10 dirtiest plays in rugby -Torygraph

[blockhead]

Article in the Telegraph. 10 of the top dirty incidents on a rugby pitch. Interesting that our boys feature as the victim in 3 of the 10. POC kicking young Dave in the face isn't mentioned however. Come to think of it neither is Quinny using Leo as a bowling ball, or Mafi......

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... iting.html

[Grumpy Old Man]

Not an English aggressor in sight! Now, who was the Northampton player who deliberately broke another players arm?

[johng]

Callum Clarke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxfOcZrxuHU

[ceemec]

Single most disgusting piece of play I've ever seen on a field. A stint in prison would have been fair.

If McCrae is there, Tuilagi could well be there too for his assault on Ashton which was just as bad.

[fourthirtythree]

This in the Torygraph or the Mail?

Trolling linkbait possibly more or less algorithmically generated according to what will generate eyeballs and keep them there.

[simonokeeffe]

2 and 5 a bit weak really

The 2 aussies holding Trevor Brennan's arms so Kefu could punch him in 1999 RWC
ROG being choked v Scotland
Georgian prop at Montpellier had parts of 2 fingers bitten off in a club match in Georgia
Cutting the inside of a players mouth with a scalpel
RFU banning Tuilagi much longer than Moody for the same fight

[Grumpy Old Man]

Cutting the inside of a players mouth with a scalpel

Technically didn't happen on the pitch but yes, surprised it didn't rate a mention.

[Grumpy Old Man]

Cutting the inside of a players mouth with a scalpel

Technically didn't happen on the pitch but yes, surprised it didn't rate a mention.

[Donny B.]

5) Eric Champ knocks out Nigel Heslop
During a tempestuous Rugby World Cup quarter-final at the Parc des Princes in 1991, Serge Blanco was targeted by England. England winger Nigel Heslop bumped into him after he called a mark. French flanker Eric Champ responded by punching Heslop and knocking him out. Champ and Blanco escaped the sin bin.

Easy enough to do, as there was no sin-bin at the time. Who came up with this rubbish article?

[JB1973]

[quote="ceemec"]Single most disgusting piece of play I've ever seen on a field. A stint in prison would have been fair.

well said that man.

Wade Dooley breaking phil davies punching jaw by punching him from behind got forgotten as well, I wonder why !

ps this has to be the one of the most blatant attacks never to get a red card

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nUg9FC4ysc

[BlueBlue]

Long time ago, but The Claw stepping on another players head (French) in a Paris 5N match, the French player was concussed, you could see his skull flex in and out after The Claw stepped on his temple, all weight on one foot and then stepped off. No blunt force injury as they would say on CSI but afterwards the French player did not know who or where he was. The Claw got a major ban but it only included NH, so he went to Qeensland and it made him into a great player rather than a peno machine.

[BlueBlue]

The Claw, you forget what a liability this Man was until his later years, match report...

While France stamped their authority on this match and revived their chances of winning the championship, Peter Clohessy imposed a stamp of the unacceptable kind and yesterday he paid the penalty, receiving a thumping 26-week ban. The Young Munster prop put the boot into Olivier Roumat who needed two stitches to a head wound. It could have been a lot worse.
The punishment was meted out by Alan Hosie, the former Scottish international referee, after Clohessy had been cited. Hosie, the match commissioner in Paris, was asked by officials from both the French federation and the International Rugby Football Union to investigate. He watched a television replay of the incident on Saturday evening and found Clohessy guilty of foul play. The player attended the hearing, as did Pat Whelan, the Ireland manager, but they were not informed of the ban until they arrived in Dublin yesterday.

Ireland are allowed to lodge an appeal and Whelan said he thought the sentence was "very severe". Clohessy, who will be 30 next month, won his 16th cap on Saturday and it will almost certainly be his last. The ban is for "playing weeks" which means that not only will he miss Ireland's next two matches but the beginning of next season. It is understood that in his defence he said that his action was not intentional. The controversial tight-head has previous form: he was suspended for 10 weeks for stamping during a club game in 1993. But for business commitments - he missed the World Cup last summer - he would have made more appearances for Ireland. Now he will be able to give his company his undivided attention.

After viewing the incident on television some Irish commentators thought that Clohessy's action warranted a life ban, but Roumat himself was more sanguine about the affair. "I don't know who kicked me," he said. "I don't even know if it was a Frenchman or an Irishman. If it was intentional then, of course, whoever did it should be banned.

