not petulant
😂😂😂😂😂
England have been poor, Wales very poor and the less said about the ref the better!!
Thankfully the ref has been equally awful to both. Cuthbert always gets a hard time but he’s looking bright today.
Listened to the first 30 in the car - Dawson & Shanklin good analysers - very unbiased which is always refreshing.
Can’t stand ITV rugby coverage 😟
I like Wilkinson, but the others are dire.
It's a long way back from here 🙁
Jesus wept.
I hate feeling optimistic about matches, that comes from being Scottish.
I used to like scrums - former second row many years ago.
PS note the "used to"
Brain dead play again
****ing hell!
Wales must have had some Horlicks at half time.
Snoozy-snoozy-sleepy-time
There is world class and then WORLD CLASS he is almost in CAPS 🤣 I said at the beginning he would be great this year.
I'm 40mins behind real time with the England Wales game. pen fest so far
Tomkins is starting to grow on me. He’s deceptively strong.
Is it me or are Silly Dally and Shane the two least insightful co commentators it's possible to have
Dally is awful. I don't mind wee Shane
Second half much better. Adam’s is such a good winger.
Shane Williams is good. Passionately Welsh but still objectively fair.
Dally is awful. I don’t mind wee Shane
Agreed.
Wales have 30 seconds to score a wonder try
I said it pages ago but he's probably not a top level ref.
he’s probably not a top level ref.
Bit of an understatement
Well, had Wales been halfway competent in the first half we could of won that. England look turgid at the moment.
**** me Woodward is deluded!!! If England play like that v Ireland they'll be destroyed!
I think the only hope for England World Beaters is that they have the green machine in Sweet Chariot HQ. France could and should wipe the floor with them in Paris.
After watching all that back to back - France are a cut above. They will need to do something very French not to get a Grand Slam out of this. The offloading game is ridiculously good and so hard to defend against.
What was interesting was the tactical thick headedness of both Wales and England. Neither side is good enough for that much poor decision making. Although kudos for England taking the penalty points when the game was such a mess
**** me Woodward is deluded
As is Martin Johnson..."England will be pleased with their defence"...leaking 3 tries against a not very good attacking team
England will lose to Ireland and France. Batering away with no clue at Wales in the second half exposed thier usual lack of ideas / playmakers.
I really like marcus Smith and whilst he scored the majority of England's points, I'm not sure how he received man of the match.
Winning away at Twickenham is never easy, so I thought there were a few things to be pleased with from Wales.
I like Smith but thought he looked quite dodgy in the tackle today.
**** me Woodward is deluded!!!
I watched the match, I know nothing about rugby except for the fact that he seems to know less than me. 🙂
Was lovely to see acuthbert back to his rampaging best yesterday, maybe not as quick as he was but Nowel hardly laid a finger on him all game!! After his extended break down in a Wales shirt where everything he touched went wrong yesterday was a real delight for him I'm sure.
I like Smith but thought he looked quite dodgy in the tackle today.
Yep, when he's not hidden on the wing he's a target, little Timmy Tompkins was blasting through the England midfield second half. Henshaw or Aki v Smith and Slade could get ugly
Off to take my son to play Farnham today, will have to suffer someone telling me Wilkinson started playing here every 3mins!! 😜
I'm not sure how entertaining this Ireland v Italy game will be - there's little doubt Ireland will be far to good.
However, it would be good to see enough from Italy to suggest they can give Scotland a run for their money when they play them in Rome in two weeks time.
Ireland look good. Although I'm sure the build up to the first try Doris' pass was forward
well that red card has ruined the game
Yep, no point watching now : (
Yep. A red but this why it ruins the game. Uncontested scrums?
Well, if the tackler could bend his knees and not smash the ball carrier’s chin with his shoulder, he might mitigate the risk of ruining the game. Granted, I see your point in it possibly ruining the game as a spectacle. He had plenty of time to get lower. He didn’t. Red card. It’s not like it should come as a surprise.
13 players. It's not a game.down a winger down an 8.
Ref told 8 to leave the pitch then because it's uncontested there must be 8 in the scrum.
So any defensive scrum will have 5 backs,
I agree with the red card but it still ruins the game as now they are down to 13
Ok, so it’s kinda just a training game now for the green machine. Red cards don’t ruin games. The player who has recklessly got himself the red card has ruined the game.
The Laws are an arse.
Red card was fair. No hooker on the bench so a prop is brought on to “stand” in the front row at the expense of someone on the field.
And then loose another player because the laws are a ****ing joke.
I feel for Italy there. It was going to be really tough afternoon with 14 players, 13 players it’s an absolute thrashing.
It’s a ****ing joke.
Can you tell I’m angry?
Can you tell I’m angry?
Thank **** it’s not an Irish referee as well. 😀
"If a front-row player is sent off, and the team cannot continue with contested scrums with players already on the field, then the team nominates another player to leave the playing area to enable an available front-row player to come on. The nominated player may act as a replacement."
Does that not read as sub? I don't read that as you go to 13. It reads as though you are at 14, off pops a winger in pops a prop. Still 14.
It does to me too, I still can't understand the 13 players thing.
To be fair, Italy are doing a great job considering.
But in the event of a red card to a front row player, and then it goes uncontested scrums, Law 3.19 / 3.20
If it happened later in the game and there are no fit front row players, then I’m not sure??????
That's 3.20 I've quoted.
