There is nothing stupid about that, it's a fairly normal tackle.
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There is nothing stupid about that, it's a fairly normal tackle.
Wayne fecking Barnes
Ridiculous that's not red.
Should be a red.
That is very dangerous challenge, shoulder to head with no intent to dip his challenge
Crazy not to give a red there
Atonio is totally upright.
You willl never see a more obvious red card. Ref’s been a fecking disgrace, all game.
There was no attempt to wrap with is right either
That is a total bottle job.
Clear yellow 
Please let Ireland rack up the points while he's off. It's disgraceful.
Watching this game and I feel like England play a different sport. As a neutral I am happy with no red as it completely kills the game
I hate Wayne Barnes almost as much as he hates Ireland.
We really should have scored of that break there.
We really should have scored of that break there.
You should have had about 3 penalties against you for cleaning beyond the ruck, player launching himself in the ruck(off his feet) and holding player by the neck while cleaning.
I'm just thinking now, how many times has Bundee Aki been sent off for similar tackles to that one? Absolute madness.
Is Barnes blind? That forward pass from Marchand was massive.
Wow Dupont!
Barnes always finds against us
What is DuPont made of??
In all fairness mate you should be down to 14. He can give us everything for the rest of the game and nothing will overshadow that. I hate this 'it ruins the game' shite. Its a red card.
I'm on my feet watching this match.
I don't agree with that. While I have seen red given for it, it's some of the dumbest decisions in Rugby.
I think that should be a red every single time. Totally upright, no wrap, and force to the head.
Good half but can't help but feel we'll pay in the second half for not being more clinical and taking our other chances.
I'm amazed at Murray's effort so far. I didn't think he could play like that anymore.
Yep, I'd still put France as slight favourites.
Guys….you are definitely favourites from here. Slight favourites before the match, it’s halfway through and youre 6 points ahead
Great half.
Nah France have a couple of more levels in them. Without Furlong and Henshaw I don't think we do.
Surely both teams can't keep this up. I'm sure the game will fall into a grind for a while at some point.
It's also the kind of game where Sexton often takes a heavy hit/injures himself in a tackle and needs to come off early.
Time to go to the bookies then because France are 4/1 to win. This is your pre-world cup peak mate….in time-honoured fashion it’s coming out to end Frances 16-game run today
There were two dumb decisions; Antonio not wrapping in the tackle or dropping his height, and Barnes not giving him a deserved red.
Clear red under all the rules of modern day tackling.
Yeah definitely a high chance of that too. Probably fecking Antonio too.
Time to go to the bookies then because France are 4/1 to win. This is your pre-world cup peak mate….in time-honoured fashion it’s coming out to end Frances 16-game run today
We do have that in our favour to be fair!! God I didn't realise they are on a run like that. Scary team.
Yeah, a lot of good home wins in that over, well, pretty much everyone. Not many away wins though…..italy, Wales, Scotland, then the last match they lost was at twickers. That’s the reason you’re predicted to win today no doubt
Penaud is amazing.
Sexton gone and that's game over.
Here we go. Byrne in.
The power of French counter-rucking will be very worrying for Ireland.
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