How did England beat France?
How did they win yesterday?
I hope Wales do them.
How did they win yesterday?
I hope Wales do them.
Rugby Union Discussion - Six Nations Time
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That was a blatant penalty. Somehow the bloke with the whistle didn't see it that way.
Agreed.
France were profligate and Finn Russell couldn't kick a goal.
Based on his man of the match interview, Duhan van der Merwe still has his Afrikaans accent.
Has Matt Williams had something to say about France going with a 7-1 bench split?
it’s the only way the rest of the scotland team can understand him.
england have gone from playing well and managing to lose, to playing shite and managing to win. gives a young side something to build on.
England will always be boring.
Bish bash bosh and kick the ball as often as possible.
Yesterday you went back to the playing shit and winning by kicking the leather off the ball shite you had to endure before and during the World Cup. That’s not progress. It’s a backwards step after actually playing some rugby in the November internationals and against Ireland and France.
The ball went backwards but Dupont's game has been shoddy.
Just switched on this game to a standard unbelievable conversion from Ramos.
Brilliant game this.
Is this a defence optional game then?
Yes, any defensive action will lead to a bunker decision.
I nearly tagged youLeave us alone
Shame I was in such a bad moodWhat’s this defence you’re talking about? Not in the Italian and French rugby vocabulary this game
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Watching Barrassi on the ground something crossed my mind, there is a hole in the rucks rules? The players that is talked on the ground is supposed to release the ball but the tackler is supposed to release the tackled player, so in theory they are both committing a foul at the same time, right?
Watching Barrassi on the ground something crossed my mind, there is a hole in the rucks rules? The players that is talked on the ground is supposed to release the ball but the tackler is supposed to release the tackled player, so in theory they are both committing a foul at the same time, right?
Not sure, I missed it but I'll see if I can find a video on twitter
It's the typical case where a player is tackled, he is dragged on the ground and you can see that he isn't releasing the ball but no opponent play the ball.
Beautiful
That was brilliant.
Shame bud! At least you got the win! Hope you’re having a better day today!I nearly tagged you
He did until I reminded him that he is firing people tomorrow.
So the two fouls cancel each other out? The ref only blows for a penalty if the attacking player releases the ball, or the tackler releases the attacking player. So long as neither player releases, play continues.
Which is how he referee’d that incident. The penalty he gave was for another Italian player going off feet at the subsequent ruck. He didn’t penalise Barassi or the guy who tackled him.
But that's the thing, cancelling out isn't a thing. And in that situation there is a continuation of fouls from both players, if it's a ruck they are both committing a foul and it's live play they are both committing a foul. My point being that there needs to be an adjustment of the rules, like for example creating a hierarchy.
Keep in mind that beyond the fact that Barassi is supposed to release the ball when he is tackled that rule exists because a player can't play the ball off his feet. While the tackler is supposed to release and he isn't supposed to bind with a player that isn't part of a ruck.