Punch earns Haskell suspension
1 May 2012
James Haskell has been suspended for three weeks for punching during the Highlanders’ match against the Cheetahs.
The loose forward was yellow carded for the offence during the game but a review of the incident saw him gain a steaper punishment from judicial officer Mike Heron. Haskell’s suspension sees him miss all matches up until and including the weekend of 19 May.
Haskell’s guilty plea, remorse shown and his impressive disciplinary record were factors in his sentence being reduced from five to three weeks, Heron said.
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1 May 2012, 09:41 am
Dirty bugger deserved about five weeks on the sidelines.
1 May 2012, 09:46 am
Should have been rewarded with a medal for Services to Rugby. The Pommy should know he wont need to buy the beers for the next year.
1 May 2012, 09:51 am
Hehe, 3 weeks
1 May 2012, 10:03 am
This is an absolute joke, the guy should have got a minimum 5 weeks and not 3. He didn’t throw one punch but two which ended up causing the player who he punched to be subbed.
1 May 2012, 10:05 am
@kingcorn(kingcorn)-4: Yep, the key is two punches.
TWO.
He didn’t show any remorse after throwing the first, or realised “oops I did something wrong”. He went for a second, to put icing on the cake.
Thuggery like we’ve never seen before.
1 May 2012, 10:11 am
How much should lying to the citing commissioner bring him?
“I was told that he has no previous citings and has received only a single yellow card in his professional career (which was not for foul play). ”
He received a one week ban for a head but in Sept 2008.
http://www.rfu.com/TheGame/Discipline/Judgements/Judgements2008-2009/JudgementsbyOffence/~/media/Files/2009/Discipline/2008-2009/London/haskellwaspsjudgmentsep081.ashx
1 May 2012, 10:20 am
@willievz(willievz)-5:
yeah, too right “worse than a spear tackle”
a Knighthood would seem appropriate given the indignant response of the moral superior nation. Dang it, why stop with a Knighthood
Long live King James !
1 May 2012, 10:22 am
You know, I just can’t picture myself joining a Kiwi rugby blog and begging for attention from Kiwis. I guess I just don’t have the time or the inclination.
1 May 2012, 10:24 am
@kaksioek(kaksioek)-8:
It’s called having and education and self respect.
1 May 2012, 10:27 am
#6 head but and punch to the head…report also said he had TWO previous yellow cards!
1 May 2012, 10:36 am
when a kiwi holds someone back by the jersey it is called blatant cheating
with the due punishment starting at
public flogging
with a strong case put forward for death by hanging
so lets all take a chill pill
the Saffa was cheating
he can consider himself lucky
he didnt cop the severe beating his cheating deserved
1 May 2012, 10:38 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-7:
How many days did Brad Thorn get for spear tackling John Smit?
Or Umaga for O’Driscoll?
I guess their shiit don’t stink either?
1 May 2012, 10:42 am
This speaks volumes about Kiwi attitudes to “physicality”:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/ireland/2322111/Tana-Umaga-reopens-Brian-ODriscoll-feud.html
1 May 2012, 10:48 am
@willievz(willievz)-12: when did Brad Thorn “spear” tackle Smit? he lifted him above the horizontal then dropped him.. he didnt “spear” him into the turf.
its no wonder you Saffas maon and whinge, you cant even understand what a spear tackle is..
are you all this thick?
1 May 2012, 10:50 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-7:
LOL youre a funny little man, does your daddy know you are playing on his PC.
1 May 2012, 10:50 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-14: Thanks for educating me.
That was still off the ball. And dangerous.
And no card, whatsoever.
1 May 2012, 10:51 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-14: And what about Umaga and O’Driscoll?
1 May 2012, 10:54 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-14:
As opposed to the moaning and whinging for four years about one forward pass and which ever way you look at it, it was illegal so stop trying to justify it.
are you all this thick?
1 May 2012, 10:58 am
@willievz(willievz)-16: I agree, and I thought at the time that Brad was lucky to only get what he did… but I have no control over the citing commissioner, and again, the same with Umaga on Odriscoll, but the SAFFA citing commissioner saw nothing in it, what can I do about it?
