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Michael Hooper has a new unwelcome record
By RugbyPass
Australian captain Michael Hooper picked up a very unflattering record on Saturday during his sides 30-6 loss to England at Twickenham. The Wallaby flanker found himself setting the record for most yellow cards received by an international player.
When he received the card it marked Hoopers eighth yellow in 77 test caps taking him above Jamie Cudmore from Canada (43 caps), Marco Bortolami (111 caps) of Italy and South African Bryan Habana (124 caps) who all are all sitting on seven yellow cards a piece.
Hooper found himself on the wrong side of referee Ben O'Keeffe just after the half-hour mark as England were attacking the Australian line. After a succession of infringements including tackling the lifter at the lineout and collapsing a maul O'Keeffe felt he had only one option.
The flanker was not the only player in gold to receive a yellow on the day as full-back Kurtley Beale was also sent to the bin just eight minutes later.
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Italians defended well. Luckily the scrums went well for the ABs.
Go to commentsYou were 'valuing' the players by you saying "they are not greats" though, I was pointing out another reason why they are greats, inside the team I mean (which is more important to selections on the pitch stuff).
Someone like TJ would be bitterly disappointed he didn't play on this end of year tour. He is still good enough to come on in that France game and ensure the team get the victory (with regards to how well Ratima had been playing). At the very least this is a 'sorry you didn't get that chance' offering, he's not here to get token farewell games, he will be playing to try and prove that he should have been on the pitch last week.
The other decision to play your best over the future is really personal though so can agree with your reasoning. Just sharing a slightly different perspective. I'll have to check the ratings and see how they went.
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