2024/2025 Not Heineken Cup

[PornDog]

It’s funny though, how of all the potential red card decisions that we’ve all been commenting on recently, where it looks like there’s an instruction for them to avoid reds wherever possible, it was the woman that you went off on a rant about.

But it’s not about her being a woman, obviously, you say that so it must be true.

It is about her being selected for virtual signalling quota-itis rather than competency which is a problem created by EPCR and not me. I can sympathise with Damian Vidagany.

You're way out of line here torq. She's been one of the better refs for a few years now.

I wouldn't give one iota of credence to Torq's opinions on any referee! The guy is properly off with the fairies.

[SaintK]

If Poirot has been cited they must have spotted something, so it's a bit early to say he did nothing wrong.



This seems a bit pot kettle black given the way you're still banging on about Digwall's pass (which did look forward, yes).

A lot of chat on Fre discussion channels about Pollock: soshull meejuhhh prior to the game and yapping during.
a) I read a few English comments including PR (yes) which basically said "if you dish it out, you should expect to take it".
b) That said, a simple "look at the scoreboard mate" or "another however many years" would have sufficed. All some of the UBB
players have done is to prove how much Pollock managed to get under their skins. Brian Moore-esque.

I have a little insight into Pollock since he was at Stowe and then Buckingham and let's just say the lad isn't lacking in self belief
nor letting anyone who cares to listen, telling how good he is. He's a confident young man but needs to learn to deal with what was suggested in a).

He might get it knocked out of him a few training sessions into the Lions tour.

That would have happened at Saints and in camp with England if true

[Sandstorm]

Pollock is going to be a great player, but he’s also full of himself and is probably going to less popular around the rest of the world than Sexton.

[Uncle fester]

It is about her being selected for virtual signalling quota-itis rather than competency which is a problem created by EPCR and not me. I can sympathise with Damian Vidagany.

You're way out of line here torq. She's been one of the better refs for a few years now.

I wouldn't give one iota of credence to Torq's opinions on any referee! The guy is properly off with the fairies.

I like to pull him back in line every now and then.

[SaintK]

Sorry Hollie, you just fucked that up; that was the reddest of red cards.

Underhill cited
That's his season done. It will be a second ban for the same offence in a few months

Yep, season over

Underhill accepted that he had committed an act of foul play, but did not accept that it warranted a red card. But the independent disciplinary committee upheld the complaint from Lyon, finding that Underhill had tackled Davit Niniashvili in a dangerous manner that warranted a red card.

Referee Hollie Davidson had, controversially, only handed Underhill a yellow card in the 26th minute of the match.

Because of Underhill’s admission of foul play and his remorse, the six-week ban for a mid-entry point offence was reduced by two weeks to four. However, Underhill’s poor disciplinary record – he was sent off in the Round of 16 clash against Pau, ironically when Davidson was the referee – counted against the ban being cut any further.

As a result, Underhill will miss this weekend’s final match of the regular season at Saracens, which he was likely to be rested for anyway, as well as the home semi-final on Friday, June 6th, and if Bath make it to the Allianz Stadium, the Gallagher Premiership final eight days later.