@Oranjebliksemblou(Oranjebliksemblou)-18: its funny, you all go on about Brycie, but he was still better than barnes in that game… not one penalty for NZ in the 2nd half, when we had the same amount of possession as you guys did… yet most here thought barnes was magnificent that day, like I though Bryce was superb in 11…
now, if you want to be objective, i would agree that both refs had very poor games and probably cost BOTH teams a chance to progress… but it seems none of you had a problem with barnes, but did so much with Bryce… and most state all they want is consistency? do you see the flaw in their argument? probably not..
1 May 2012, 10:58 am
@Great White Shark(Predawn)-9:
“it’s called having AND education…”
looks like we’ve found your village idiot, King James.
1 May 2012, 11:02 am
Willievz & OJBSB – try this link and see if it looks any better than Haskell’s punch or Thornes drop etc – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps7GtXfVZ14. No penalty and cleared by the SA citing team after the match even though as per Haskell and Umanga etc, the payer was taken off the ground.
Bottom line is that these things happen in all teams, and if you want to be provoking like the Cheetahs flanker on Haskell or J Smit on Thorne then don’t moan if you get sorted out. The you tube link however really does show a cheap shot.
1 May 2012, 11:03 am
@willievz(willievz)-12:
oh yeah, a punch “is worse than a spear tackle”
a spear tackle could break a players neck, paralysing him. A punch, at worst, could break a jaw or knock out a player.
but yeah, of course. If a punch lands on a whining Yappie it’s way way worse than a spear tackle. Poor Haskell could have broken his pinky.
1 May 2012, 11:06 am
@poppa69(poppa69)-14:
that was an outrageous waste of a question mark, put that out with the recycling
1 May 2012, 11:10 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-23:
true, I do apologise..
1 May 2012, 11:11 am
@Oranjebliksemblou(Oranjebliksemblou)-18:
maybe a quick death threat would put it right.
no forward pass or YC to blame. Not even a try.
but still the death threat.
yap yap yap the unhappy Yappie.
1 May 2012, 11:11 am
@willievz(willievz)-5: So the assistant referee was correct in indicating that Haskell should get a red card: but Jonker ignored it and issued a yellow. Imagine what influence the red card would have had on the match !!
1 May 2012, 11:14 am
@aliboy(aliboy)-21:
are u supposed to use both arms in a tackle ?
1 May 2012, 11:20 am
@willievz(willievz)-13:
Fuckme, you bring something up thats over 5 years old.
You sound like BOD, bet hes still crying like you are.
@CharlesM(CharlesM)-26:
Exactly, you would find the highlandes probably won by more points.
How many times have you seen a team lose a player and then play better.
1 May 2012, 11:24 am
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-27: No, just your reinforced arm band
1 May 2012, 11:26 am
Anyway, as i said the other day, he will get 3 weeks and he did.
That is a fair punishment i believe.
Of course there will be the odd cry baby that thinks he should have got a lot more time but 3 weeks is fair.
Especially when and this goes against all of (houston, we have a problem) crusade that only Kiwis cheat but Haskell was being taken out of play by a cheating South African, all there to see.
But punching has no place.
1 May 2012, 11:35 am
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-30: Is there a link to the incident ? – I couldn’t see the second punch
1 May 2012, 11:44 am
@CharlesM(CharlesM)-31:
Hey Charles, there was one in view, but the second one ( If there was ) may have hit just as the camera pans away, it look like he was hit with a second punch.
This is the only link i could only find
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccYnCBWvxaQ&feature=related
1 May 2012, 11:54 am
@CharlesM(CharlesM)-31: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQdZpFsbAbk
Right at the end, in the wide shot, bottom right corner of the screen. The first punch lands at 3:26 and the second one hits at 3:29. They show them again at 3:36 and 3:39. Both shots land flush, and the second one, which is more front-on, looks particularly vicious.
1 May 2012, 11:59 am
@>^..^< katman(katman)-33:
there we go the second one hit the mark.
Probably make haskill think before he reacts and may even make the cheetahs player think before he tries to take a player out of the play, illegally.
1 May 2012, 11:59 am
You NZ’ders have such double standards.
