Rugby vs soccer misbehaviour

Reesy

If a professional soccer player had behaved as Trevor Brennan did in the crows, there would have been outrage (Cantona, anyone?).

Now, I love my soccer and my rugby, but I don't get the double standards. Anyone care to suggest why? Is it because rugby is played by the schools that generate our political & media leaders?

(stir, stir)

purple'n'gold

Brennan did right, actually he didn’t hit that little **** half hard enough.

Chucky the tree

purplengold wrote:

Brennan did right, actually he didn’t hit that little **** half hard enough.

and they say football fans are scum? :rolleyes:

Sangre

Brennan will be disciplined and punished accordingly. The sport couldn't survive if he wasn't.

Anyway, most of the soccer outrage is generated by the rags not the fans. Thankfully their 'working-class' status doesn't permit them to become beacons of rugby.

Rugby and soccer fans have different views on retaliation. If you hold a player back expect to get a thump to the face. There is no point in dropping to the ground either as the ref won't care. The media won't care either, you'll be called on both the tugging and the play acting. Now imagine the same in soccer. Its just two different games. Its also one of rugbys main advantages imo, you can't play act injuries to get penalties (in most scenarios). The last thing you want to do in rugby is go to ground with the ball if tacked.

Diamondmaker

Reesy wrote:

If a professional soccer player had behaved as Trevor Brennan did in the crows, there would have been outrage (Cantona, anyone?).

Now, I love my soccer and my rugby, but I don't get the double standards. Anyone care to suggest why? Is it because rugby is played by the schools that generate our political & media leaders?

(stir, stir)

It is that soccer is associated with a huge media circus that thanklfully does not follow rugby in the same way.

The incident, it seems, is of equal gravity to what Cantona did and the only difference must be the media.