England vs All Blacks + Munster vs ABs XV

[Guy Smiley]

Teams whose primary tactic is defensive pressure and big hits do this sort of thing in modern rugby I'm afraid.

Standard tackle around the ankles between two locks... with the ball lost forward in contact.

woo hoo... set off the ticker bombs

Oh, we must be thinking about different moments. I was talking about CCS smashing someone.

[tc27]

That'll do

NZ back three almost covered it!

[sefton]

Lovely and calm from Smith.

[Guy Smiley]

Fuck… Ratima gives Smith a gift

[PCPhil]

NZ looking flustered now.

[ScarfaceClaw]

FFS Beauden.

[Guy Smiley]

FFS Beauden.

He is fucking shithouse

[OomStruisbaai]

Intercept going to hurt the All Blacks

[Tichtheid]

Angus Gardner is a twat when it comes to head contact

[ScarfaceClaw]

FFS Beauden.

He is fucking shithouse

And another fucking kick to lose possession.

[Guy Smiley]

FFS Beauden.

He is fucking shithouse

And another fucking kick to lose possession.

Play to your trademarks

[Tichtheid]

Tuipulotu is a Scottish name, the guy must be another poach.

He's played well since he's come on

[PCPhil]

Well that was typical English forward stupidity

[sefton]

FFS Beauden.

He is fucking shithouse

And another fucking kick to lose possession.

But Mo Salah has scored a screamer.

[Tichtheid]

Cane might be in trouble

[sefton]

That’s not part of the tackle.

[Lady P]

I’m not sure that was deliberate.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Someone explain the fucking point of Clarke.

[ScarfaceClaw]

He is fucking shithouse

And another fucking kick to lose possession.

But Mo Salah has scored a screamer.

There’s some good in the day.

[Tichtheid]

Cane might be in trouble

Right, irrespective of whoever is playing this annoys me, the ref has warned a team about tackles off the ball, then ignores the next one from the same guy who was penalised the last time

[JM2K6]

Angus Gardner is a twat when it comes to head contact

It's a genuine shift at international level I think. How many replays have you seen of dodgy moments? Practically zero

[Guy Smiley]

Caleb Clarke’s penalty saves us from a ten year contract extension for BB on the back of an amazing fantastic so good Beaudy Beaudy try

[tc27]

Not part of the tackle..pen is the right call

[Slick]

Didn’t realise Sititi is a fucking poach from Scotland!

Probably his great great grand mother.

Rumour has it he was born in Borders General Hospital, although Wiki says Samoa. But spent his first 5 years here.

Poach

[OomStruisbaai]

All Blacks under the pump here.

[Slick]

England at Welsh levels of appealing and moaning at the ref today. Just don’t know why they put up with it

[Slick]

Angus Gardner is a twat when it comes to head contact

It's a genuine shift at international level I think. How many replays have you seen of dodgy moments? Practically zero

Was just thinking that. Not necessarily about head knocks, but I totally agree with it. You can’t ask the refs to speed up the game and make calls then constantly undermine him with replays

[OomStruisbaai]

Wit kant again

[sefton]

Lovely Curry.

[Tichtheid]

Angus Gardner is a twat when it comes to head contact

It's a genuine shift at international level I think. How many replays have you seen of dodgy moments? Practically zero

Was just thinking that. Not necessarily about head knocks, but I totally agree with it. You can’t ask the refs to speed up the game and make calls then constantly undermine him with replays

What the ref can do is ask the TMO to look at an incident while the game continues, instead Gardner keeps saying, "He was falling into it, for me"

[Guy Smiley]

Lovely Curry.

One hand on the ground

[Slick]

It's a genuine shift at international level I think. How many replays have you seen of dodgy moments? Practically zero

Was just thinking that. Not necessarily about head knocks, but I totally agree with it. You can’t ask the refs to speed up the game and make calls then constantly undermine him with replays

What the ref can do is ask the TMO to look at an incident while the game continues, instead Gardner keeps saying, "He was falling into it, for me"

Yes, but as was just illustrated, the TMO is looking at it and can call it back. I’m talking more about the lack of replays on the telly

[ASMO]

Lovely Curry.

One hand on the ground

Agreed, but there qas a neck roll so cancels each other out

[JM2K6]

Lovely Curry.

One hand on the ground

Yep. Neck roll on him but what the first offence was is questionable. Earl got away with a very blatant offence earlier.

Don't agree with bringing Ford on here. Giving NZ the ball is a dangerous tactic and smith does his best work at the squeaky end of the game anyway

[Tichtheid]

Was just thinking that. Not necessarily about head knocks, but I totally agree with it. You can’t ask the refs to speed up the game and make calls then constantly undermine him with replays

What the ref can do is ask the TMO to look at an incident while the game continues, instead Gardner keeps saying, "He was falling into it, for me"

Yes, but as was just illustrated, the TMO is looking at it and can call it back. I’m talking more about the lack of replays on the telly

Well I'd agree with that, then, but there must be a directive for TMOs to look at potential head knocks. If the ref has already decided that a contact is ok, can the TMO call it back?

[Guy Smiley]

Lovely Curry.

One hand on the ground

Agreed, but there qas a neck roll so cancels each other out

And Cole with a neck roll on Savea now in a tackle

[JM2K6]

Stupid by Earl. Very bad tackle

[JM2K6]

One hand on the ground

Agreed, but there qas a neck roll so cancels each other out

And Cole with a neck roll on Savea now in a tackle

You sure? Just had a look through at everything from the last few minutes and Cole made one tackle and no clean outs

[Sandstorm]

English defence is just relentless!

[Tichtheid]

You have other wonder about the point of laws at the lineout if the referee is just going to ignore them