Sportswriters Brett McKay and Ryan O’Connell are screaming at officialdom in Episode 69 of the Cheap Seats podcast.
Some great #AskTheCheapSeats questions to kick us off, on home ground atmosphere, the return of rucking to rugby, saving the Reds’ season, and why anyone would contemplate becoming a referee.
Good Friday was anything but good for the Bulldogs, with their loss to Souths compounded by ugly on-field and off-field abuse of the referee and assistants. Were the bans long enough? Should Canterbury lose points for their crowd behaviour? It’s all covered, plus other less-abusive talking points from the NRL round.
There’s a wrap of Super Rugby, the opening round of the AFL, and the strange timing of Cricket Australia announcing touring squads for the both the Caribbean and Ashes tours, despite the tours being one and three months away, respectively.
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Get us on Twitter at @CheapSeatsPod and get your questions in for next week using the tag #AskTheCheapSeats. And stay cheap!
Common Sense
Roar Rookie
#askthecheapseats Do Waratahs supporters have a 'dobbers kiss robbers' attitude? First Ben Mowen in the Dublin six thing then David Pocock for being a decent human being and now Dave Rennie over his comments about Michael Chiekas half time pow wow.
Alex L
Roar Rookie
Do you think it's plausible the Stormers chose to rest Vermeulen at this stage because their match with the Bulls the week they get back to South Africa could plausibly determine the conference leader?