"It is strange that four French forwards were injured. In the past it has always been France who were accused of dirty play."

Yesterday the finger was being pointed at Ireland who two years ago returned from Paris licking their wounds after being roughed up. It was not a kick to the head that forced Roumat to leave the field on Saturday but a poke in the eye. He had no idea who caused that either. Christian Califano needed dental treatment after receiving a blow to the mouth and others in the wars were Fabien Pelous and Jean-Michel Gonzalez. Gonzalez was kicked on the knee and again the finger was pointing at Clohessy.

None of the worst incidents were picked up by the match officials and it was left to the Irish and French management to act on video evidence. Following the England match, in which the centre Richard Dourthe was seen stamping on Ben Clarke, France suspended him for two matches.

The changes France made after the defeat by Scotland transformed the side. They were miles quicker in thought and deed and Ireland were cut to ribbons. France have finally chosen wisely and the combination of Guy Accoceberry and Thomas Castaignede at half-back provided them with the launch pad to run Ireland ragged.

Stephane Glas, who came on as a replacement for Thierry Lacroix, injected real pace and he created openings almost every time he touched the ball.

Whereas France are almost spoilt for choice, Ireland seem to have hit rock bottom. The recall of Niall Hogan was a disaster. Whatever chance David Humphreys had of making his mark on the game disappeared once Hogan was in possession. His passing was almost too bad to be true and Humphreys, who needed all the protection he could get, spent most of the game wondering whether he would receive the ball at his feet or over his head.

"I knew they'd be a handful," Murray Kidd, Ireland's New Zealand coach, said, "but our defence disappeared. We also have to ask some questions about our ball retention. There are some positive things we can take from the game."

Ireland will have to make further changes for the match against Wales in Dublin on 2 March and some will be enforced. Jim Staples, the captain, who went off at half-time suffering from concussion after tackling the phenomenal Emile Ntamack, is automatically ruled out. Perhaps the only fortunate thing that can be said for Staples is that he cannot remember much about the game and nor would he care to be reminded.

Ireland's heaviest defeat in the 87-year history of the series against the French could have been even heavier and about the only indignity they managed to sidestep was that they did not become the first country to concede 50 points in the championship. Italy's case for the five nations to become six is probably strengthened by such a result.

It was Ireland's 12th defeat in a row to France since 1985, their 12th in 12 visits to Parc des Princes. They have never won there and never will because in 1998 the French intend to use the new Stade de France, a complex being developed in St Denis, north of Paris for the soccer World Cup final.

FRANCE: J-L Sadourny (Colomiers); E Ntamack (Toulouse), T Lacroix (Dax), O Campan (Agen), P Saint-Andre (Montferrand, capt); T Castaignede (Toulouse), G Accoceberry (Begles); C Califano (Toulouse), J-M Gonzalez (Bayonne), F Tournaire (Narbonne), A Benazzi (Agen), O Roumat (Dax), L Cabannes (Racing), F Pelous (Dax), R Castel (Toulouse). Replacements: S Glas (Bourgoin) for Lacroix, 22; M Perie (Toulon) for Califano, 52; S Despagne (Toulouse) for Roumat, 52; M de Rougemont (Toulon) for Gonzalez, 70.

IRELAND: J Staples (Harlequins, capt); R Wallace (Garryowen), J Bell (Northampton), K McQuilkin (Bective Rangers), N Woods (Blackrock); D Humphreys (London Irish), N Hogan (Terenure College); N Popplewell (Newcastle), T Kingston (Dolphin), P Clohessy (Young Munster), P Johns (Dungannon), G Fulcher (Cork Constitution), J Davidson (Dungannon), V Costello (St Mary's College), D Corkery (Cork Constitution). Replacement: M Field (Malone) for Staples, h-t.

Referee: E Morrison(Eng).

[BlueBlue]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/ar ... d=10582204

An Englishman in this list along with our very own Trevor.

[BlueBlue]

The Claw come back after 2 years, he is now 32 /33 years old and has 16 irish caps.
HARDMAN Peter Clohessy is getting ready to win the biggest battle of his colourful career.

Ireland take on France in Paris on March 7 in the hope of ending one of the bleakest records in international rugby.

And Clohessy, now fitter and leaner than at any stage of his career, is aiming to be part of the action.

It was in the corresponding game two years ago that he hit rock bottom when he was found guilty on video evidence of stamping on a French opponent.

The 26-week suspension which followed cost him his automatic Ireland status and, in the process, precipitated the deepest crisis of his career.

