JP Pietersen furious as Wales wing defends action that injured Bok Ethan Hooker

Look, I am a Shark supporter, the tackle is up for debate, what I am upset about is the “ We were dominating the scrums the last 15 minutes part” and maybe the rules were bent a little. My question is, number 1, why are we leaving things for the last 15 minutes, we should have been dominating the scrums earlier perhaps? Or knowing how important the game was to getting a possible playoff spot, should we not have played with more urgency than just leaving it for the last 15? Number 2, was there no backup plan to get the lead besides the scrum? Yes, it's a game for all shapes and sizes, but uncontested scrums is always a possibility, is there no other plan to win a game for when this happens?

Harden up. Accidents happen.

ONLY based on the pictures, I don’t understand how falling on top of the player would dislocate the shoulder. Shoulders can dislocate while falling over the arms, but rarely when hit from above. I don’t understand how this happened. This dislocation type is very common of cyclists where they use the arms to stop the fall. They also break collarbones this way.

I just found a video (edit). The player stands up after scoring the try and he does not appear to have shoulder issues right away. A dislocated shoulder is quite painful and the dislocation pain prevents movement almost immediately. From the (poor) videos, it MAY be that when the Welsh player fell on top of Hooker, Hooker had his elbow 90 degree from the ground and the pressure from above may have caused the injury.

It was late, there are tons of late hits like that, almost every weekend. Refs continue to let them go.

Not surprising that we have to educate a Welsh player on how to play rugby, is it?

That he thinks it’s ever okay to dive on a player on the ground (and then deletes his post) says it all.

You could apply multiple laws from 9.x or 13.x. It’s illegal in literal interpretation and clearly against the spirit of prioritizing safety. The problem is that refs are trading off the goal of “spectacle” and “entertainment” against the laws of the game, and they do that because they are told to do so.

It’s not safe to dive on someone lying on the ground, especially if they have a ball between them and the surface. That’s obvious.

It’s illegal, but legality is apparently secondary. Same with safety.

Mike Adamson missed a good game on Saturday.

There was a full head on head contact in the match with Malan Le Roux as well that was not looked at.

As I said elsewhere, that was a late, no arms, shoulder charge with a high degree of danger.

Being in goal and/or horisontal makes no difference.

Wouldn’t call that a “tackle”.

Obvious cheap shot by Luke Morgan. Over-the-hill has-been taking his frustration out on a young, far superior winger. Pathetic really.