Hartley has done well for England under Jones so far but Eddie didn't look at all impressed. He lasted a whole six minutes!
The Northampton scrum has been pummelled tonight. Taking a wood off was a big call because he's been one of their best players tonight. They've done better than I thought tonight though.
Hartley has done well for England under Jones so far but Eddie didn't look at all impressed. He lasted a whole six minutes!
The Northampton scrum has been pummelled tonight. Taking a wood off was a big call because he's been one of their best players tonight. They've done better than I thought tonight though.
Swinging arm to the back of the head of Sean O'Brien. Stupid, needless
Indeed - the only thing you're likely to do there is hurt your arm....
Stupid oaf , that was mindless 😆
AA - frodos mate? We call Laidlaw Frodo!
Saints given a real lesson there. Hartley you idiot! I think he was going to dislodge the ball rather than hit the man but how stupid was that.
Leinster on fire tonight.
They've done better than I thought tonight though.
Would sir like to rethink that?!?
Hanrahan and wood looked good. Picachu was quiet. Props taken apart.
Saints are shit this year.
Not impressed with BoD's commentating. You expect a bit of bias but he was disappointingly one-eyed. Just said one of the most stupid things I have heard from a commentator too. He could get up because he wasn't released and so wasn't held or somesuch nonsense. What a shame, I liked BoD.
AA - frodos mate
Samwise Gam... I mean Underhill
OPf course AA. So another one to add to the hobbits team. We have Frodo ( laidlaw) and Ford is a dead ringer for sam gamgee
They've done better than I thought tonight though.Would sir like to rethink that?!?
Hanrahan and wood looked good. Picachu was quiet. Props taken apart.
Saints are shit this year.
Not impressed with BoD's commentating. You expect a bit of bias but he was disappointingly one-eyed. Just said one of the most stupid things I have heard from a commentator too. He could get up because he wasn't released and so wasn't held or somesuch nonsense. What a shame, I liked BoD.
Not really because I thought they were going to get totally spanked given how shit they've been in the premiership; like a 40 or 50 point humping. The defence was stout for a lot of the game and they almost looked fluid at times. Almost. Leinster looked very though and it's not often you see the Saints pack get munched like that. What I couldn't get my head round though was the commentators saying how good the Leinster line out was despite them losing a few???
Agree on BOD's commentating though. It's usually very good but last night he was in Jonathan Davies mode!
Saints are in real trouble this year and it's time for a coaching clear out. Mallinder and co have clearly taken them as far as they can and are now stale.
Looks like George may become England's starting hooker for the 6N. I imagine Hartley's ban will be lengthy as it won't be reduced for good behaviour!
Based on the middle reproachful look Clark got despite his previous, Hartley to be back for the second half of the 6n?
Doesnt look too bad here:
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Keelan Giles est tres rapide
In that first gif it looks like a badly timed tackle / player to be tackled falling. The second one? Really...
He does know better because he doesn't do this shit when playing for England plus the protection of the head and neck area is massive at the mo so you need to be super careful.
I do think it was an attempt to dislodge the ball. However it was rekless and a swinging arm to the head. From what I have read on the IRB site it would appear its a 4 week starting point for his ban, he won't get any reduction for previous good behaviour but might not get anything added on although the fact the guy he hit was concussed and had to go off will be taken into account as well. 4-6 weeks off. Puts his place in the 6N in doubt and thus his participation i the lions tour.
Its a shame really - being England captain has been good for both him and the team and I had him down as lions captain.
One stupid act and all thats gone.
Even if he missed the head it would still have been a swinging arm. He'll get a ban that expires a couple of weeks before the 6 nations.
Thug #northamptoninchaos
Puts his place in the 6N in doubt and thus his participation i the lions tour.
I'm not so sure. I reckon he'll get a nice rest and be back for (most of)the 6N. If he missed all the 6N, he'll be well fit for the Lions Tour.
Gats will take him if he's available - this isn't Stuart Lancaster we're talking about.
So - anyone give Glasgow a chance away to Racing? Nearly a full strength team and the league is pretty well gone so Glasgow can concentrate on the Euro cup.
Yes!
Great results for Ulster and Glasgow...
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Just checked the Munster score!!!!
Cant see the Welsh regions keeping this up...what was the Barf score..
Shit!! Beat them. Even calamity Cuthbert scored!!
Yup - Blues a fine win.
Not a great weekend for the AP teams so far! Especially the Midlands.
I wonder what excuses / ways to make life easier for the aP teams the prl will try next?
Well I gave Glasgow no/little chance away in Paris and the French side needing a performance after loosing to Leicester. Well done to them and Munster absolutely thrash Leicester. That throws the group wide open. I've got the two Paris group games lined up Jan 7 and 15 but they may even be dead fixtures by then for Racing who must win now in the return fixture in Glasgow. Munster / Leicester should be a good one too.
That was very much a 2nd string bath team. No such excuses for tigers though.
Proverbial two men and a dog in Edinburgh. First try after 2-odd minutes ..
Typical edinburgh performance so far as well. How can a team be so inconsistent?
Well I never, lost interest at 17-3 and Edinburgh only turned it all around and ran out winners 28-23 😳
😯
WTF? Edinburgh win after being 17 points down?
Softest red card ever as well. Slap to the face, Red card. Correct by the laws tho. Dreadful dive by Pape as well although not bought by the ref. Hopefully he gets cited for the dive. Should have yellow carded him for the dive
The crowd were going wild...
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All twelve of them! 😉
Softest red card ever as well. Slap to the face, Red card. Correct by the laws tho. Dreadful dive by Pape as well although not bought by the ref. Hopefully he gets cited for the dive. Should have yellow carded him for the dive
Looked a lot like a punch to me. Diving? Maybe a little, but it was a clear red.
Ah - its a rowdy bunch there. this is why its known as the cathedral of rugby. Nice and peaceful
Probably around 4 000 in actuality
Edinburgh do no promotion at all. I forgot it was on or I might have gone.
CFH - definitely a red as the law stands. clearly open hand tho and hardly made contact- the officials said that but he went down like he had been shot. I'm sure there will be a gif soon so we can see. It was worthy of Ronaldo the dive. Worst dive I have seen.
You could see the officials did not want to give the red card as it was so soft but I don't think they had any choice. Pape should have been yellow carded for the dive tho or the pen reversed.
Worst dive I have seen.
You've not been around rugby long, then?
4mins50 or so.
Hayden. Never forgiven.
Worst dive I have seen.
I forgot that one CFH. Infamous.
Worse than that wrecker. Pape - big tough back row given a little slap - went down like he was shot holding his face and pretended to be stunned - even had the trainer on to check him. I think Pape will be embarrassed tomorrow
Here is a giff of Pape diving / getting shot!
https://twitter.com/GLove39/status/807739723951308801
Anyone watching zerbe vs toulouse? How the hell are they playing in that?!?!
By the time I type this they probably aren't playing anymore. Given up trying to watch it!
They sacked it at 65mins-odd.
