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South African fans are still not happy with Marika Koroibete after latest hit
Marika Koroibete continued his run of dishing out punishing tackles with a beaut on his opposite number Caleb Clarke in the first Bledisloe Cup test in Melbourne.
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Chasing a kick into the All Blacks backfield early in the first half, Clarke had to jump in the air to catch a high bounce which left him slightly vulnerable to a charging Koroibete.
The Wallabies wing timed his contact perfectly and smashed Clarke over backward just after the All Black landed back on the Marvel Stadium turf. Pinned near his own try line, Australia almost turned the ball over with a counter-ruck.
Listed at 107kg, Clarke is no slight figure to move highlighting the force that Koroibete can bring at speed.
Koroibete goes 💥
Live blog 👉 https://t.co/dK9UKGejEO#Wallabies #TRC2022 #AUSvNZL pic.twitter.com/bGcCxGfm01
— RUGBYcomau (@rugbycomau) September 15, 2022
Clarke became the second winger to feature in a Koroibete highlight tackle in this Rugby Championship after Springbok Makazole Mapimpi was stopped in a heavy collision near the goal line in Adelaide.
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South African fans were less than impressed with the Wallabies left wing, feeling aggrieved that the flying Fijian failed to wrap his arms in the contact in this week’s tackle.
Replays of Koroibete’s tackle did show an attempt to wrap both arms around Clarke but the All Black bounced off Koroibete in the process.
Another big shot from Marika Koroibete.
Doesn’t wrap again.#AUSvNZL pic.twitter.com/S1NOdv0atd
— Jared Wright (@jaredwright17) September 15, 2022
How is that hit on Clarke by Koroibete okay??? No arms. Nothing??!!!
Smh.#AUSVNZL #BledisloeCup #RugbyChampionship— KingShakaZulu’sDaughter✊🏿❤ (@Thembileeh) September 15, 2022
Also Marika Koroibete needs to learn to wrap in the tackle
— Ruben Kihumuro Steyne (@kihumuroruben) September 15, 2022
koroibete has the best arm wrapping shoulder of all time !#justsaying #AUSvNZL
— mrRugby (@MRrugbyworldcup) September 15, 2022
Koroibete absolutely destryed Clarke there 🔥 #AUSvNZL
— Sin ? 🍥 (@Easterlytester) September 15, 2022
What about this Illegal tackle from Koroibete… he makes no attempt to wrap his arms just shoulder vibes it’s becoming a habit from him pic.twitter.com/M3SFQm3BjX
— Lord Stig-rus (@Lord_Stirus) September 15, 2022
Huyu Koroibete ni kama ana laws zake za tackle…ku wrap si must.
— Poghie Ndonga (@poghie_esquire) September 15, 2022
Koroibete keeps getting away with illegal tackles.
— kwets (@kwets11) September 15, 2022
There seemed to be no issues with the Clarke tackle from Kiwi fans or journos, with New Zealand Herald writer Chris Reive describing the hit as ‘beautiful’.
How was the hit from Koroibete on Clarke though? Beautiful #AUSvNZL
— Christopher Reive (@ChrisReive) September 15, 2022
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The Koroibete tackle that was raised by New Zealander fans in the social media court of opinion was an aerial challenge on Will Jordan that went unpunished late in the game.
The All Blacks right wing fielded a kick in the air before having his legs taken out by a reckless Koroibete challenge. Referee Mathieu Raynal let play go on and the tackle was not reviewed at the time.
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🤦♂️🤣 who cares who’s the best . All I know is the All Blacks have the star coach but have few star players now …
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1 Go to commentsAn on field red (aka a full red) in SRP must surely carry a bigger suspension than a red card given by the bunker as that carries a 20 minute team punishment. Had Damon Murphy abdicated his responsibility as a ref and issued both Drua players a yellow, which would have been upgraded to a 20 minute red by the bunker, that would have killed Australia and New Zealand’s push for the 20 minute red to be trialled globally from July this year.
11 Go to commentsEver so often you all post a Danny Care story that isn’t the announcement that he has finally re-signed for one more, victory tour season at Quins and I’m just like, “well you fooled me again!” My absolute favorite player ever, we need to make his final year at the Stoop (and Twickers) official already. I know he supposedly snubbed France but I won’t feel better until he signs.
1 Go to commentslate hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
1 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusades , you can keep going.
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27 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
27 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
27 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
14 Go to commentsLike tennis, who have a ranking system, and I believe rugby too, just measure over each period preceding a world cup event who was the longest number one and that would be it. In tennis the number one player frequently is not the grand slam winner. I love and adore the All Blacks since the days of Ian Kirkpatrick when I was a kid in SA. And still do because they are the masters of running rugby and are gentleman on and off the field - in general. And in my opinion they have been the majority of the time the best rugby team in the world.
27 Go to commentsHaving overseas possessions in 2024 is absurd. These Frenchies should have to give the New Caledonians their freedom.
21 Go to commentsBell injured his foot didn’t he? Bring Tupou in he’ll deliver when it counts. Agree mostly but I would switch in the Reds number 8 Harry Wilson for Swinton and move Rob Valentini to 6 instead. Wilson is a clever player who reads the play, you can’t outmuscle the AB’s and Springboks, if you have any chance it’s by playing clever. Same goes for Paisami, he’s a little guy who doesn’t really trouble the likes of De Allende and Jordie Barrett. I’d rather play Carter Gordon at 12 and put Michael Lynagh’s boy at 10. That way you get a BMT type goalkicker at 10 and a playmaker at 12. Anyways, just my two cents as a Bok supporter.
14 Go to commentsThanks Brett, love your articles which are alway pertinent. It’s a difficult topic trying to have a panel adjudicating consistently penalties for red card issues. Many of the mitigating reasons raised are judged subjectively, hence the different outcomes. How to take away subjective opinions?
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