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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Before the HIA rule came in they were lax, the treatment of North was negligent and I said it at the time, but I can't recall any issues since HIA came in
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Wales guilty of not rolling away at most of these tackles. Ref has now spotted the last couple.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Did Ellis Jenkins get injured or has he just been dropped? Moriarty gives away far too many penalties.

    Wales lucky to only be 12 down, they can't be that bad in the second half surely?
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Wales practised that one in the first half :D
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Not sure what Ellias was moaning about, idiot.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Every promising break ends up with no support. Fucking awful
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    As I predicted it’s one way traffic.
    France well ahead of both these teams.
    It’s their Grand Slam to lose.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Pross said:

    Every promising break ends up with no support. censored awful

    Wales aren't keeping hold of the ball long enough, and making poor decisions ball in hand.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Talk about inconsistent refereeing. Itoje flops over the top of a ruck and does the same as Moriarty has been pinged for all game and the ref lets him get away with it

    Welsh protection of their ruck ball is abysmal though, they were good there against the Scots
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Good pass for the try though very niaive defending by Steward.
    Adams certainly knows where the try line is!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    That's poor defence by England, Biggar misses a simple conversion.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Wales right back in this now.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,575
    Simply cannot believe this is a 5 point game!
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Cuthbert left isolated after a third good break, particularly annoying this time as they played to open him up and it has put it back to two scores
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Best Cuthbert has played in years.

    Strange subs by both teams.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Some poor game management there, 2 mins to go, penalty, player being patched up, and you kick to the corner and lose 30 secs of those 2 mins.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Quick tap taken so far away from the penalty mark.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    pblakeney said:

    Simply cannot believe this is a 5 point game!

    4 point game and 3 tries to 1

    Ridiculous

    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    That's a yellow, bottled.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Quite a second half and not over yet..
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Weird old game, England dominated it and yet their only try was a gift. Wales discipline and lineout let them down and disappointing at the breakdown.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,575
    blazing_saddles said:

    pblakeney said:

    Simply cannot believe this is a 5 point game!

    4 point game and 3 tries to 1

    Ridiculous

    Just nuts!
    France will destroy them both based on performances to date.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,734
    edited February 2022
    A farcical situation has developed in Ireland. Through injury and a red card, Italy forced into taking a second player off to bring a front row on. In effect, one red card forcing them to play with just 13 men for a full hour.

    This rule definitely needs to be booted asap. ITV commentator called it as now being a training game.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Agreed. It's a double punishment, especially when it's clear the starting hooker is genuinely injured. Totally ruins the game, and hands Ireland a huge points advantage.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Just turned on and saw the red card. Definite contact to the head but it also felt like the player dipped going into contact making it contact on the chin when it would have been the chest. I would have mitigated it down to a yellow but then by now players ought to know they need to get right down.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Not sure where you go with the uncontested scrums. Before this law change I've seen several games where Pontypool's pack were demolishing the opposition at the scrum only for a series of mystery injuries resulting in uncontested scrums.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    Ireland's lead is only 1 point more than England's was at this point yesterday. Goes to show how bad Wales were in the first half.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Pross said:

    Not sure where you go with the uncontested scrums. Before this law change I've seen several games where Pontypool's pack were demolishing the opposition at the scrum only for a series of mystery injuries resulting in uncontested scrums.

    That's been the problem with sides gaming the situation, but this was a clear match ending injury to the starter.
    A solution is a register of positions players can play, so you may have a prop who is registered as capable as playing hooker, as an example.
    There was a farcial sitaution last season in the Tigers vs Bristol game where Bristol tried to cheat and go uncontested, but suddenly the orginally injured prop was miraculously fit when they realised they'd have to go to 13 otherwise.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,663
    That looked like a forward pass, seemed like the TMO couldn't be bothered to check it properly
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,623
    Hearing Itly down to 12. Officials with zero empathy?

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