Change of Plans

So originally I was going to write about how my sunburn has kept me up for two nights straight now.

Then I saw this: 

I have always said that south sea islanders and kiwis play the game rougher than the rest of the world.  The difference between them is that the islanders don't have skill, they just make up for it with aggression (the exception to this rule being the Fiji 7's, they're exceptional by any standard).  It's par for the course that you'll get a few late tackles playing against a group of uncoordinated thugs, it's just how it is.  Whenever I played against them, I would just politely step out of the way and let them sail past, while they were sprawling, I'd be running through the overweight hole they left in their defensive line.

This, however, is not in the same category.  I don't care whether the retard throwing the punches is nineteen years old or fifty, he should know better.  An obviously late tackle, that he had plenty of time to stop, followed by three punches, (you need to work on your technique, by the way) should earn this delinquent a stay in prison.  Of course, should he go to prison he would be screwed.  In prison, he would not fight someone half his size, and he certainly would not have the opportunity to land three punches.  The fact that Ashton stayed on his feet is indicative of his rugby league roots, and of the tuilagi brothers penchant for bullying - all talk and no walk (are you really happy with yourself tuilagi?  You couldn't even lay out an opponent who wasn't fighting back, had no intention of fighting and who was letting you punch him in the face, you even got a combination left/right on him and nothing happened.  I bet you cried yourself to sleep that night.).

Let's just hope he never puts on an England jersey - apparently he qualifies through residency clauses.  Think about it, he would go around throwing his toys out of the pram, costing England matches.  International referees aren't as blind as domestic ones; he would absolutely be red carded.

On a side-note, I love the youtube comments for that video.  You can really tell the ozzies from the sane.  They just don't forget, do they: 

On a summarising note: tuilagi's aren't cut out for international rugby, or even high level domestic rugby.  They're too violent, and have not an iota of intelligence between them - something international rugby players absolutely require, and something lacking in those who just play to bully others.