Hore gets slap on wrist
28 Nov 2012
All Blacks hooker Andrew Hore has been given a five-week ban for striking Wales lock Bradley Davies with his arm, three of which will be pre-season.
Hore was found guilty of foul play on Wednesday and will not be able to play again until 24 February. He will miss New Zealand’s Test against England this Saturday, three weeks of pre-season and one round of Super Rugby.
The All Blacks have already called up Hika Elliot (who had been touring with the NZ Maori) to provide hooker cover.
Judicial officer Lorne Crerar of Scotland revealed that Hore’s eight-week ban had been reduced to five as the player had shown remorse and been in contact with Davies daily since the incident.
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29 Nov 2012, 00:00 am
irb sorry
29 Nov 2012, 00:00 am
He is now classed as a seal killing cowardly thug!
Simple really.
29 Nov 2012, 00:01 am
@Daddy-145:
Agreed………….something is rotten in the Muddy Isles…
29 Nov 2012, 00:02 am
England’s second-choice rookie flyhalf nominated for player of the year?
The IRB is on fire! 
29 Nov 2012, 00:10 am
@whatever-149:
lol
Mate you need to calm down. I am not making a case for his actions.
What i say is correct and has been bought up not by me but people that know more about rugby than you or me. It seems it is only you that thinks blocking a player is allowed only if you block a kiwi. Only one eyed person here is you.
29 Nov 2012, 02:07 am
@Kaizan-61: I guarantee Hore will be back, just like Bakkies, Burger, du Plessis all were. Greyling didn’t get dropped because of the foul play, he got dropped because he’s **** and lost the Boks that game in the funniest sub cameo I have ever seen.
I don’t condone what Hore did. I wish he hadn’t, he disgraced the Black jersey. But i’m not sure I’d say I’m embarrassed by it. But yes I was damn happy and proud of us winning the RWC. Makes no sense, I know. Rugby-fan paradox.
29 Nov 2012, 02:11 am
The culprits (named and shamed):
IRB Awards independent panel of judges
The IRB Player of the Year nominees were selected by the IRB Awards independent panel of judges, which is chaired by Australia’s Rugby World Cup 1999-winning captain John Eales and is made up of former internationals with more than 500 caps and four Rugby World Cup winners’ medals between them.
The IRB Awards panel comprises eight former internationals: England’s Will Greenwood, Scotland’s Gavin Hastings, France’s Raphaël Ibanez, South Africa’s Francois Pienaar, Argentina’s Agustín Pichot, Wales’ Scott Quinnell, New Zealand’s Tana Umaga and Ireland’s Paul Wallace.
IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset said: “As ever, the competition has been fierce and the panel had a tough time deliberating the shortlist from a number of stand-out candidates.
“All four players on the shortlist thoroughly deserve their place after stand-out performances during the year and consistency in the tough environment that is Test rugby.”
The winner will be announced at next Monday’s Rugby World Cup 2015 pool draw in London, together with IRB Coach of the Year and Team of the Year.
29 Nov 2012, 02:39 am
If one cowardly king-hit ko’d from behind every player lazily running obstruction… There would be no players on the paddock by quarter time!
And to think some are even trying to use the above justification… What a joke!
29 Nov 2012, 02:49 am
So he got 5 weeks for the swinging arm, when do they tell us what he got for the knee action on the bloke’s head?
29 Nov 2012, 02:49 am
@Hurricane-155:
Trust me Hurri, I’m as calm as the water in a birdbath in the middle of the Gobi desert at full moon!
29 Nov 2012, 02:50 am
@gonzo
So you dont feel embarrassed when your players disgrace the all black jersey but youre more than happy to share in the good vibes when your players win trophies?
I think you might not be getting a lot of sympathy next time one of your players gets taken out.
29 Nov 2012, 03:00 am
@kaksioek-154:
who did you want there, no SAFFA player this year was good enough, it’s the same old story no SAFFA then the whole thing is rigged, how very sad you have all become a bit like your rugby farken boring
29 Nov 2012, 03:01 am
The two best players in the world have been nominated McCaw and DC and rightly so.
29 Nov 2012, 03:04 am
@NZINCHINA-162:
F uk, can’t you even read? He is commenting on who is there and not who is not!! No where in his post does he whinge about no Saffas
Idiot!
29 Nov 2012, 03:05 am
@whatever-164:
do you guys ever stop crying about the IRB look at what you have become and lets be honest it all stems from your poor rugby
29 Nov 2012, 03:06 am
go back to 09′ not one complaint about the IRB on KEO
29 Nov 2012, 03:09 am
@NZINCHINA-165:
Dude, he was commenting about the fact that a young English no 10 who has only played a few games for the national side (some off the bench) is nominated.
Where was he crying? Or are you just making an assumption?
WTF has that to do with how well SA played this year?
