Wow, it's been interesting reading your vitriolic threads, what did Etzebeth do to you? I honestly hope you aren't an active referee because you attribute so many extras to Etzebteh that have nothing to do with the laws of Rugby that I can only imagine how much a player must suffer under you if you don't like them.
I'm surprised you haven't blamed Etzebeth for the fall of the british empire yet.
I suggest you look up vitriolic and reconsider where my comments were bitter or spiteful.
They may have been harsh but the only spiteful thing here were his actions, sinking his thumb into a fellow professional rugby player's eye with a significant risk of inficlitng a disabling intjury, and all the while watching, snarling and pulling the other player onto his sunken digit.
Those actions were well beyond the laws of rugby, they were wlll beyond the laws of the land and outside the whitwash would likely have seen a criminal charge being progressed. Those actions deserve criticism in the strongest possible terms.
Unfortunately, again, the Establishment has taken steps that indicate they deem the product more important than player safety
There are many people I don't like but being objective doe not come into the decisions.
Or if you feel otherwise please tell me how you saw it.
Are you an apologist for his violence that considers something might have occurred in the maul to set this off?
Are you an apologist who feels he would only have done this if provoked?
Because in essence any discussion that even attempts to condone such acts is missing not only his untenable behaviour but also the spirit of the game.
Don't come here to pick a personal fight and try to defend the indefensible say where you stand on it. Enter the discussion with a perspective don't attack people who present an argument you dislike.
