricans.
classic a whinger going on about whining. poor baby. stick the dummy back in your breath smells from all the sh it coming out of your mouth
9 Dec 2011, 01:45 am
@man1a-42: Capo, you can call me Meneer. You must also ophou met die poodlenaaiery, alright?
9 Dec 2011, 01:47 am
@man1a-43: You’re improving… Mummy helping you out?
9 Dec 2011, 01:49 am
@Heavens Game-45: nope its your mamma helping. she can talk with her mouth full. impressive
9 Dec 2011, 01:52 am
@man1a-46: That’s my little Capo… exposed again… Good boi… Now isn’t Mummy calling – time to get to bed…. Don’t forget to hide the porno mags and clean your room, right? Also, make sure Mummy has no clue whatsoever of what you actually do with Fifi behind closed doors…
9 Dec 2011, 01:55 am
fifi is obviously your mama’s name? she’s so eager i never had to ask.
yeah she’s calling me to go to bed again but i think i’ll kick her out. she’s a bit of a ho
9 Dec 2011, 01:57 am
@Heavens Game-41: The fairest way of dealing with this dirty play issue is to ban those players being dirty in the WC final… Ban them from a year of rugby for bringing the sport into disrepute in the showcase game…
So, a ban for Rougerie for Gouging… and a ban for McCarnt for a knee in Parra’s head…
Its only fair, innit?
9 Dec 2011, 01:58 am
@man1a-48: No, Fifi is the name of your girlfriend… The little fluffy poodle you sneakily bring to your room when Mummy’s not watching…. You naughty boi….
9 Dec 2011, 02:01 am
@Heavens Game-50: no i just asked your mum and she said her name is Fifi but she prefers slapper. she likes it poodle style too. naughty girl. must be where u get it from.
9 Dec 2011, 02:05 am
@man1a-51: I think you a bit poodlebedroef now…Everyone is Fifi to you… Whatever you do, try not call your Mummy Fifi when she comes to tuck you into bed, okay? Now Capo, be a good little boi won’t you…
9 Dec 2011, 02:07 am
@Heavens Game-52: i’m off, i’ll be back when i’m finished with Fifi. u have a nice place
9 Dec 2011, 02:12 am
@man1a-53: Yes, and be quick… Your Mummy is coming soon to put you to bed and switch the light out with big kisses… “Night night, my dear boy… Mmmm, why is Fifi, our dear little doggy, lying splayed out like that on the floor? Oh no, Capo…. Why?”
9 Dec 2011, 02:23 am
The poodle-****** has returned I see…
9 Dec 2011, 02:27 am
@bryce_in_oz-55: I catch the little tw.at out every time… And then you have fools like Justfugly who get conned every time…
9 Dec 2011, 02:41 am
@Heavens Game-56: ok done with your mum and she’s happy. i can see where u get your potty mouth
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