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February 06, 2005

Officials will try to have JP's yellow card quashed

Posted by Editor on February 6, 2005 11:50 PM | 2 comments | Print | E-mail author

Jon Petrie was the victim of mistaken identity
Glasgow's Jon Petrie thinks that if he had not been sin-binned 10 minutes from time, then Scotland would have held out for a shock win over France.

Scottish officials will be attempting this week to have his yellow card quashed, but that was also of little concern to Jon after such a dramatic finale.

Jon feels his departure for an offside offence, when Scotland led 9-6, was the turning point and that his absence allowed France to command the final moments, which brought a match-winning try for centre Damien Traille.

"I can't help but feel that had I stayed on the pitch things would have been different," he said. "International rugby has its highs and lows and I'm feeling one of those extreme lows at the moment.

"People might say that I did not do anything, but the fact remains that I got yellow-carded with 10 minutes to go when we were in the lead and we ended up losing the match," said Jon, who appears to have been the victim of mistaken identity.

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Posted by vicki on February 7, 2005 09:23 PM | Reply to this comment

JP deserves to be furious - and fairly bewildered by Saturday's sin binning. But think the squad are right to put it behind them, as the important thing now is to focus on the Ireland game.

Posted by McDruid on February 8, 2005 09:21 PM | Reply to this comment

If Jon Petrie had not been a victim of mistaken identity it would ahve been Stuart Grimes (actually the guilty party) in the bin. Would Scotland have fared better without a lock in a seven man scrum on their own line? Would France perhaps have scored a try rather than the drop goal they did score? Whingeing is what makes the English so popular. Let's not emulate them.

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