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Nailiko banned for Hibbard punch

Gloucester hooker Richard Hibbard

La Rochelle lock Jone Qovu Nailiko has been given a two-week ban for punching Richard Hibbard during Gloucester’s European Challenge Cup semi-final victory on Saturday.

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Nailiko hit former Wales hooker Hibbard in the stomach in the second half at Stade Marcel-Deflandre, but was not shown a card by the referee.

Fijian Nailiko had already been sent to the sin-bin for an elbow on Gloucester captain Willi Heinz in the Premiership side’s 16-14 success against the Top 14 leaders.

To make matters worse for Hibbard, Irish referee Andrew Brace told him “I don’t appreciate you throwing yourself on the ground. This is the wrong sport for that.”

Nailiko was cited following a review of the incident and will now miss the clashes with Montpellier and Clermont Auvergne after pleading guilty.

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Ed the Duck 4 minutes ago
Ex-England cap Nic Dolly: 'As a rugby player, you obviously want to be wanted'

I remembered him from his time with Tigers & England and being slightly surprised he was allowed to slip away given the trajectory he’d taken to the top, he appeared to be rated very highly at the time. Your point on repaying the faith shown to him by the Force reminds me of Duhan van der Merwe’s comments about being signed for Edinburgh and taken in by Scottish rugby when he was struggling with injury and languishing at Montpellier. That one certainly worked out pretty well for all concerned too!

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Icefarrow 36 minutes ago
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Brett McKay 39 minutes ago
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He’s started five of his seven games so far this season Nick, though he’s off the bench this week for the Force v Hurricanes in Perth. He and BPA have tag-teamed pretty well thus far…

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Icefarrow 39 minutes ago
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Are you seriously suggesting Hotham had surpassed Perenara after one test on the bench? That’s a ridiculous take.

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Ed the Duck 42 minutes ago
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That’s a real tough game to call. UBB look awesome going forward for sure but Toulouse rolled up their sleeves in the face of a Toulon team that wouldn’t go away. One thing that does stand out though, IF Toulouse follow up victory in Toulon with a win in Bordeaux they will have made it to the final on real merit and be very much battle hardened for Leinster. Might this just set the stage for yet another Leinster meltdown…?

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Ed the Duck 54 minutes ago
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It really does look bleak when reading the stats and it makes you wonder what it is about the psyche of Irish Rugby that sees them fall so often at the final hurdles, particularly when you set the Ireland wc record alongside that picture?


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Graham VF 1 hour ago
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Rassie once said he really likes to find a top player from a minor school. He knows how to tackle because he’s had a lot of practice.top rugby schools like Grey College Paarl BH Paarl Gym etc spend much of the game attacking and seldom have to do much tackling. A classic example is Damien D’Allende who was at Milnerton High - not a traditional rugby school. He came to attention because of his ferocious defence. The attacking skills were added much later. Tackling is so much part of the SA rugby psyche it makes it so much easier to base the national game around ultra aggressive defence. At provincial level there are various nuances in attacking strategy but every province has the same D mindset. The enthusiasm with which tackling is embraced in SA makes Jacques D methods easy to adopt in every province from NTvl to SWDistricts. When we sat down after a school game we would recount our big tackles long before clever offloads.

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NB 1 hour ago
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Nice interview, thanks Brett!


Fascinating to see if he can unseat a much bigger man [BPA] from the starting role out west….

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Derek Murray 1 hour ago
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Lock is a real problem. Signing Phillip is testament to the fact that the coach recognises it too. Not terribly happy with the efforts of Raiwalui and McKellar ignoring the need for decent locks while Qld accumulated 5 big units.

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NB 1 hour ago
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Yes I haven’t seen Dobbins before but he sure has a mighty engine on him.


I think you’re on the money in the rest of your analysis. Prop should really be a position of great strength for the Tahs but THP is still a problem. Amatosero hasn’t demanded a starting role even though Hugh Sinclair barely looks any more than 6’3/6’4.


By rights NSW should be fielding the top tight five in Aussie, but whatever reason it ain’t working out like that. So far.

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bit of a flanker 1 hour ago
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Aside from an out of form Christie, all the other 9s were young with little experience so taking Perenara was the right call

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NB 1 hour ago
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Precisely 👍

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NB 1 hour ago
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His Leinster teams were actually far more expansive than his Ireland sides, so he does have it ‘in’ him….

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NB 1 hour ago
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If Ireland were the ABs, they’d prob be thinking of a big rebuild with a new gen of players now, and start seeding them in as seamlessly as poss.


A lot of this tour’s success will depedn on bold selection by the Lions.

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NB 1 hour ago
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Not unusual for the Lions to be less than the sum of their parts however DW….

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NB 1 hour ago
How key Waratahs playmakers could reshape Joe Schmidt's Wallabies backline

Yep I recall they started a 50/50 team, against Munster in the semi🤨

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