Shane Mansfield

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@__Liberty4All_ @alfkkifine Well it’s just about making good choices. Not just with your prospective partner just in life. I waited till 43 to marry and my wife is the perfect balance for me. My coach / best mate also picked a legend of a wife.

@alfkkifine why would any man ever date or marry in such an unbalanced society?

This is the most dangerous double standard in modern relationships. When a wife is angry, society allows her to yell, break things, hurl insults, and be entirely unhinged because she is just "expressing her emotions." But the exact second a husband matches her energy, raises his voice, or shows visible frustration, he is suddenly labeled "scary" or "abusive." Society has taught women to weaponize a man's natural size and stoicism against him. He is forced to swallow his anger and remain perfectly calm while taking verbal abuse, just so he isn't painted as a monster in his own home

@theRealEnzoMac Even though she was breathing? 😝

Some finish but I honestly thought I honestly thought barber was dead at the point she rolled onto her back

@EddieHearn @AlexMLowe @jimhamilton4 is gonna love this. I will eat my hat if this is not mentioned on the next rugby pod with @AndyGoode10

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@TFund35 Nothing to do with Drogba missing a sitter and Essiens air shot clearance before the Barca goal?

Throwback to when the referee denied Chelsea a back to back final amidst controversial calls that benefited Barcelona.

@AndyGoode10 Do you think he asks players to go out and drop balls and give away silly pens?

Steve Borthwick’s half time team talk working well 🤥

@ashhj7 @Rugby_Scoop Do you know the protocol in this instance for calling Advantage over for a knock on?

@Rugby_Scoop *Potentially an advantageous position for Wales. Wales haven’t yet passed the line of the infringement, there is nothing quantifiable to say an advantage has occurred. A subjective decision made errantly with no quantifiable advantage. I can’t simplify this any further.

#RugbyScoop A lot of fans calling out Matthew Carley on this one. But he did call “Advantage Over” Louis Rees-Zammit could’ve done better here 🚨 4 v 2 situation, yet he still goes for contact. That’s poor awareness and a costly play from him with 10 minutes to go in the game

@gallagherbren58 I guess the question the referee has to ask is did the non player have a material impact on the Welsh players ability I defend there?

Not sure a match can restart until the water bottle geezer/coach - don't know if he's welsh or scittidh - is off the pitch. Massive distraction. V different to medics running on while play continues. Wales really did get stuffed left right and centre by officialdom yesterday

@caerau10 Point is valid. As a referee I can totally see me thinking should I stop this. That being said two things can be true at the same time and depends where you want 2come down. Stop the game because of a ball followable. Play and see what happens as no material impact a genius try.

@RobDonalds38035 @arielhelwani @LukeTheNuke180 @OfficialPDC @PhilTaylor What age was Phil when he won his first?

@arielhelwani @LukeTheNuke180 @OfficialPDC Ariel relax. Phil. Hold my beer @PhilTaylor @LukeTheNuke180 @OfficialPDC Leave it to the Brits who know this sport of Darts 🎯🎯🎯

One of the greatest sportsman of my lifetime. In awe of @LukeTheNuke180. He might win 10 in a row at this rate. Incredible. Congrats to the young legend. @OfficialPDC

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@Nigelrefowens @QuadeCooper Quade see ur point. Having the referees mic’d up does give u some window? I do think there is a balance though as Nigel points out. It could become a blame game. Ultimately there is so much grey/subjectivity in rugby it’s why we love it. Some days u get things some days u don’t.

@QuadeCooper I get your point. We do that via whistle watch in a way. And look at the fuss some kicked up after the SA v Aus game can you imagine the press conference . It would be a disaster. Yet the same ones calling out the referee from the weekend for some decisions. Hypocrites 🙈😂

Referees should have to do press conference after games like players and coaches

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@Rugga_Ref @Oldsuliansrfc Maybe brush up on your law knowledge Mr Referee. You can’t just kill the ball at a maul.

@Oldsuliansrfc He thought it was a maul, hence trying to kill the ball. But Grant is over doing it

Grant Williams doing his utmost best to milk a penalty. He’s been doing this all game, luckily James Dolman didn’t reward him for his theatrics. Refs must penalise players who do this

@TightFive_Rugby I will remember the 2005 Lions more fondly than this series. It would 100% have been 3-0 in NZ or SA.

I fear if this Lions team had gone to NZ or South Africa, it would’ve been a whitewash. #LionsRugby

@RefereeSouth The rolling around. The gesticulation by the players. Don’t miss it. In rugby you see 200 impacts a game! And it’s just gotten on with. I can just enjoy the challenge of refereeing the game rather than herding cats! Looks a yellow to me though on view. So good job!

I think this will divide opinion. What do we think? Very good clip this to debate.

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@rugby_ap … accept this & support the officials as it’s so subjective / grey. I’ve always found so long as you can match (credible) words to the pictures the discussion provided learning in the bar for everyone involved. I’ve learned so much from players & coaches post game listening! 2/2

Think we have to accept that there are two irreconcilable flaws in rugby: 1) because it’s so dynamic with so many bodies in motion you’re never going to get people adhering perfectly to the law - it’s as much about what you penalise as what you don’t. 2) refereeing decisions consequently have an outsized influence in this sport vs others - precisely because they have to make so many (*not* penalising something is also a decision). These two points combine to make rugby, I think, uniquely perceptible to subjectivity. Rugby fans are no more likely to argue a decision than any other sports fans (we need to stop the self flagellation over this) we just have more scope to. There’s no way to make the game more clear cut and retain the dynamism that we love the sport for. And there’s no point pretending that subjective refereeing calls don’t sometimes determine the outcome of a match. There’s no squaring this circle I’m afraid - we just have to live with it because it’s a fundamental feature of the sport we love. We just have to remember that we love the sport *in spite* of its flaws.

@rugby_ap I think this is a good take. As a rugby official myself I do take it personally when I make a dreaded “game deciding” decision & it comes up “wrong.” But it comes back to their not being one single point of failure in a rugby match. I love that culturally players / coaches … 1/2

@Scienceofsport @pTah_XV Ross stop with the facts and logic! It doesn’t help the tabloids!

@pTah_XV You’ve not entirely understood the premise of the IMG, and how it was integrated into the HIA process. As in, where the thresholds were set, and why, as well as the long term nature of tracking HAEs, rather than using single HAEs for welfare reasons. There’s no misuse here

This is actually quite clever. They’ve just reminded WR that these mouthgsurds were one of their initiatives to improve player safety, let’s see if WR respond. If they don’t the CTE litigation lawyers will be watching with interest. world.rugby/news/875212/wo…

@Klipkop007 @Plas08 That’s not how begging the question works.

@Plas08 This debate seems to miss something important though. The Aussie defenders were chop tackling and not wrapping their arms around him before he dived. The question begs, if the Aussies defended legally, would he have scored?

Not sure if I’ve missed part of the debate here but it appears this was pre-planned. The involvement of Itoje also needs to be assessed as he clearly pushes him from behind to help launch him.