"What happened in Paris was untypical Adj. 1. untypical - not representative of a group, class, or type; "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"
atypical of Peter and in that sense, he's always regretted the incident," said a friend.

"It's taken him a long time to get himself back in contention at the top level but now at last the feeling in Limerick Limerick, city, Republic of Ireland
Limerick, city (1991 pop. 56,083), seat of Co. Limerick, SW Republic of Ireland, at the head of the Shannon estuary. The city has a port with two docks. is that he's nearly there.

"He's never been more motivated going into the Five Nations Championship and given the chance, he aims to prove that he's still among the best front row players in the game."

Clohessy's suspension proved doubly expensive in the sense that it gave the chunky chunk·y
adj. chunk·i·er, chunk·i·est
1. Short and thick; stocky.

2. Containing small thick pieces: chunky peanut butter; chunky soup. Saracens forward Paul Wallace the chance to prove his ability.

And Wallace, whose brother Richard preceded him in the Ireland team, reached out and grabbed it.

Last season he was rated one of the most consistent players in the Ireland squad and the point was recognised when he was named in the Lions team for their eventful tour of South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. .

Now he represents a huge bulwark to Clohessy's hopes of getting back to where he was two years ago. Clohessy, the quiet man who prefers to make his point in the engine room of the scrum An agile software development methodology developed by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland in the mid-1990s. Scrum is based on a "Sprint," which is a 30-day period for delivering a working part of the system. , signed for the Australian team Queensland when his ban ended.

His loss proved a huge blow to Young Munster in their attempt to regain the AIB Championship from another Limerick club, Shannon.

But with their most capped player back on song `Munsters' now believe that they can reclaim the biggest prize in Irish rugby.

"Peter's given them a new purpose this season and the rest of the team has responded," said a club official.

"I think other clubs are going to find us a much tougher team to beat this season."

[Dave Cahill]

The Claw, you forget what a liability this Man was until his later years, match report...

While France stamped their authority on this match and revived their chances of winning the championship, Peter Clohessy imposed a stamp of the unacceptable kind and yesterday he paid the penalty, receiving a thumping 26-week ban. The Young Munster prop put the boot into Olivier Roumat who needed two stitches to a head wound. It could have been a lot worse.
The punishment was meted out by Alan Hosie, the former Scottish international referee, after Clohessy had been cited. Hosie, the match commissioner in Paris, was asked by officials from both the French federation and the International Rugby Football Union to investigate. He watched a television replay of the incident on Saturday evening and found Clohessy guilty of foul play. The player attended the hearing, as did Pat Whelan, the Ireland manager, but they were not informed of the ban until they arrived in Dublin yesterday.

Ireland are allowed to lodge an appeal and Whelan said he thought the sentence was "very severe". Clohessy, who will be 30 next month, won his 16th cap on Saturday and it will almost certainly be his last. The ban is for "playing weeks" which means that not only will he miss Ireland's next two matches but the beginning of next season. It is understood that in his defence he said that his action was not intentional. The controversial tight-head has previous form: he was suspended for 10 weeks for stamping during a club game in 1993. But for business commitments - he missed the World Cup last summer - he would have made more appearances for Ireland. Now he will be able to give his company his undivided attention.

After viewing the incident on television some Irish commentators thought that Clohessy's action warranted a life ban, but Roumat himself was more sanguine about the affair. "I don't know who kicked me," he said. "I don't even know if it was a Frenchman or an Irishman. If it was intentional then, of course, whoever did it should be banned.

"It is strange that four French forwards were injured. In the past it has always been France who were accused of dirty play."

Yesterday the finger was being pointed at Ireland who two years ago returned from Paris licking their wounds after being roughed up. It was not a kick to the head that forced Roumat to leave the field on Saturday but a poke in the eye. He had no idea who caused that either. Christian Califano needed dental treatment after receiving a blow to the mouth and others in the wars were Fabien Pelous and Jean-Michel Gonzalez. Gonzalez was kicked on the knee and again the finger was pointing at Clohessy.

None of the worst incidents were picked up by the match officials and it was left to the Irish and French management to act on video evidence. Following the England match, in which the centre Richard Dourthe was seen stamping on Ben Clarke, France suspended him for two matches.

The changes France made after the defeat by Scotland transformed the side. They were miles quicker in thought and deed and Ireland were cut to ribbons. France have finally chosen wisely and the combination of Guy Accoceberry and Thomas Castaignede at half-back provided them with the launch pad to run Ireland ragged.

