RWCR2 Wales vs Portugal - Sat 16th - 16.45 BST

[sockwithaticket]

again, Welsh scrum in reverse, standing up and not even a glimmer of a pen

The Welsh are the masters of hoodwinking refs at scrum time. Even against tier 1 opposition they get away with an incredible amount.

[Insane_Homer]

Portugal are the dominant scrum and I think they're 0-5 on the wrong side of the pen count. Have they won one yet?

[Insane_Homer]

Finally they get one!

[LenCohen]

Costello keeping the ugliness quotient up

[sockwithaticket]

Glad that got called, thought it looked pretty obvious in real time.

[ASMO]

So not deserved.

[sockwithaticket]

Corssing in the midfield?

[ASMO]

Clear obstruction

[Torquemada 1420]

Bollox Dickheadson. He was falling after the catch. Where TF was his leg meant to go?

[Insane_Homer]

Oh just fuck off. Stupid cunt ran into his foot.

[ScarfaceClaw]

Bollox Dickheadson. He was falling after the catch. Where TF was his leg meant to go?

That’s a ridiculous call. He was off balance after taking the catch.

[sockwithaticket]

Reminds me Paolo Odogwu getting an absurdly harsh red for falling awkwardly out of the air in the Premiership once.

See it going the same way.

[Ymx]

The bunker still adjudicates this even after the game finishes??

[Simian]

nice wee moment between pinto and Adams there

[Torquemada 1420]

Wales must have dished out a fair few Clogau watches already this RWC.

[Torquemada 1420]

Well that was a totally undeserved BP........... thanks to the ref.

[Torquemada 1420]

RED. What a total farce.

[ASMO]

Wales did not deserve the bp try....Australia crap as they are will buttfuck them.

[Insane_Homer]

What a fucking joke. Upgraded to a Red. They're insane

[Biffer]

Wales absolutely did not deserve that.

[Oxbow]

Bollocks is that a red.

[Biffer]

Who was the Welsh FB who used to kick his studs out in front of him in the air every time he went up?

Edit - Lee Byrne, that's the cunt. Remember him kicking Hugo Southwell in the face and nothing being done.

[salanya]

That red is a nonsense. This bunker system is becoming a cover for some shoddy decision making.

[sockwithaticket]

That red is consistent with a handful of similar incidents in recent seasons.

However, those also seemed like very harsh sanctions.

[Bloutoria]

What the actual fuck.

[tc27]

The last 10 minutes was absolute bollocks

[Biffer]

That red is consistent with a handful of similar incidents in recent seasons.

However, those also seemed like very harsh sanctions.

The red is harsh. I could live with it. However there were again multiple other calls that went the Welsh lads way. Think refry said it's going on 15 years and that's about right. It's a right head scratcher but I wonder does the melodious Welsh lilt hypnotise impressionable refs. It would explain one bird I went home with in Cardiff

It’s all that Welsh TV money.

[Line6 HXFX]

Well done Wales, bonus point win by playing most of tackle bag haulers and the dross in the squad.
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Thank gawd for Jack Morgan and Falatau.

Next week after Australia has been batterred by Fijians, and with a little more contrived controversy, a rested Wales may actually be in with a shout.

[OomStruisbaai]

No ref bashing please. It's against the spirit of rugby.

[topofthemoon]

The boot to the face by a player jumping/landing in the act of catching a kick has pretty consistently been refereed as a red card and a ban in recent years - unless your name is Jordie Barrett...

Tevita Nabura in 2018; Dan Evans in 2019; Paolo Odogwu in 2019; Adam Hastings in 2021 - all sent off and banned.

Jordie Barrett was red carded for similar in 2021 but had it overturned by the disciplinary panel.

[C69]

No ref bashing please. It's against the spirit of rugby.

The only thing being bashed is Welsh cock as they pull themselves off to every shit call

I am so hard right now

[JM2K6]

The boot to the face by a player jumping/landing in the act of catching a kick has pretty consistently been refereed as a red card and a ban in recent years - unless your name is Jordie Barrett...

Tevita Nabura in 2018; Dan Evans in 2019; Paolo Odogwu in 2019; Adam Hastings in 2021 - all sent off and banned.

Jordie Barrett was red carded for similar in 2021 but had it overturned by the disciplinary panel.

Usually because they've put a boot up and out when catching the ball moving forward. The Portugal player had to put the brakes on and was facing away and leaning over to catch the ball. Dickson claimed it was an unnatural position but that's insane, when you are leaning so far one way it's completely natural to counter balance with your foot, you see it every time someone is trying to keep their balance catching a ball in rugby and cricket while not going over a line.

The bunker system has been an embarrassing disaster and this is becoming a joke.

[Lady P]

Loved the Portuguese try which was straight out of training. Bullshit red card as usual.

[Slick]

Bollocks is that a red.

Whatever about the rest of the game, but that red was hilariously shit. Quite apart from the fact it was fairly innocuous as an incident, are we really saying that is worse than a shoulder to the head? I hate our game at the moment

[Line6 HXFX]

Player was judged to have kicked another player in the face deliberately.

That his leg was in an unnatural position, and left there to hurt a player.

If say a Welsh player like Liam Williams or Dan Biggar did that to an English player, you lot would be going men tawl, and shitting in your hands and smearing it on the walls.

[Slick]

Player was judged to have kicked another player in the face deliberately.

That his leg was in an unnatural position, and left there to hurt a player.

If say a Welsh player like Liam Williams or Dan Biggar did that to an English player, you lot would be going men tawl, and shitting in your hands and smearing it on the walls.

Your last sentence might be true, but are we really saying that very unusual circumstance is the same as a shoulder to the heid? I don’t think so

[Gumboot]

Happy Birthday, Warren Gatland.

[topofthemoon]

Player was judged to have kicked another player in the face deliberately.

That his leg was in an unnatural position, and left there to hurt a player.

If say a Welsh player like Liam Williams or Dan Biggar did that to an English player, you lot would be going men tawl, and shitting in your hands and smearing it on the walls.

No, he wasn't.

[Torquemada 1420]

The bunker system has been an embarrassing disaster and this is becoming a joke.

Yeah. In time honoured fashion, it didn't take long for IRB/WR's latest, shiny initiative to turn to sh*t. This one particularly spectacular since it started almost immediately with the Farrell debacle and hit full momentum on the game's most public stage.

{EDIT} See it's been slammed by players including Hook and Foode.

Thing is, you can bet if the shirts were reversed, the decision would have differed.

[ASMO]

Player was judged to have kicked another player in the face deliberately.

That his leg was in an unnatural position, and left there to hurt a player.

If say a Welsh player like Liam Williams or Dan Biggar did that to an English player, you lot would be going men tawl, and shitting in your hands and smearing it on the walls.

Wind your neck in, he was NOT judged to have done it deliberatly, no referee can judge intent. It was reckless and red was warranted, but nobody can prove intent.