2019 Look at the 2 Hairs in the Watson Case.

The following is possibly close to the last look at the 2 hair evidence in the Watson case by the author as the focus now switches to ensuring every piece of malfeasance is considered both singularly but also as a sum total. The 2 hair evidence now pointing to innocence is strengthened by every aspect of the case where the proper procedure wasn't followed. Nothing happened in this prosecution that wasn't part of the deliberation intention to have Scott found guilty. Take away the questionable evidence and there is little left. But it all started with the strength of the 2 hairs and the impression that made on the public, Courts, and the Jury - in fact it was a poorly developed con right the way through. A more discerning Judiciary could have put the questionable material together at least in their minds, instead, they dismissed any concerns and went with the status quo, not rocking the system or criticising the Crown or police. 

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                                                                 Ardie Savea slips up.

Well, he said so himself and made no excuses for the gesture toward a Melbourne Rebels player accepting that it was wrong.

Chris Rattue’s winners and losers: Ardie Savea’s humiliating act a disaster on so many levels - NZ Herald

But Chris Rattue believes it was a throat-cutting gesture and a threat to kill. My oh my, what a drama Queen Chris is. He has magnified what is sometimes part of the All Blacks haka as a threat to kill. I have heard other explanations of that before and never from the AB's point of view has it been intended to have such a meaning. Without any presumptions that the Rebels' half may have deliberately gotten under Savea's skin somehow Rattue has contrived it to be a real threat and not a reaction to perhaps being baited.

We won't see the halfback when the Union meets over this matter, and it is unlikely they'll consider that it was a threat to kill. First of all, Ardie is not that type of player and it would ultimately be unprecedented in Super  Rugby in an incident where no punches were thrown and in fact remained as a contest of a bit of lip given and pushing - all carefully staying within the modern rules with a gesture that is not unprecedented during the pre-match challenges of the All Blacks.

It was silly and it was dumb, but there is little doubt it was provoked somehow and even if it wasn't it was attended by any violence nor did it show anything other than the frustration of one player successfully getting under the skin of another - which apparently doesn't attract any penalty.