Stephane Glas, who came on as a replacement for Thierry Lacroix, injected real pace and he created openings almost every time he touched the ball.

Whereas France are almost spoilt for choice, Ireland seem to have hit rock bottom. The recall of Niall Hogan was a disaster. Whatever chance David Humphreys had of making his mark on the game disappeared once Hogan was in possession. His passing was almost too bad to be true and Humphreys, who needed all the protection he could get, spent most of the game wondering whether he would receive the ball at his feet or over his head.

"I knew they'd be a handful," Murray Kidd, Ireland's New Zealand coach, said, "but our defence disappeared. We also have to ask some questions about our ball retention. There are some positive things we can take from the game."

Ireland will have to make further changes for the match against Wales in Dublin on 2 March and some will be enforced. Jim Staples, the captain, who went off at half-time suffering from concussion after tackling the phenomenal Emile Ntamack, is automatically ruled out. Perhaps the only fortunate thing that can be said for Staples is that he cannot remember much about the game and nor would he care to be reminded.

Ireland's heaviest defeat in the 87-year history of the series against the French could have been even heavier and about the only indignity they managed to sidestep was that they did not become the first country to concede 50 points in the championship. Italy's case for the five nations to become six is probably strengthened by such a result.

It was Ireland's 12th defeat in a row to France since 1985, their 12th in 12 visits to Parc des Princes. They have never won there and never will because in 1998 the French intend to use the new Stade de France, a complex being developed in St Denis, north of Paris for the soccer World Cup final.

FRANCE: J-L Sadourny (Colomiers); E Ntamack (Toulouse), T Lacroix (Dax), O Campan (Agen), P Saint-Andre (Montferrand, capt); T Castaignede (Toulouse), G Accoceberry (Begles); C Califano (Toulouse), J-M Gonzalez (Bayonne), F Tournaire (Narbonne), A Benazzi (Agen), O Roumat (Dax), L Cabannes (Racing), F Pelous (Dax), R Castel (Toulouse). Replacements: S Glas (Bourgoin) for Lacroix, 22; M Perie (Toulon) for Califano, 52; S Despagne (Toulouse) for Roumat, 52; M de Rougemont (Toulon) for Gonzalez, 70.

IRELAND: J Staples (Harlequins, capt); R Wallace (Garryowen), J Bell (Northampton), K McQuilkin (Bective Rangers), N Woods (Blackrock); D Humphreys (London Irish), N Hogan (Terenure College); N Popplewell (Newcastle), T Kingston (Dolphin), P Clohessy (Young Munster), P Johns (Dungannon), G Fulcher (Cork Constitution), J Davidson (Dungannon), V Costello (St Mary's College), D Corkery (Cork Constitution). Replacement: M Field (Malone) for Staples, h-t.

Referee: E Morrison(Eng).

Clohessy wasn't entirely wrong to do what he did. The french had behaved like absolute animals in the two previous fixtures, players were gouged, bitten, spat at, bag snatched, the whole bag of dirty tricks, and the Irish pack decided that this year they were going to f%~k them up, damn the consequences, and they did, and of course being french they didn't like it up 'em and whinged like bitches.

[JB1973]

Flannery rush of blood to the head was the daftest thing I have seen from an irish player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRScolLa8QE

[BlueBlue]

Clohessy wasn't entirely wrong to do what he did. The french had behaved like absolute animals in the two previous fixtures, players were gouged, bitten, spat at, bag snatched, the whole bag of dirty tricks, and the Irish pack decided that this year they were going to f%~k them up, damn the consequences, and they did, and of course being french they didn't like it up 'em and whinged like bitches.

I have no problwm with that, sometimes you have to fight fire with fire.

The Claw was 30 at this stage, I'm saying two things about him 1. That he became a great player after this incident as the time with Queensland and 2 years out of the Ireland Squad did him good and 2. He was a liability for many years before this incident.

[BlueBlue]

Flannery rush of blood to the head was the daftest thing I have seen from an irish player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRScolLa8QE

Yep, I'd favour the old punishment of a sending off for that kind of stuff

[deco]

Nice to see Hayes's stamp getting the recognition it deserves, at least abroad. As ever in Ireland, we tend to sweep incidents like this under the carpet.

[munster#1]

If Hayes is getting a mention, how about when sexton kicked mafi in the face while he was on the ground, or heaslip trying to knock out mc caw with his knee. Very odd not to mention those incidents