Monday, April 02, 2012
Andy Goode red carded for high hit against former team Leicester Tigers
Former England flyhalf and Leicester Tigers stalwart Andy Goode was sent off against his old side after he flew into Tom Croft with a high shoulder. It was his second card of the night, but was officially a straight red card, issued by referee Wayne Barnes.
Worcester suffered a 43-13 thrashing from the Tigers at Welford Road, who scored seven tries in the process. Scott Hamilton, George Chuter, Martin Castrogiovanni, Thomas Waldrom, Tom Youngs, George Ford, and Tom Croft all crossed the whitewash.
Croft was on the receiving end of a Goode shoulder charge late in the first half, which was a straight red card and nothing to do with his yellow card for a professional foul earlier in the half.
Warriors head coach Richard Hill said Goode was devastated to have let his side down, but all the blame for the heavy loss shouldnt rest solely on him.
"He has let the players down to an extent but you can't blame anyone, it was one of those things. Andy wouldn't have wished to do that at his previous ground. Andy is distraught, he is really disappointed about it and he has apologised to the players."
"It was pretty tough after that. Once down to 14 men we had to reshuffle and at half-time we put a 10 on and we were down to seven forwards. It was hard all night. Leicester were exceptionally good in patches and I think we did as well as we could," Hill said.
A citing and suspension could come into play, but Leicester Director of Rugby Richard Cockerill felt that there was no malicious intent and it should be left with the red.
"I know Andy very well, he played here for a long time. I'm sure it's not the way he would have liked to come back and have that happen so it's disappointing for him.
"Hopefully the red card will be sufficient and he can play the rest of the season," he said.
Posted at 8:34 am | 21 comments
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Guy April 02, 2012 12:09 pm
Tom Croft however was lucky his fingers didn't end up 10 cm higher or else he would have had a serious eye-gouging case to answer. I do understand his frustration though.
ilan April 02, 2012 12:37 pm
stroudos April 02, 2012 1:00 pm
Andy Goode has always made me laugh. Just looks so unlike a professional sportsman doesn't he, but look at how much he's achieved.
Jeroo April 02, 2012 1:32 pm
He is lucky not to be penalised more often for terrible hair though!
chris April 02, 2012 1:51 pm
maverickmak April 02, 2012 3:10 pm
Juggernauter April 02, 2012 4:43 pm
Goode is a good player and it's pretty easy to emphatize with him. He's a nice chap and although he'll probably go down in history as one of the great english flyhalfs he always did the dirty work and stood up.
Next time be goode! (Sorry couldn't help myself)
Juggernauter April 02, 2012 4:44 pm
Pretzel April 02, 2012 5:25 pm
Almost could have that chalked down to a revenge hit on a former team mate...
I don't view the guy as a nasty player, but I have no idea what you lot are on about with the "no intent" part.... if you pull out of a tackle and have a collision there is no reason why you would leave your feet and lead with your shoulder?arm?upperbody? like that... I think it was a fair indication he was enter into that with the intent to smash...
Pretzel April 02, 2012 5:33 pm
mise April 02, 2012 7:13 pm
Outside of his gushing sentimental fan base, he's always been viewed as something of a loose cannon, to be fair and polite.
I remember so many straight arms, mis-timed tackles, and bizarre decisions by him....he's like a throwback to characters doing stuff off the cuff. Which, in some ways, is fine. Rugby needs personality.
but this tackle? I laughed and grimmiced in equal measure. Esp when it came from Goode.
Pretzel April 02, 2012 7:56 pm
...I don't want ANY charge to be worth a straight red.... I have seen VERY few charges I would ever consider as a straight red. This is a yellow through and through...
However my views on rugby are a little 2004 so I must be extremely outdated.... I realise now my barbaric and non civilised 2004 ways are no longer deemed safe in a game that is well over 150 years old. I suppose I must hang my head in shame and realise that human rights, the Geneva convention and perhaps even amnesty international would have had to step in if our hideous, monstrous and downright dangerous ways had continued.
Shame on us all...
thamesrowingclub April 02, 2012 8:49 pm
Frenchie April 02, 2012 9:14 pm
Canadian content April 02, 2012 11:35 pm
They were stupid then nd are stupid now.
Straight red.
The hair might get him back to a yellow just for the courage to wear it so.
themull April 03, 2012 12:31 pm
Reality April 03, 2012 7:56 pm
johndoe April 04, 2012 11:54 am
It's pretty obvious that Goode was just trying to nail him. If you're going to blindside someone when they don't have the ball / have just lost it, you should at least make an actual tackle. I like Goode, but this was a stupid tackle and a straight red was fair. If the game hardened back up a bit and it wasn't a red, I'd also be happy with that too but it's kind of hard to argue that a red was unfair or not deserved.
cheyanqui April 08, 2012 11:12 pm
the Premiership's two-minute highlights -- the Goode cards are in the first 50 seconds.
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