Not only was the stoppage questionable but an impartial ref might have disqualified Catterall for all those blatant rabbit punches. Inalef had a legit gripe.
Yeah, both sides are still all salty over the Falklands. :-( Not quite the same degree of enmity as between the British & French, but up there.
these british refs don't do a bad job really, with being some random bloke dragged from his favorite pub and thrown into the ring.
Bunce and lillis do chat some rubbish at times. Never been stopped and was cutting weight blablabla the guy looked like a featherweight.
The British and the French is a fake enmity. The two countries and people actually get along pretty well, they just poke at each other- Similar to how I'd imagine the Americans and Canadians do. A lot of Brits proper hate the Argies though.
Maybe in the present day but for centuries it was as real as it gets. Like even deeper than Japanese vs. Korean enmity. :think Never happens, actually. We do have a reputation for being jerks but the Canadians are just too nice to mess with. It would be like kicking a puppy. Is there a footballing aspect in the rivalry? Have their national clubs met in any important matches?
the Canadians are nothing but nice to us, probably fearing we otherwise wouldn't let them vacation here.
Actually there is a bit of needle, and not on national but regional level, between my Bostonian comrades and the residents of Montreal. It started out a hockey rivalry but has spilled over. Just culturally the cities really clash and there is genuine dislike. (but then, most of the rest of Canada despises the Quebecois too...and much of the rest of the USA hates Boston :yep)
After the Wars the British and the French got along. Its just a friendly rivalry these days. Not hatred. The Argie thing is hatred on both sides. They hate our guts for owning "their land" We kick their ass whenever they get any ideas of invading us. Every British person believes the inhabitants of the Falkands are British. The Argies want those islands and rid of the people on them but they have to go through us first.