Rugby, the original version

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SPR Mar 2020 8:59pm, 13 Mar 2020 29,976 posts	0 SPR It's easily a grab and I'm pretty sure they intended holding and touching to be included in that. Also the law is "including and not limited to" he can be and was found guilty under the law, even if you don't agree it fit grab. It's silly to even try and justify it. Why should a player have to accept another player touching their genitals?
LindsD Mar 2020 9:47pm, 13 Mar 2020 34,094 posts	0 LindsD Exactly.
flanker Mar 2020 11:33pm, 13 Mar 2020 19,010 posts	0 flanker He deserves it just for bringing the game into disrepute, never mind the actual offence.
Angus Clydesdale Mar 2020 11:57pm, 13 Mar 2020 17,055 posts	0 Angus Clydesdale Really? Sounds like some of you never even played, or are choosing to forget. And such high-handed terminology. "Bringing the game into disrepute" "sexual assault" etc etc. Who do you think you are? Do you not think that if it truly was a 'sexual assault' he wouldn’t be getting investigated for that. Bloody armchair analysts and keyboard warriors the lot of you. I thought this thread was supposed to be about rugby, not hand wringing. You all seem to prefer tabloid style gossip and fantasy scenarios. I think I’m out.
SPR Mar 2020 12:14am, 14 Mar 2020 29,978 posts	0 SPR
flanker Mar 2020 6:43pm, 15 Mar 2020 19,015 posts	0 flanker Bye AC. You might think all the coverage on the front pages and TV over the last week has been good for the game, but I disagree and think his actions have harmed the game's image, especially in the eyes of the casual follower or those who never watch rugby. Anyone who'd ever played the game would know that you don't do that type of thing out in the open and directly in front of the ref - even 4th XV prop knows that, and they're not known for being particularly bright - never mind when you know there are cameras everywhere recording it for TV.
Paul N Mar 2020 6:46pm, 15 Mar 2020 816 posts	0 Paul N The right to feel willies is a strange hill to die on
richmac Mar 2020 6:25am, 16 Mar 2020 13,689 posts	0 richmac Also, it's not about what 'we used to do' as very mediocre amateurs it's about the actions of someone representing their country and the example that sets to that who follow. Imagine the next week your child comes home from their junior match and had had their balls twisted and pulled and is in your kitchen crying? Wendy would you say to them? Man up it's ok for Joe marler to do our so what are your whinging about?'
ThorntonRunner Mar 2020 6:41am, 16 Mar 2020 2,994 posts	0 ThorntonRunner A defence that seems to say it happened in the 70s and 80s so it's OK to happen now is particularly weak.
Too Much Water Mar 2020 11:10am, 18 Mar 2020 7,140 posts	0 Too Much Water England France World Cup QF 1991 Australia New Zealand World Cup 1991 Lions SA 2009 2nd test Lions NZ 2017 1st 2nd and third test Harlequins v Leicester premiership final 2012 England Scotland 2019 England Ireland 1994 England Australia test 2 and 3 2016 Leinster Northampton 2011 Heineken cup Saracens Exeter 2019 prem final France nz wc 1999 Lions SA 1997 first test Wales v Scotland 1982 Scotland v England 1986 Scotland v France 1996 Above is a random list of matches I’ve had recommended to rewatch on YouTube. No idea if they are all available but I watched the first one last night, Micky Skinners massive tackle. that pack would have done worse things than Joe Marler did before the coin was tossed