And Dylan Hartley gets a bad rep.
Alright, that’s irrelevant, he deserves it but what Steven Luatua produced on Friday was downright disgusting.
Super Rugby is back and that means a number of other things are back along with it.
Offloading is back – proper offloading.
Unbelievable passing from Highlanders
Just two in it!
This #SuperRugby business isn't half bad, is it? pic.twitter.com/PgEHM6BcJI— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) February 26, 2016
Aaron Cruden is back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcGwZDA9Kqg
Tackles – monster bloody tackles – are back.
You watch Super Rugby and it restores your faith in the sport but, at the same time, you think you’re watching a different sport.
Then, every so often, someone does what Steven Luatua did against the Chiefs and it makes you shudder.
The All Blacks flanker was red-carded before half time of the Blues’ 41-26 defeat and a sending off nearly seemed too lenient if we’re being honest.
Irish fans don’t have the worst memories of Steven Luatua.
He’s a fine man with the ash.
He was humbled when he met his heroes, Niall Corcoran, Johnny McCaffrey, Stephen Cluxton and Bernard Brogan.
He couldn’t stop Rory Best in 2013.
And yeah, yeah New Zealand won but that’s not important.
His late hit on Nanai-Williams was bang out of order. Even calling it a late hit doesn’t feel right because the victim never even had the ball.
Luatua is sold with a dummy, Nanai-Williams is cleaned for no reason.
He should have the book thrown at him. But some New Zealand sites are leaving scope for interpretation with these kind of polls:
