[RUGBYLIST] The man in the middle

[Giampiero Filotico]

Sei piu' che scusato. Trinca anche per me. Beato te ! Piero
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Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 10:06 AM
Subject: [RUGBYLIST] The man in the middle


> Sempre su Mr Courtney, ecco cosa scrive il Daily Telegraph
>
> But the most significant reaction came from Donal Courtney, the Irish
> referee. Courtney was the video official who wrongly awarded Jonny
> Wilkinson a try in the Calcutta Cup match at Twickenham and he seemed
> to believe that he had much to atone for. The Italians have a habit of
> beefing about referees, but on this occasion they would have been more
> than justified.
>
> Courtney's first contribution to the cause was to run a screen that
> allowed Dewey to score Scotland's opening try. But he had much more to
> give than that. Three times in the first half Italy had a magnificent
> driving maul going and each time a Scottish forward cynically took
> their legs away. Courtney merely looked the other way. But the first
> time Italy did something remotely similar he was straight out with the
> whistle. It was indicative of a ridiculously one-sided penalty count.
>
> At one point it even threatened to cost Italy the game. When Chris
> Paterson split a couple of Italian forwards to score in the second half
> Scotland had reduced their deficit to 24-17 and were in with a sniff.
> But Alessandro Troncon, who is the real leader of this Italian side,
> reorganised his forwards and, after another Cusiter error, directed
> their power to shut out the game.
>
> Scusate ma l'effetto delle libagioni di questa notte e' troppo forte
> per tentare una traduzione. Saluti da una livida - ma per noi radiosa -
> alba edimburghese.
>
> Ciao, MD
>


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