Secondo me è avanti, ho avuto culo di fermare circa in uno dei fotogrammi a 3:46 proprio in cui inquadrano la palla che tocca le mani di McCaw si vede:
- la mano di Jane in alto a sx
- l'angolo tra la linea dei 15 e dei 5
Secondo me McCaw è avanti 50-80cm rispetto a Jane.
Comunque, su therugbyforum hanno pubblicano una statistica interessante (fonte il sito degli arbitri ZA):
ROUND 1:
Total number of penalties: 17
New Zealand: 12
South Africa: 5
The reasons for the penalties were as follows: * = points conceded
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 6 (Thorn, Mealamu, Jane, Kaino*, Donnelly, Ben Franks)
Offside: 4 (McCaw*, Cowan, Donnelly*, Ben Franks*)
Discipline: 2 (Read - air tackle; Muliaina - kicking ball away in touch)
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 3 (Matfield, Bakkies Botha*, Januarie)
Scrum: 2 (Du Plessis*, BJ Botha)
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ROUND 2:
Total number of penalties: 18
New Zealand: 9
South Africa: 9
The reasons for the penalties were as follows: * = points conceded
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 7 (McCaw* 5, Nonu, Read)
Offside: 1 (Messam)
Discipline: 1 (Ranger - armless tackle)
Five penalties against one player at the tackle is an inordinate number.
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 7 (Louw* 2, Burger, Kirchner* 2, BJ Botha, Smit)
Discipline: 2 (Rossouw - kick; Pienaar - deliberate knock-on)
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ROUND 3:
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
Australia vs South Africa
Total number of penalties: 17
Australia: 7
South Africa: 10
The reasons for the penalties were as follows: * = points conceded
Australia:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 4 (Ma'afu*, Pocock 3)
Offside: 1 (Sharpe)
Scrum: 1 (Robinson)
Discipline: 1 (Cooper - dangerous tackle)
South Africa:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 5 (Habana*, Olivier, Kankowski*, Botha*, Burger)
Off-side: 3 (Burger*, Habana*, Pienaar*)
Discipline: 2 (Fourie - dangerous tackle; De Jongh - man without ball)
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ROUND 4:
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
Australia vs New Zealand
Total number of penalties: 24
Australia: 11
New Zealand: 13
The reasons for the penalties were as follows: * = points conceded
Australia:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 7 (Moore* 2, Giteau, Elsom 2, Horne, Brown)
Discipline: 4 (Mitchell - late, no arms; Elsom* -dissent; Genia - +10; Mitchell - knocking ball away in touch)
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 5 (Owen Franks*, McCaw 2, Nonu, Mealamu)
Off-side: 3 (Woodcock*, 'whole backline', Sam Whitelock)
Scrum: 2 (Woodcock 2)
Discipline: 3 (Owen Franks - shoulder charge; Muliaina* - + 10; Sam Whitelock - dangerous tackle)
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ROUND 5:
Penalties conceded
In this section we record the times a team was penalised.
New Zealand vs Australia
Total number of penalties: 17
New Zealand: 11
Australia: 6
The reasons for the penalties were as follows: * = points conceded
New Zealand:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 7 (Owen Franks 2, Thorn, Woodcock, Smith, McCaw, Sam Whitelock)
Offside: 2 (Nonu & Owen Franks*, Mathewson)
Scrum: 1 (Owen Franks)
Discipline: 1 (Woodcock - man without ball)
Australia:
Tackle/ruck/maul: 6 (Genia* 2, Elsom, Pocock 2, Hodgson*)
Australia conceded just one penalty in the first half.
TOTALS PENALTIES:
Tackle/ruck/maul:
NZ - 25
AU - 17
SA - 15
Noted how McCaw pick up 5 penalties by himself in the round 2 game
Offside:
NZ - 10
AU - 1
SA - 3
Discipline:
NZ - 7
AU - 5
SA - 4
Diventa impossibile non lamentarsi per un trattamento equo dei calci di punzione e dei falli vigliacchi (Botha, ma anche Woodcock!)...
Diventa anche impossibile giustificare McCaw dicendo "Ah è sempre nell'azione, per forza fa i falli" (tipo Baresi o Maldini

con il problema analogo: Baresi e Maldini erano dei gran difensori, ma di gialli ne hanno visti più di chiunque altro nella storia del calcio... ok Pasquale Bruno a parte

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