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| Accidents do happen!; Doyle and Gabas | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Monday, 6. February 2017, 10:24 (264 Views) | |
| Acme Thunderer | Monday, 6. February 2017, 10:24 Post #1 |
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Lovely picture in today's Times of English rugby ref J P Doyle being flattened by the huge Italian Gori (what's in a name?) as Wales scored one of their three tries. Gori was not a happy man and I don't think Doyle could have been either although he carried on with apparently no more than hurt dignity. Perhaps a case of a ref getting too close to the action, which I suggest is more likely to happen in rugby than football in view of the diagonal system in operation in football. And then there was the bizarre accident with tennis umpire Arnaud Gabas being hit in the eye when a frustrated Canadian, Shapovalov attempted to smash a ball into the crowd. What are the odds on that happening? Inevitable that the match and rubber were conceded. Shapovalov looked mortified as well he might, despite it being a freak accident. I wish Gabas a full and speedy recovery from what could have been a serious injury. |
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| reflector | Monday, 6. February 2017, 13:05 Post #2 |
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Yes, not a good weekend for the H&S of officials! It was a case of both being in the wrong place at the wrong time and I suspect both were accidental. In that respect Shapovalov was a tad unlucky but, hopefully, it will have taught him that smashing a ball anywhere towards the crowd can be extremely dangerous. I do just wonder now that the one day and T20 games of cricket give rise to so many more sixes, how long it will be before some slumbering, or otherwise not paying attention, spectator might be seriously injured or even killed by a cricket ball into the crowd and, if so what implications it would have for the game. All spectators being required to wear a hard hat perhaps! |
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| Acme Thunderer | Monday, 6. February 2017, 17:42 Post #3 |
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When I played cricket many years ago :oldie: , we had insurance to cover injury to spectators. Mind you, we never had spectators and seldom troubled the boundary boards, but the insurance company still kept taking our money :facepalm: |
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| Hertsref123 | Thursday, 9. February 2017, 23:38 Post #4 |
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Don't forget refs get so much closer to the action in rugby than football |
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