Citing a player for deliberately breaching the rules
and engaging in foul play takes shape of referees
hiding behind veils - once there was just the one -
a fellow with a whistle on-field, now there are five;
two sideline assistants plus TMO, plus an off-field
hidden somewhere ‘gent’ termed an Independent
Citing Commissioner, with the final say whether a
player need answer further charges to foul play
If not already dealt with on-field, the process has
a cinematic re-runs shabbiness of forsaking past
cataclysmic events more resonate in comparison
and farcically restating how fallible are referees -
or are we entering the polite society again - okay
then Michael Hooper lives to breath a guilty plea
If we’d seen sour grapes - which is a reasonable
reaction given the pique-faced Poms on the day,
then fair go, but let’s say Sam Burgess got a life
while Mike Brown laughs at the rulings, like he’s
above ‘n beyond the Laws of the game anyway -
while Michael Hooper gets a week off to repent
© 7 October 2015, I. D. Carswell
The aftermath of Wallabies 33 - 13 win over England
on Saturday 3 October
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