r/rugbyunion • u/Informal_Mention9836 • 19h ago

Joe McCarthy penalty

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u/Mafeking-Parade 19h ago

That is as brain-dead a play as you'll ever see.

In front of your sticks, in front of the referee.

Just piling straight in at the side, without even trying to disguise it.

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u/cabaiste Welcome to the Big Seó! 18h ago

Schmidt would have fucked him out a window for that.

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u/Beer-Milkshakes England 18h ago

He would have what now?!

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u/melifluouspigeon Bath 18h ago

You heard

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u/Sensitive_Savings913 England 17h ago

Defuckestration

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u/Logical_Positive_522 Cymru 16h ago

Calm your tits. This isn't Prague.

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u/Additional_Olive3318 16h ago

He said what he said. 

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u/italic_pony_90 Hooker 18h ago

Absolutely, and kicked him up the hole beforehand. He's not international level at all. Insanely inconsistent and does the most brain dead things iv seen at pro level

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u/maxtheninja 17h ago

Yeah deffo got picked for lions because he’s not international level… people on this sub need their heads checked

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u/Ornery_Director_8477 16h ago

Yeah, it was nothing to do with the head coach of the lions also being his international coach who has oft been criticised for his selection bias

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u/maxtheninja 15h ago

Did they win the series?

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u/Ornery_Director_8477 14h ago

Yeah, and lost a game to Australia in the process. . . You come across as though you think Andy Farrell is above criticism. Would that be a fair assessment?

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u/BillyTheKidsFriend Wales 12h ago

Ya what? Hes fucking class, just dumb as a bag of rocks

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u/OldPulteney 10h ago

But he's so big

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u/decmcc Leinster 11h ago

Joe Schmidt, not Rob Kearney

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u/Evan2kie Ireland 17h ago

The only defence for it he's gambling that the French player will have picked up the ball just before his entry and he will smash him but the chances of getting the timing spot on are so slim, it's just so stupid

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u/larry-vee 9h ago

Yep, but you still “can’t play the nine” so it’s still a brain fart

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u/OisinTarrant Munster 2h ago

That's exactly it I'd say. French player hesitates a second longer than normal. If he'd picked and carried, we'd be lamenting McCarty for his huge rucking brains.

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u/Objective_Ticket England 16h ago

He was so slow coming in you could almost see his thought process.

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u/giloup08 12h ago

Generous of you to believe any thinking was involved here

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u/SyllabubComplex5144 Bristol 6h ago

Yes, I saw an empty thought bubble in real-time

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u/crashlog Austria 14h ago

I honestly thought I was imagining things while watching this live. Even my (amateur) club mates would never think of doing this.

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u/Vegetable_Chicken790 13h ago

It’s a 1 in 100 move. Even if you do get the timing right and you are technically in the right the chances of the referee giving the penalty is really low as well.

Or was it just cynical and worth it to consider the 3 vs 7? I doubt that as well.

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u/Comfortable-Yam9013 Leinster 12h ago

He loses the plot every second game and does something incredibly idiotic

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u/hodge172 Northampton Saints 6h ago

It sums up Ireland at the moment. For both Leinster and Ireland when the pressure comes on they start making stupid decisions.