Hore set for hefty ban
26 Nov 2012
New Zealand hooker Andrew Hore has been cited for an off-the-ball incident which subsequently hospitalised Wales lock Bradley Davies.
Hore hit Davies off the ball during the initial stages of last Saturday’s Test in Cardiff. The incident was missed by matchday officials, but Hore has now been cited and looks likely to receive a lengthy suspension.
The time and date of the hearing, before the IRB’s appointed independent judicial officer, have yet to be fixed.
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen expects the hooker to be sidelined for some time. Hansen did not say as much, but has already called for a replacement ahead of the coming Test against England.
Dane Coles is expected to start at Twickenham.
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5 Feb 2013, 20:13 pm
yes… definitely still a pulse…!!
5 Feb 2013, 21:55 pm
28202
6 Feb 2013, 07:21 am
bellebrise
12/01/2012 09:41 AM
It was not a forearm blow, it was a punch to the jaw. Any boxer would love to be able to punch like that, right on the angle propelling the lower mandible joint (condyle) up like a hammer blow to the brain. Accidentally, according to Hansen.
We will never get rid of the dirty stuff until the team bosses start seeing it for what it is. Time is short.
6 Feb 2013, 07:21 am
jinglebalix
11/30/2012 12:12 PM
What an absolute crock of shite – really Hansen is FULL of shite.
Hansen first observed that he didn’t see the offence. He certainly didn’t seem too embarrassed and ashamed just as Hore was caught, he seemed more inclined to be vague and inexact.
Awful……….RWC Campions my arse.
6 Feb 2013, 07:22 am
aardvark2
11/30/2012 11:44 AM
—-and the previous stupidity against Scotland, and, and, one can go on and on. At the moment they are supposed to be ambassadors for the sport; world champions, and advertising the game far and wide. And what do we get, skulduggery and thuggery, that is not just an embarrassment to them, but to the rest of us. Rugby is a growing game with many kids starting to play. There is now no place for gratuitous violence, and the ABs, and others, should put their houses in order, and deal very severely with all miscreants.
6 Feb 2013, 07:23 am
jomc20
11/30/2012 06:50 AM
I simply don’t believe anything Hansen or other NZ commentators say- its all spin. Rugby is like a religion in NZ and like religion and extreme nationalist can lead to the justification of immoral acts, like taking out key players, even if it means they’re seriously injured.
6 Feb 2013, 07:23 am
lordmuck
11/30/2012 06:37 AM
What exactl was the ‘something else’ that Hore was attempting ?
Punch in the throat perhaps ?
AB’s not only dirty but dangerously so…bring entire game into disreute.
6 Feb 2013, 08:46 am
Found it.
6 Feb 2013, 09:07 am
Kangaroos strike forward Tony “T-Rex” Williams has vowed to repay the Kiwis for their “dirty” tactics in yesterday’s fiery encounter at Halliwell Jones Stadium if the two teams meet in the Four Nations final.
While most of the chorus of Aussie complaints after the game centred on Issac Luke’s “cannonball” tackle on David Shillington and late shots on kickers, Williams was unhappy with the Kiwis for other tactics.
The Kangaroos suffered a high injury toll with Shillington (ankle), Willie Tonga (hip) and Anthony Watmough (elbow) all in doubt for next weekend’s clash with England at Wembley, while Cooper Cronk has a broken nose.
Williams scored a try with his first touch of the ball but he was still unhappy after the win because of what he saw as dirty play.
“Play hard but don’t play dirty,” Williams said. “Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and all of those guys … that was something I don’t like and I will back up my boys any time.
6 Feb 2013, 09:10 am
You do wonder if New Zealand rugby will ever learn how decent society behaves. When Dean Greyling disgracefully assaulted McCaw, the Springboks leadership reacted immediately. Coach Heyneke Meyer publicly called the attack “unacceptable” and said: “I want to apologise to Richie McCaw”. Captain Jean de Villiers said: “We’ll never condone playing dirty” and promised to take action.
But all we have had out of Hansen so far is evasion. Initially Hansen wasn’t sure if Hore “clocked him but he certainly hooked him out”. A little later he said: “It looked like he was trying to clean out the Welshman in front of him It’s unfortunate that it’s happened.” Then Hansen said: “I am just resigned to the fact that he will probably get cited … think they think we’re thugs or something but we don’t play differently to anyone else.”
6 Feb 2013, 09:10 am
OPINION: Silence. For two days the world waited for Andrew Hore, Steve Hansen, Richie McCaw, Steve Tew or even the bloke who carries the bags to apologise for the All Black hooker’s unprovoked assault on Bradley Davies. Instead, New Zealand rugby appeared stuck on an endless loop of John Cage’s soundless epic. At the time of writing there had not been a solitary public note of regret.
6 Feb 2013, 09:11 am
It is this reaction that continues to gall the rest of the world. The recent list of All Blacks shame is a long one – the Canterbury front row deliberately beating up the 71 Lions, John Ashworth tearing open JPR’s face with a double stamp, Richard Loe’s assault on Paul Carozza, Jamie Joseph wrecking Kyran Bracken’s ankle, Keven Mealamu and Tana Umaga smashing Brian O’Driscoll’s shoulder.
These acts are bad enough, and other nations have similar shameful incidents in their rugby history, but what really grates is the consistent lack of a full and proper apology. Steve Hansen talks of taking ownership, but when has New Zealand rugby ever taken ownership of these acts of violence?