You are a faarking tjop with your stupid posts
29 Nov 2012, 03:12 am
Check post 131………….from a keewee
29 Nov 2012, 03:12 am
@whatever-167:
nominated by a panel of international experts, thats how it works and that’s what they have decided, you forkers whinge about everything do you ever stop?
29 Nov 2012, 03:13 am
Tjopstick of note!!
29 Nov 2012, 03:14 am
This thread will turn into another great whinge.
29 Nov 2012, 03:17 am
@NZINCHINA-169:
Sorry tjopstick, where were saffas whinging about the IRD awards? A comment was made and supprise noted about Farrell being nominated, a fact supported by non saffa’s??
You dirty cowardly thug keewees have been bleeting non stop about being picked on by the judiciary the past two weeks so a little rich labeling saffas as whinging here
Go read the NZ Herald and see a good whinge by two so called rugby scribes.
29 Nov 2012, 03:18 am
you just plain thick tjopstick, so not gonna waste any more time with you………….
29 Nov 2012, 03:23 am
Good fuc k off then.
29 Nov 2012, 03:30 am
@NZINCHINA-174:
oooooooo heeeaaaavvvvy
29 Nov 2012, 03:31 am
You must drive your kiwi mates insane with rugby whingeing.
29 Nov 2012, 03:34 am
@NZINCHINA-176:
and you must drive your kindergarden teacher wild with your childish irritating behavior…………do you p sss in the sandpit as well?
29 Nov 2012, 03:35 am
@whatever-173:
Hehehe just wait till Farrel actually win and then you will see the whining, sure I will hear it all the way over here.
29 Nov 2012, 03:39 am
It just never stops “we have the best players/talent in the world” BUT blah blah farken blah – i’m out enjoy the next 24 hours of whingeing.
29 Nov 2012, 03:43 am
i dont agree with the list but what else is new, i would rather have Kieran Reid, Flouw and O.Franks on the list in place of these guys. didnt really see enough of the six nations to talk about the nh players but yea just my opinion i could be wring off course
29 Nov 2012, 03:44 am
*wrong
29 Nov 2012, 03:47 am
@NZINCHINA-179:
Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooos!!
29 Nov 2012, 03:48 am
@NZINCHINA-179:
Close the door behind you tjopstick……..don’t come back you fu king doos!
29 Nov 2012, 04:02 am
@whatever-160:
Why full moon?
29 Nov 2012, 04:58 am
Hore got off easy with this one but he has just made it harder for his mates by backing up Thomsons contribution the previous week.
The refs will now be watching the Abs just as much as they watch the other teams.
And against England this weekend i wont be shocked to see a red card dished out for a minor offence
29 Nov 2012, 04:58 am
@Slartibartfast-184:
Old wifes tale I think…….full moon in the desert, it is normally very calm/still….
29 Nov 2012, 04:59 am
@boktillzero-185:
Do you know who the ref is?
29 Nov 2012, 05:20 am
@whatever-187:
No , who is it? – whoever it is they be under a lot of pressure to police that type of thing and the ABs might potentially be blown up for stuff they usually aren’t
(Unless of course its Craig ‘im in love with the all blacks’ Joubert – then it will be business as usual)
29 Nov 2012, 05:27 am
@whatever-186:
Just sounded like you were puffing the peace pipe whilst typing there…
29 Nov 2012, 05:54 am
@boktillzero-188:
Hehe, you got that right about Joubert…………
29 Nov 2012, 05:54 am
Kiwis moaning about illegal blocking?
When McCheat has been running interference for years.
You precious knobbers.
29 Nov 2012, 05:54 am
@Slartibartfast-189:
Peace pipe? Not with some of these keewee trolls
29 Nov 2012, 06:27 am
@whatever-192:
Was going to add it seems you sucking the wrong end sometimes…
29 Nov 2012, 06:31 am
I could think of better places to slap a hore
29 Nov 2012, 06:32 am
@gunther-191:
Thelma
NO one was complaining.
Only pointing out the fact that someone on here said he was unprovoked which has been discussed and shown as not the case.
People were syaing greyling was provoked cos of McCaw was cheating, why is it different here?
29 Nov 2012, 06:35 am
@Hurricane-195: Provoked? Really.
Mr Hore clearly has anger management issues. And zero moral fibre
29 Nov 2012, 06:41 am
@Hurricane-195:
You are dreaming if you think that was provocation.
You are really quite thick.
29 Nov 2012, 06:41 am
@RedMan-196:
It wastnt nice, we all know that. He should have gone for a bit longer i think.
Have you seen the replay from above, it shows all but what he did was totally wrong
29 Nov 2012, 06:43 am
@gunther-197:
Seems name calling makes you feel better, i understand.
Cant be great being you.
But thatsd what has been said and by an English rugby show as well.
29 Nov 2012, 06:48 am
@Hurricane-198: Not seen it
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