Etzebeth off the hook
21 Nov 2012
Eben Etzebeth has been found not guilty of eye gouging and is free to play against England on Saturday.
Lock Etzebeth was cited on Monday by Alan Mansell of England under Law 10.4 (m) for ‘making contact with the eye(s) or eye area’ of flyhalf Greig Laidlaw in the 54th minute of the Springboks’ 21-10 win over Scotland last Saturday.
Irish IRB judicial officer David Martin ruled that the contact in the area of the Scotland player’s eyes was accidental, and as such did not constitute foul play.
This was the 21-year-old’s second disciplinary hearing after being found guilty for an attempted head-butt on Wallabies lock Nathan Sharpe during the Rugby Championship.
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21 Nov 2012, 09:17 am
@Tacitus-93:
That is utter bullshit. No chance of Genghis Khan being a vegetarian.
The entire Mongol nomadic lifestyle was based on food products – meat and milk (from goats, sheep and horses). To this day they still drink fermented mare’s urine in Mongolia.
Genghis Khan’s grandson Kubla Khan declared “Meat is for men and grass is for animals”.
The Mongols saw themselves as more masculine and manly than the vegetarian Tibetans to their south.
21 Nov 2012, 09:21 am
@WP-Forever-101:
In fact, a strong theory is that “Steak Tartar” originates from the Mongolians. They would place horse steaks under their saddles during a hard day’s riding, at the end of the day the meat was tenderised and they were able to eat the horsemeat raw.
“Tartar” apparently originates from Latin Tartarus, or “Hell”, the nomadic Ta-ta people of central Asia were considered savage and bloodthirsty barbarians by the Romans and they therefore called them “Tatars” linking them to hell.
The Russians learned the dish from the Tatars, and then exported it to Germany, where it appears additions like raw egg, capers and pickles were added.
21 Nov 2012, 09:22 am
@Ricardo10-45: Please post the link, don’t see anything on any british news website regardin this, neither do I see anything on Rugby Planet.
If you want to throw accusations around you are responsible to provide the proof, otherwise you are just a chump.
21 Nov 2012, 09:22 am
@WP-Forever-100:
in-and-out-burger time…
perhaps not…
check out…
http://www.whale.to/b/hitler_was_a_vegetarian_myth..html
gone…
21 Nov 2012, 09:25 am
@ufo-104:
Interesting…I wonder if other bloodthirsty tyrants also suffered from flatulence?
21 Nov 2012, 09:29 am
@WP-Forever-101:
I’m not that far from Inner Mongolia and you’re right they are huge meat eaters, not so sure about the Tibetans though they consume lots of yak meat.
21 Nov 2012, 09:32 am
@WP-Forever-100:
And a Johnny Fartpants.
Like our Fuckadilly.
21 Nov 2012, 09:35 am
hunting is very exciting.
me vs the fish.
and the sharks.
winner takes all.
21 Nov 2012, 09:37 am
@WP-Forever-101:
By the way, guys – I was joking about the fermented mare’s urine.
It’s actually fermented mare’s milk.
21 Nov 2012, 09:37 am
when do we discuss rugby again?
21 Nov 2012, 09:37 am
what is that vegan proposing anyway?
war on meat eaters?
how profoundly enlightened.
sounds like snoeky but far too rational.
21 Nov 2012, 09:38 am
@NZINCHINA-96:
no, i mean like the hole a ball sack player stamped in a uk players head type thing.
how many stitches was it again?
@poppa69-97:
we pale in comparison to you lot.
you kiwis hold the world wide intellectual property rights in that regard.
21 Nov 2012, 09:40 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-112:
the what what what?
21 Nov 2012, 09:42 am
@The Rangerman-111:
so how do you rate the little lamb so far at 10, is he the next DC?
21 Nov 2012, 09:46 am
@NZINCHINA-114: didnt see the game chinabird.
i was hiking a beautiful piece of coastline with no cell reception.
21 Nov 2012, 09:47 am
@poppa69-98:
dont forget old vinnie “i see no reason not to award the try” munro… who was on hand to help the crusaders make it into the playoffs by hook or crook.
munro was the tmo in that game right? who was the assistant ref who gave him a hand?
21 Nov 2012, 09:48 am
@NZINCHINA-113:
do your homework.
21 Nov 2012, 09:48 am
@papaown-110: who is we paleface?
discuss what you want please, no one likes a sleeve tugger.
21 Nov 2012, 09:48 am
Where is this Ricardo dude with a link to the so-called stomp.
And while’s he’s posting links, perhaps he can put one up of his hit single, Daddy. Plenty of sentimental Capeys around to enjoy that number.
21 Nov 2012, 09:49 am
@katman-119: he called eben eden.
he has unfortunately gone full tard.
21 Nov 2012, 09:50 am
Skoppie runs away every time I question him about his all-leather-upper grasshoppers.
21 Nov 2012, 09:59 am
@The Rangerman-115: Wild coast? Which part?
