Local radio reports that Gareth L was banned for 3 matches after pleading guilty to striking David B.
Perhaps the supporters who put the video up will be keeping their heads down !

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Perhaps the supporters who put the video up will be keeping their heads down !

Why,he was guilty.

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Only 3 games? Seems lenient to me.

personally , i think .
If an incident results in a player being unavailable due to injury then the ban should be consistent with that so in this case he should not be allowed to set foot on a rugby pitch until Barnesy is fit to come back

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COME ON YOU BATH

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RFU:


Disciplinary Advisory


Gareth Llewellyn of Bristol RFC was tonight (Monday) suspended for three weeks after pleading guilty to striking.


The Bristol player was cited for striking Bath prop David Barnes during the Guinness Premiership match at Ashton Gate on March 2nd.


He is suspended from March 6th until March 27th and is free to play again on March 28th.


The Rugby Football Union disciplinary panel, who considered the case at the London Bloomsbury Holiday Inn, comprised of His Honour Jeff Blackett (Chairman), Jeremy Summers and Peter Budge.


A RFU Disciplinary hearing at the Leeds Brighouse Holiday Inn also tonight suspended Adam Kettle of Plymouth Albion for one match after collecting three yellow cards for foul play. Having been suspended for one week by his club, he can resume playing on Saturday, March 15, 2008.


Ends…

He gets three weeks and Barnesy is out for at least a month-the guilty party treated better than the victim.

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British justice, Phil, what else would you expect!

Has this video been removed from YouTube - I cann't find it

Does sound lenient - but better than getting off scot free so thanks to the person who shopped him with that video.

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BB&W try here

I found it kind of hard to make out here. I assume the RFU has some technology to make the replay clearer.

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I dont think it was posted for that purpose, if you listen to the gloating commentry and comments of "lets see that again", I would suggest it was posted for all the wrong reasons - ie promotion of violence.

Frankly I think it is very ironic that the Bristol "supporter" who posted it ultimately got his own played banned.

Nice own goal mate !!

Tony 94...that was my take on it when I said at the start of this thread that they would be keeping their heads down...I believe them to be Bristol supporters.

did any of you put your hand in your pockets to pay to get the ear biter off?????

cheers Dr B.

q ???????????; what exactly are you on about ? presumably some reference to Yates, but what's your point ?

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If an incident results in a player being unavailable due to injury then the ban should be consistent with that so in this case he should not be allowed to set foot on a rugby pitch until Barnesy is fit to come back

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He gets three weeks and Barnesy is out for at least a month-the guilty party treated better than the victim

Seeing as Barnes played again in the second half then Llew should only get a 40 minute ban?

As for being a victim in the video you can see Barnes swing first, it's just that Llew swung a bit better (or worse?) - the ban is about right in my opinion, any longer would have been unfair.

Pleasingly, this has brought ERE to the attention of The Register

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I,m not sure why Llewelyn gets a 3 week ban for effectively ABH, and Brent Cobain gets 5 weeks for use of the boot without actually causing an injury that keeps a player off the field(iiRC).

By the way Rinkadink, absolute rubbish about Barnsey swinging first, dont know what your watching. Counter rucking yes. No mention of this in the proceedings from the hearing either.
Dont try and be a clever t**t about Barnsey coming on in second half..your just making yourself look more ridiculous.
LLewelyn came clean..... cant you?



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Rinkadink,

Barnes is one of the cleanest players in the league with a pretty exemplary disciplinary record (which is no doubt one of the reasons why he's President of the players union).

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Amusing to see this thread getting publicity in the Register, though accompanied by the usual journo dodgy headlines whenever Bath are mentioned.

Mind you, Glen's headlines are just as bad!

? What is the Register ?

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y the way Rinkadink, absolute rubbish about Barnsey swinging first, dont know what your watching.

Watch the video, at around 13 seconds Barnes swings with his right.

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No mention of this in the proceedings from the hearing either.

Doesn't matter, the question to Llew was "did you punch him?" and the answer is yes - there are no mitigating circumstances when it comes to citings such as this.

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Dont try and be a clever t**t about Barnsey coming on in second half

Sorry, wouldn't want the facts to spoil a good story now would we?

Wineman of that I have little doubt, but sometimes players do lose their rag - Llew isn't the dirtiest of players either. It would be a shame if that was his last game though...

Thanks Neil, I try to please!!!