6 Feb 2013, 11:42 am
by their silence shall their sins be known….
6 Feb 2013, 12:12 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-28213:
go fcuck yourself.
6 Feb 2013, 12:36 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-28209: @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-28210: @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-28211: @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-28212:
Interesting Bakkies – you just put that lame effort of JC to shame “Hore set for hefty ban”
You should have written this article and claim the 28000 responses.
6 Feb 2013, 12:50 pm
Bakkies on a roll
6 Feb 2013, 13:09 pm
@cane-28214:
hahaha
i like your honesty.
6 Feb 2013, 13:10 pm
@RL-28215:
thanks RL, but the credit goes to the journos who penned these honest truths and hearfelt feelings.
6 Feb 2013, 13:13 pm
@cane-28214:
clean your rugby up, Caner
its that simple.
make us love you for the way you play, again.
@Mr Black-28216:
time contraints though, have a moer of a work load.
will dissapear again for a few days at least.
6 Feb 2013, 14:00 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-28219:
You know we wont take it personally if you dissapear forever Bakkies.
Cheers
6 Feb 2013, 17:39 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-28212:
> Keven Mealamu and Tana Umaga smashing Brian O’Driscoll’s shoulder.
Spear tackle on Barney taking him out for the season, with the de rigueur slap on the wrist for the AB player
7 Feb 2013, 00:55 am
Has the Hore died?
7 Feb 2013, 07:05 am
@Mr Black-28220:
wow Mr Black, dont hold back.
@victoriabok-28221:
absolutely.
its something they’ve been doing for a long time and sometimes its bad enough to put the players targeted out of rugby for many months even years at times.
you can certainly add Schalk, Bjorn and a few other injured players to that list.
7 Feb 2013, 07:06 am
@nortierd-28222:
not on my watch.
7 Feb 2013, 09:41 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-28224:
Dan moet jy beter watch pal.
Die rigor mortis tree al in en daar hang al n klankie in die lug
7 Feb 2013, 16:41 pm
OK, ciao
(I’m officially saying good bye to this thread)
7 Feb 2013, 16:58 pm
@nortierd-28225:
> daar hang n klankie in die lug
Dis ‘n benoude een wat Skop hier gelos het
Die man is verstop van al die lensies, g’n wonder hy’s so bemoerd nie
8 Feb 2013, 06:34 am
tonight my hopes are falling
for all the people with no faces
and while this thread is stalling
i ‘see’ what they look like in their places
were the hopes we had that much too high
way out of reach… but we have to try
this thread will never be over
because we’re keeping the Hore alive…
this thread will never be over
because we’re keeping the Hore alive
this site will never be over
because we’re keeping keo alive…!!
8 Feb 2013, 06:47 am
@nortierd-28225:
hehehe
dit lyk vir my jy’s reg, Nortie
die hoer is op pad uit
ek sal n bietjie probeer vandag alhoewel ek werk het om te doen.
8 Feb 2013, 11:55 am
@ufo-28228:
The candle is indeed flickering UFO.
but not yet gone.
8 Feb 2013, 11:57 am
The post above,
was the first Post on The Hore for 5 hours.
8 Feb 2013, 12:31 pm
Boxing can continue on the Hore.
Maybe Keo reread the Rocking your rugby World article and got remorse
8 Feb 2013, 12:34 pm
Mark don’t like us much
8 Feb 2013, 12:37 pm
I think its quite fitting really.
The Hore’s last stand.
8 Feb 2013, 12:38 pm
Im in!
8 Feb 2013, 12:38 pm
Not watching the bout though.
Link, anybody?
8 Feb 2013, 12:39 pm
@gunther-28234:
Started with an All Black punch 4 months ago, continues with an All Black punch 4 months later
8 Feb 2013, 12:39 pm
44 year old against a 27 yo
experience against strength
sa vs nz
cool vs uncool
blond vs brunette
?
8 Feb 2013, 12:40 pm
@gunther-28234: You did see they arrested the wife for the murder of the Middeburg businessman?
The Hores last stand……
Could be Fransie’s as well.
8 Feb 2013, 12:41 pm
@nortierd-28237:
lets hope the right man goes down this time.
8 Feb 2013, 12:42 pm
Go Buffel
The whole of Rugby loving, brandy and coke drinking (aka Mark)fans are rooting for you
8 Feb 2013, 12:42 pm
@nortierd-28237: The one a good old fashioned hore, the other a money hore.
8 Feb 2013, 12:43 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-28239: Or SBW’s. Coz he certainly hores himself out to the highest bidder.
8 Feb 2013, 12:43 pm
@The Sharks rugby pedigree is packaged as dog food-28239:
I’m backing Braaipack Botha.
8 Feb 2013, 12:43 pm
Penny, Penny, Penny…
The fight will begin now Baks
8 Feb 2013, 12:44 pm
go fransie you hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooor!
8 Feb 2013, 12:45 pm
If I was SBW I’d give the announcer a klap for calling him Sonny Boy.
Jeez, did the guy not learn who was fighting?
8 Feb 2013, 12:45 pm
SBW in black
waitng for the haka
Buffel is so showman
Hahaha
8 Feb 2013, 12:46 pm
this place is falling apart.
8 Feb 2013, 12:46 pm
What a cool intro.
Buffalo the showman.
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