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Rugby Union 21/22/23 Discussion | RWC time!
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England getting embarrassed by a really bang average Wales team second week in a row
Easy red there.
Ffs that would have been a great try
What a crazy win for England.I have no idea how wales have bottled that one.
I saw a video of the latest Owen Farrell special. He's in trouble for the WC I reckon.
Scotland pull it back to 27-27 with 3 tries in about 10 mins. 5 mins left
FFS. The WC groupings are such a piss take.
Nah, they'll bend the rules again.
England play with a dullness that sums of the personality of their coach but they deserve credit for winning against Wales after having 3 players sin binned and one red carded. Now they just need Own Farrell to finally learn how to tackle legally, safely and correctly.
fingers crossed. it would give england some clarity and force us to play a more expansive game with ford or smith, with actual centres at centre.
Romain Ntamack has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a torn ACL against Scotland.
Just read this, fecking hell. That is so sad for him and for the tournament.
Ireland have two more warm-up games 
Ireland have two more warm-up games
At least Owen Farrell won't be there to display his tackling exploits on any of your lads this weekend.
He'll be around for the next one but the chance to play in a home World Cup doesn't come around very often and some never get the chance to do that.
We bribed the IRB once, we can do it again!
I came across this image while perusing the Green & Gold rugby forum.
Farrell's red card rescinded.
Farrell's red card rescinded.
That's an absolute piss take, man can't tackle, he's probably the biggest liability in big time rugby.
Gutted for him. My favourite player to watch. Bar Wales, I'd have been quite happy watching France win it with him there.
Farrell's red card rescinded.
Bizarre.
The All Aussie panel decided there was a late change of dynamics due to Jamie George's involvement in the tackle which brought about a sudden and significant change in direction from the ball carrier. The panel believe Farrell deserved a sin bin only.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...rld-cup-boost-owen-farrell-red-card-rescinded
He's one lucky boy. Sorry, he's one very lucky boy.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...rld-cup-boost-owen-farrell-red-card-rescinded
He's one lucky boy. Sorry, he's one very lucky boy.
World Rugby showing where their priority lies. The availability of star player for World Cup > player welfare
That's an absolutely disgraceful decision.
How many times is this twat going to dodge bullets for being a dirty bastard?
I'm utterly mystified. I had to go watch it again to see if I was imagining how bad it looked. Nope. Wtf
Nothing George does mitigates Farrell's upright stance and tucked arms regardless of the minimal effect George had on altering the Welsh player's position. Total joke, a scandal.
Nothing George does mitigates Farrell's upright stance and tucked arms regardless of the minimal effect George had on altering the Welsh player's position. Total joke, a scandal.
That's shocking and sends out the completely wrong message.
That's absolutely ridiculous logic
Imagine if Farrell plays against Ireland and injures a player. All hell will break loose.
Needs to happen. Terrible enough decision with any other player but this bloke has so much previous he shouldn’t get any benefit of the doubt. He was even sent to fecking “Tackle School” ffs. Must have forgot to do his homework.
And to think that Atonio got 3 weeks.
Owen has form when it comes to iffy tackles. Jamie George does influence the path of Basham (great name for a rugby player) and Owen is standing upright, so both parties are correct. There is clearly a witchunt for Farrell and England. What makes me pissed off witht he whole thing about head high tackles and player welfare is that in Rugby League it would have gone unnoticed. Far worse multi-player tackles are made in RL and nobody moans about it. I bet if a French player did a similar tackle to Farrell's, nothing would be said. It's all academic really because England will get nowhere. Of course, the 'Independent' board are now toast after World Rugby challenged their findings. It could get worse with boycotss if the World lots impose a three match ban, which they will. Any player after that that doesn't get a three match ban for a similar tackle will be villified.
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Those two sentences don’t compute.
I’m actually for once slightly relieved this clashes with United. I’d normally watch the rugby but we’re going to get pulverised
Yeah, have to say I reckon Spurs will win too.
That would be a grim sporting afternoon. Unless of course England play some coherent rugby. I don’t mind a loss, just not 30 fecking handling errors like I’ve watched the last 2 weeks
€253 for two aviva tickets up in Row Z
So fecking expensive for a friendly
So fecking expensive for a friendly
It always seems to clash far more than probability says it should. Six nations are a nightmare every year as United seem to always have a 3 or 5.30pm kick off on a Saturday, somehow even when we were in the Europa.
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