Why is there outcry when Bob Skinstad refered to the high tackle on Mvovo as ‘coconut’ tackle, calling him racist. Yet, you kiwis including your administrators call South Africans ‘Jarpies’?
1 May 2012, 12:05 pm
@RWC’11 was fixed(richardmarais)-35:
??
Now i know what a random post is……Folks……this is it.
Where the heck did that come from?
Even though i dont call you the “J” word, as i dont even know what it means but my from what i heard, alot of South Africans, well on here think thats its not a racist remark.
1 May 2012, 12:08 pm
Best punch I’ve ever seen was the short right landed by Gert Smal on Gary Knight of the NZ Cavaliers at Ellis Park in 1986. Didn’t travel far but my goodness Knight dropped like a sack of potatoes. It was early in the game (about the 7th minute) & both of them got sent to the cooler which in those days was behind the posts. It took them a while to wake Knight up though and get him there…
1 May 2012, 12:10 pm
@BrumbiesBoy(BrumbiesBoy)-37:
Is that right.
Look at this one then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj839DQuMaI&feature=BFa&list=PL2EA47C7FA1A4A852
1 May 2012, 12:12 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-36:
I personally don’t have a problem being called a ‘Jarpie’ as long as the intent is not derogatory. But my problem is Skinstad was accused of making racist remarks when he had no derogatory intent at all. ~ double standards.
Hurricane, I acctually think you have some valid rugby comments, and am not saying you are racist. I just have a problem with the attack on Skinstad.
1 May 2012, 12:12 pm
@BrumbiesBoy(BrumbiesBoy)-37: actually surprised Smal had the courage to hit him head on, most of the punches in that tour were kinghits when the player wasnt looking, much like Shelfords one Hurricane has highlighted..
1 May 2012, 12:12 pm
@RWC’11 was fixed(richardmarais)-35:
Bob no racist…..coconut tackle should be a colloquialism like Maori sidestep…..
1 May 2012, 12:13 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-36: It’s certainly meant as a derogatory term, I can assure you. Same as dutch.man. Some Afrikaans guys have chosen to laugh it off instead of rise to the taunt, and good for them. But that doesn’t make it any less offensive. Once you know and you still use it, it’s pretty much a racist intent. Same with the coconut thing. Now that Skinstadt is aware of it, he’d be a racist to use it in that context again.
1 May 2012, 12:17 pm
@RWC’11 was fixed(richardmarais)-39:
Cheers dude, but change your Nic.
1 May 2012, 12:20 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-42:
Well Kat, that is one of the reasons i have never said the word.
I honestly dont know the origins or history behind it, probably the reason i dont use it
1 May 2012, 12:21 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-42: Funny how Afrikaans people are labled closed minded (I am not Afr myself). But in my experience they are the most tollerent when taking abuse. I just don’t like it when some people climb on their high horse and point fingers at others, and don’t even look at themselves (kiwis, hint hint
).
1 May 2012, 12:22 pm
@Hurricane(Hurricane)-43: No way, it was fixed. Let’s hope it does not go like cricket. (The AB’s are a good team, they should not need extra help).
1 May 2012, 12:29 pm
@RWC’11 was fixed(richardmarais)-46:
Well the Abs were a better team in 2007 and yet look what happened.
2011 was actually a true reflection on how the rugby teams were from 2008-11.
Australia are a better team than the Boks and have been over the last few years.
When the ABs played the Ozzies in the semi final, no team had played that good all year.
ABs deserved the RWC 2011. You think t was rigged yet, i think it wasnt. You have no proof at all really.
1 May 2012, 12:30 pm
Hmm my post 44 is awaiting moderation yet there is nothing in it.
1 May 2012, 12:30 pm
@PrickBoks going South(PrickBoks going South)-7: Settle down Tackles. You’ll have nothing left in the tank when you go down to the sperm bank.
1 May 2012, 12:33 pm
@>^..^< katman(katman)-33:
“particularly vicious”
bunch of phucken pooftahs.
“worse than a spear tackle”
what would Umaga say ?
it’s nothing but a slap, a mere tickle. Pity it didn’t drop the pansy, no brain presumably.
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