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Id be very disappointed if it was his last game..... please bring him to the Rec next season.

Might not punch him in the eye, but he may face some tough rucking and counter rucking.

Why defend the indefensible?

Aythangyew!

And I was only looking to see if the try had been posted!!

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"Anger is a Gift".
"They can because they think they can"
Virgil

Yes its rather amusing looking at all thses Barf supporters playing holier than thou, with some of the bruisers they have in their team.
No idea who the person was who took the pictures although he must have been sat somewhere pretty near me. Actually it took me several attempts of looking at the film before I saw what happened so it wasn't that glaring.
I suspect it may not have been a Bristol supporter who took the film but someone who went along for the ride.

I thought you all went along for the ride!! Anyway, you seem to tacitly condoning his actions, that's a shame really.

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"Anger is a Gift".
"They can because they think they can"
Virgil

Not sure how you managed to read in my posting that I condoned the actions. I certainly didn't. Neither do I condone any activity of this sort whoever commits it.

Forwards are, by definition "bruisers" but, despite what you erroneously perceive, the current Bath pack rarely misunderstands the difference between aggression and assault. Steve Meehan made it publicly very clear that if that had been a Bath player he would be facing internal disciplinary action notwithstanding any subsequent RFU review. Did I miss Richer Dill's similarly grown up response?

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"Anger is a Gift".
"They can because they think they can"
Virgil

Did I miss Llewellyn biting off someone's ear?

The hypocrisy is nauseating.

English your second language perchance?? The past is the past and Lordy, Lordy of all cities Bristol should endorse that!! We are talking about the other week, not 1998. Can you not see that? This is not some effing interminable Scottish tribal d!ckfest. It's about what is acceptable "right here, right now" in modern professional rugby. Your argument is at best fatuously lazy and probably just stupid. Your stupidity far outweighs the "hypocricy" we came to terms with, and suffered MASSIVELY from, in 1995 but you still wear entire potato farms on your shoulders about. In 1995 there were fewer 16 year olds in Bristol who couldn't read/write than there are now. Compare/contrast is not as easy an exercise as you glibly contend!

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"Anger is a Gift".
"They can because they think they can"
Virgil

"Did I miss Richer Dill's similarly grown up response?"

IT was you who had the pointless dig at Bristol with this comment so don't come the innocent with me sonny jim

and teh hypocrites jube stands. there is a lot of wringing of hands here from people who most likely put their hands in their pockets to get the ear biter off,

comprende?

"Pointless dig at Bristol". Really? So you have now explicitly condoned not only Llewellyn's action but Richer Dill's inaction. Nice one mate.

Nope. Your argument is intellectually empty and doesn't even begin to address my points about the the issue concerning the last few weeks not the previous hundred years. Tip: sack your LEA! You act like a person with lots of personal grievances to pursue rather than one with a coherent view of life. Get over it FFS

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"Anger is a Gift".
"They can because they think they can"
Virgil

It must get awfully lonely up there gareth

Nope, not when you think about yourself rather than your prejudices!

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"Anger is a Gift".
"They can because they think they can"
Virgil

Are there two Gareths? The one castigating Llewellyn seems to hold slightly different views to the one defending Danny Grewcock in this thread.

One or two of them - whatever, neither hide behind a trolling anonymous login

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Cheers,

Rich


Ryan Davis - Adopted Player 2009/10:

Nice find double!

It's really nice that so many Bristol fans hang onto my every word and research my back catalogue. I'm humbled by your love.

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"Anger is a Gift".
"They can because they think they can"
Virgil

Sometimes you have to know when to walk away Gareth...

That's the type of Camera Llewellyn could have done with

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Cheers,

Rich


Ryan Davis - Adopted Player 2009/10:

Want to revisit that hypocrites jibe Gareth?

I doubt it jB.......but gathering you Brizzlers under a general umberella of "Smelly, noxious, uninformed, uneducted, fickle, fly-by-night, prefer to be posting on Ere than on their own site, sh!te" merchants is'nt too far short of the truth.......is it?
Go on...prove me wrong Brizlers!
Pah!

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You give Bod and Gareth just enough rope, and they hang themselves every single time.

Ahh, but has anyone ever seen them in the same room, together, at the same time?! Now there's a thought!

No you pri**s do

Do what? What do the pri**s do?

You are an angry fellow. Are you sure you are not also Gareth/Bod?

No