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England are screwed.
Stage direction from TMO....love it!
Could the ref allow the try AND give a yellow card?
Yep
England imploding. How many stupid penalties / free kicks? 3 early engagements? Itoje a mile off side at an Irish ruck on their own line?
England really need a serious rethink. You will never get those backs running in space with Farrell in there slowing everything down a mile behind the line or kicking away good ball. Need a breakdown specialist and some speed in the back row. Most of all tho they need a smart player or two or Jones needs to allow them to think on the ground and change things up / chance things
My favourite tmo again.
last pass was marginally forward. Tmo only sees one angle of the pass he is asked to look at – from behind ffs!
For the TMO to rule it forward it has to be "clear and obvious" and they look at the direction of the hands. The TMO gets more replays than we do - he sits in front of a bank of monitors and you could hear the TMO say " I have looked at all the angles pass was fine"
Wahey, whom had ''It's Farrel's fault" in the are bullshit bingo?
I'd go no effectiveness at stopping Ireland when they string 15 plus phases together (decent 7 anyone?) and 7 trillion stupid penalties as bigger problems than Farrell at 10....pretty sirs he created a try today....
England are playing the ref and tmo to be fair to be fair. Theyre still shit.
England are getting exactly what they deserve this tournament. Dreadful selection decisions, a stunning lack of on-field intelligence which is at least partially due to having a half-wit as a captain and a massive lack of leadership. They have basically regressed back to the Lancaster years, making me think that the problems go higher than the coaching team. Even for an England fan, it's tough to get behind them at present.
Yep, shit Farrell, he'll never get a pass out wide
Just because you squeaked past Italy TJ....😉
Farrell hasn’t been that bad; certainly better than Ford has been this year. Itoje needs a break. We need to build some form of scoreline.
Farrell has been one of the few shining lights for England this game. I'll be interested to see his tackling stats this game where he hasn't had to cover Fords channel as well as his own.
I’d have thought England should be fairly happy with the 2nd half so far - but they need to score next and soon.
Spoke too soon - well done Ireland, can’t see anything other than a Grand Slam win now.
Earls is having a stormer.
Yet again we play the ref.
TJ, no, we get exactly what the tmo sees. The ref asked for the pass to be looked at, he didn’t even bother.
Not much of a game for the neutral is it..
Love the fact that ireland are not really competing at the breakdown though aftervall the talk this week!!
Right - I’m not posting any more, because I’m just getting angry. The lack of consistency on high tackles, and holding up the player for a maul is really gripping my p@ss.
well done Ireland - best team in this years competition.
I’m in the pub, paddy’s day, Guinness, beating the English. Ulster captain. Doesn’t get better
Well done Ireland great win!
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Well done to England for preventing a record defeat. 😂
Well, congrats Ireland for a well won Grand Slam. Brilliant.
Best team won. Besides a few high tackles, I thought the ref was the best I have seen this tournament. Great stuff from Ireland, thoroughly deserved GS.
If Farrell had packed his kicking boots it’d have been a bit closer.
Well played Ireland, deserved winners having been the form team this year. Hello fifth place for us.
And that folks would be a Slam. That was doing it the hard way.
May the tune of “Ireland’s Call” be dannyh’s earworm for the rest of the week. 🙂
Not really DD, never in doubt
Right well enough of that shit, now for THE game of the weekend 😁
Quick loop then off to celebrate St Pat's too.
@BM, more the sequence of games than today’s in particular. Remarkable job by Schmidt to manage the green machine to a GS. Deserves real credit for that.
TJ, no, we get exactly what the tmo sees. The ref asked for the pass to be looked at, he didn’t even bother.
Nope we do not. the TMO has a bank of monitors. He puts on the big screen what he wants the ref to see. He is in a speci8alist truck full of high tech gear that allows him to look at things in detail. Google images rugby tmo will show you the set up usually used
Yes the first year of the tmo they just used the live feed but no longer
Dants - here you go - one link of many to the sort of kit the TMO has
http://rugbyreferee.net/2017/02/17/super-rugby-test-new-tmo-protocol/
Bravo Ireland, far and away the team of the tournament.
Now, the important game. 🙂
Celebrating the 6N championship in Twickenham. Special.
Clebrating a Grand Slam at the same time. Priceless.
Mindmapo - its was never in doubt.
Farrell for me is good at what he does. Its what he doesn't do. He lies so deep and static that by the time he passes the next player gets caught miles behind the game line. How much good possession did he kick away - yes he created one try with a beautiful kick but he also kicked away good attacking ball 3 or 4 times, gave away a stupid penalty and most importantly does not create space outside him - instead he just uses up all the space.
He is a flat track bully in cricket terms as are england as a whole
That should never be a try!!
He is a flat track bully in cricket terms as are england as a whole
Ok. This is bollocks.
He is a flat track bully in cricket terms as are england as a whole
If I cared I'd be lookingvto blame the forwards. Simmonds is a shit 8. Offers no go forward.
That should never be a try!!
Why?
Copying and pasting with a rager, DD?
#tentpole
Ta, but he can still only look at 1 thing at a time. That article says SANZAR only, no not sure if we get the same here.
He still can’t see a clear knock on, or where Carney tackles May on the line round the neck, and he picks a very marginal high clear out by Daly, but can’t see the far worse original tackle.
PS - can we need not play Ireland on St Pats day next year please!! 😣
Right I'll just say it (as much as I enjoy your overall contributions) TJ you have no idea at all what you're talking about when it comes to fly halfs in rugby!!!
Looking back, it was really Johnny’s drop goal that won the GS. None of the next four games looked in doubt.
That should never be a try!!
Didnt go 10 until France gave up and wasnt sure about grounding on first watch....i was wrong though!
Carney
Its ****ing Kearney ffs