21 Nov 2012, 10:02 am
@WP-Forever-102:
Isn’t it Tartare? In Belgium they refer to it as Fillet Americain. When I was there as a 12 year old I ordered it thinking I was getting a real american steak. The waiter brought it and mixed it at the next table and I wondered what savages these foreigners were until I realised it was for me. My parents made me eat it whilst barely stifling their laughter. Must admit I became hooked.
21 Nov 2012, 10:11 am
@David-123:
I believe the general spelling is now “Steak Tartare”. There are a number of variations, for example Addis in Cape here in Cape Town serves an Ethiopian spiced version thereof called kifto.
In Mexico they marinate it in lime juice.
Your experience as a 12-year-old reminds me of an incident I had when I was about 8 or 9 years old, I ordered a “Lady Steak” and my uncle convinced me it was made from a real lady, I was extremely distraught and upset and tried to get the waiter to change my order…
21 Nov 2012, 10:11 am
What time is the team announcement?
21 Nov 2012, 10:12 am
@katman-119:
speaking of meat-eaters…
seems our ricardo10 character is very fond of pork pies…
just tried to google the incident and/or comments about it
not a single positive search result… on the entire interweb… let alone planetrugby…
only results that appeared mention flo as MOTM…
so much for the storm of protest in england ireland and scotland…??
if ricardo10 can’t provide the link he is in danger of losing any credibility in thought he may have…
21 Nov 2012, 10:13 am
I wonder what the boks backs have been doing during training to end their endzone drought…
21 Nov 2012, 10:13 am
He was never on the hook???
21 Nov 2012, 10:14 am
@The Rangerman-120: Ja not the best way to get credibility.
21 Nov 2012, 10:16 am
@trupisero-122: the otter trail trupi.
storms river mouth to natures valley.
awesome.
out for a while.
21 Nov 2012, 10:16 am
@ufo-126: Yes I was going to jump in and call him a fool but i think that question has already been asked and answered. Besides you did a perfectly good job on that one.
I looked at Planet Rugby as well as he mentions it and nothing. Nada. Zilch. Fokol.
21 Nov 2012, 10:20 am
I also did a search on planet rugby and cam up with nothing. Funny that Ricardo has also disappeared.
21 Nov 2012, 10:21 am
@stormersboy-131:
shot bud…
yeah… hasn’t anyone told him these things are fairly easy to check…??
anyway… done and dusted, as you say…
21 Nov 2012, 10:22 am
@David-123: @WP-Forever-124: Here’s a funny clip from a Mr Bean episode where he orders steak tartare without knowing what it is, and tries to hide it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6QqSxmpRMM
21 Nov 2012, 10:22 am
@katman-132:
21 Nov 2012, 10:23 am
@katman-134:
i remember that one… really hilarious…!!
21 Nov 2012, 10:24 am
Bakkies
you mean a TMO like meuwessen? adjudicating outside of his jurisdiction? that type of thing?
21 Nov 2012, 10:24 am
@The Rangerman-130: Awesome. Grew up there. Going to visit the famdamily over xmas.
21 Nov 2012, 10:25 am
@poppa69-137: But was the right decision made Poopsie?
21 Nov 2012, 10:25 am
my guess a kiwi troll or local ab supporter chumming for hits.
perhaps even a keo plant doing the same.
21 Nov 2012, 10:29 am
@katman-134: My kids love to watch these clips.
He can make doing almost anything seem funny though. It’s a gift.
21 Nov 2012, 10:29 am
trupisero
not the point.
he ruled outside of his powers, finish an klaar.
21 Nov 2012, 10:30 am
@The Rangerman-130:
Enjoy.
I will be starting from Port Edward on 15 December, walking southwest along the coast…
21 Nov 2012, 10:30 am
@The Rangerman-115: @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-117:
still don’t know what you’re talking about, help a man out
21 Nov 2012, 10:31 am
@poppa69-142: but the correct decision was made, finish and klaar.
21 Nov 2012, 10:32 am
@poppa69-137:
hehehe
you are a larf, pointing out an instance in which a tmo overstepped his authority for the sole purpose of doing the right thing and making what was in fact the correct call as a way of somehow justifying/vindicating some of the many instances in which kiwi adjudicators have, with scant regard for the rules, used their ‘missplaced’ authority to make incorrect/wrong/false/deceitful/dishonest rulings in games which benefitted kiwi teams.
big difference pal.
meuwessen was wrong to have done ‘the right thing’.
munro (is he still in rugby?) was wrong to have ‘intentionally done wrong things’.
21 Nov 2012, 10:34 am
trupisero
regardless, it wasnt his call to make. that’s akin to cheating, and I’d a kiwi TMO did the same thing it would add fuel to the conspiracy fire.
strange you guys excuse his cheating though?
21 Nov 2012, 10:34 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-146:
Bakkies just as well he made the “right” call otherwise you’d be 7 losses from the last 7 tests, 1 from 7 doesn’t look quite so bad
21 Nov 2012, 10:35 am
@WP-Forever-143: Dope trail?
21 Nov 2012, 10:36 am
@NZINCHINA-144:
no, i wont.
earn your right to criticise our rugby.
i dont ask for handouts when crticising yours.
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